Facts and information on environmental exposures
| Organization | Title | Description |
| LDDI | Mind, Disrupted | Summary of a biomonitoring project conducted on leaders and advocates in the learning disability community. The report is a synthesis of the results of these tests and the experiences of the participants. It is intended to spotlight these pressing questions and prompt actions to reduce exposures that may impair how we think—and, in the most basic ways, who we are. |
| Children’s Environmental Health Network | Training guide | The Pediatric Environmental Health Training Resource. Consists of 12 PowerPoint modules, and each of them has an supplementary User Guide. They have been designed to assist you in incorporating pediatric environmental health into your teaching program. |
| Children’s Environmental Health Network | Factsheets on a variety of exposures | Links to factsheets on exposures including air quality, lead, pesticides and plastics |
| Columbia University – Children’s Center for Environmental Health |
Factsheets on a variety of exposures | This resource contains fact sheets, brochures, newsletters, and other materials that focus on common environmental pollutants, providing information based on the Center’s latest research findings with practical tips how to lower or avoid harmful exposures. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Website | General website with news, events, published research, and funding opportunity announcements related to environmental health. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Newsletter | The Environmental Factor, monthly newsletter from the NIEHS. General information and summaries of latest research in environmental health science. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Podcast | This podcast series explores how environmental exposures affect our health. Each episode highlights ways researchers work in partnership with community groups to understand and address environmental health issues. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Podcast: Healthy Child Care Environments | In this podcast, we speak with an expert about ways to reduce harmful exposures and create healthy environments in child care settings. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Podcast: Household Chemicals | In this podcast, Dr. Paul Blanc, author of How Everyday Products Make People Sick, discusses the health impacts of some common household chemicals and how to protect your family. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Podcast: All About Phthalates | Recent research has linked prenatal and early childhood phthalate exposure with a variety of adverse health effects. In this podcast, we explore the latest scientific findings and offer tips on how to reduce your exposure. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Podcast: Chemicals in Personal Care Products | This podcast takes a look at some common chemicals found in personal care products and highlights new research about how they might affect our health. Plus, we discuss tips to limit exposure and find safer product alternatives. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Podcast: Preventing Prenatal Exposures | This podcast identifies some common contaminants of concern and discusses how doctors and pregnant women can work together to reduce prenatal exposures. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Webinars | This webinar series promotes interactions among grantees, increases awareness of common issues and approaches, and facilitates consideration of emerging concerns. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Webinar: Diet, Nutrition, and Environmental Public Health | Research indicates that the interplay between dietary factors and environmental exposures may influence – positively and negatively –disease onset and trajectory. Recent findings in the area of epigenetics and epigenomics provide intriguing examples by which environmental chemicals and nutrition can influence gene expression through epigenetic mechanisms. In this webinar, we heard from two researchers who have been examining the interplay between diet and environmental exposures and how that may influence health outcomes. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Factsheets | If you are giving a presentation about an environmental health topic or just looking for general information about environmental health research or the Institute, this page will help. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Environmental Health Topics | A nice resource that provides explanations about conditions and diseases, environmental agents, and population research. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Environmental Health Topics: Autism | Lay summary of the condition with links to research and other useful information. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Environmental Health Topics: BPA | Lay summary of the chemical with links to research and other useful information. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Environmental Health Topics: EDCs | Lay summary of endocrine disrupting chemicals with links to research and other useful information. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Environmental Health Topics: Pesticides | Lay summary of pesticides with links to research and other useful information. |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | Environmental Health Topics: Children’s Health | Lay summary of children’s health research with links to research and other useful information. |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Webpage | The CDC’s National Environmental Health Tracking Network, Home page |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Developmental Disabilities and the Environment |
The CDC’s National Environmental Health Tracking Network, Developmental Disabilities and the Environment |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Children’s Environmental Health |
The CDC’s National Environmental Health Tracking Network, Children’s Environmental Health |
| Green Science Policy Institute | Flame Retardants Resources |
Information and resources about the hazards of flame retardants. |
| DetoxMe | Mobile App | This free smartphone app walks you through simple, research-based tips on how to reduce your exposure to potentially harmful chemicals where you live and work—and it keeps track of your progress. |
Endocrine Disruptors
| Organization | Title | Description |
| The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TedX) | Critical Windows of Development | This is a timeline of how the human body develops in the womb, with animal research showing when low-dose exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals during development results in altered health outcomes. |
| The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TedX) | The Male Predicament | An informative and compelling lecture given by Dr. Theo Colborn. Using scientific facts, photos and a touch of humor, it describes in detail how males are susceptible to endocrine disrupting chemicals. |
| NIEHS | Endocrine disruptors fact page | The NIEHS has compiled a information regarding endocrine disruptors, a video, and a question and answer section about basic facts of endocrine disrupting chemicals. |
| North Carolina State University | Guide to endocrine disruptors | This is a collaborative document from the Endocrine Society and IPEN to present a comprehensive picture of global EDC exposures and health risks |
PBDEs
| Organization | Title | Description |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | How to buy a safer sofa | This guide helps the reader take action to buy sofas and chairs with fewer toxic PBDEs |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | My toxic couch | A video that explains how toxic flame retardant chemicals are saturated inside the foam of furniture and how they are linked to serious health effects. |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Safer Sofas, how do the stores compare? | To help consumers identify where they can purchase safer, healthier furniture without added flame retardants, NRDC surveyed major companies that sell furniture in the United States. |
| The New York Times | NY Times Video – A Flame Retardant That Came With Its Own Threat to Health | There are over 80,000 chemicals in use today. The story of TRIS, removed from children’s pajamas in the 1970s, illustrates just how hard it is to regulate chemicals, or to even know if they’re safe. By RETRO REPORT on Publish Date May 3, 2015 |
Pesticides
| Organization | Title | Description |
| The Endocrine Disruption Exchange | A Case for Revisiting the Safety of Pesticides: A Closer Look at Neurodevelopment | Written by well-respected researcher Theo Colborn, this article summarizes the data around pesticides and neurodevelopment |
| Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit | Toolkit and factsheet on pesticide and integrated pest management | This is a guide developed to educate workers in schools on tools and educational materials on pesticide use and alternatives like integrated pest management. |
| Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit | Environmental Health in Early Care and Education Project |
Autism
| Organization |
Title |
Description |
| Autism Science Foundation | Website | This is a comprehensive website that includes information about autism spectrum disorders, up to date news, and summaries about causes, treatments and services |
| Autism Science Foundation | Podcast | The CSO, Alycia Halladay, writes and produces a weekly podcast that focuses on new findings, important meetings, and other information directed at families in the community. |
| UC Davis MIND Institute | Website | The MIND Institute is a collaborative international research center, committed to the awareness, understanding, prevention, care, and cures of neurodevelopmental disorders. The MIND website includes a wide variety of resources. |