REPORTS
Review in-depth publications on environmental health issues. Additional
materials produced by the Environmental Health Strategy Center are also
available from the Center >>.
Brand New
Tracing the Origins of Autism
Environmental Health Perspectives reviews a range of new studies about possible connections between autism and our environments
Costs of Pollution
A new report finds environmental exposures cost Minnesota $1.5 billion annually related to childhood disease.
Reports on Arsenic
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All Hands on Deck.
Nationwide consumer testing of backyard decks and playsets shows high
levels of arsenic on old wood. Environmental Working Group. 29 August
2002. More information >> |
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The Poisonwood Rivals. High levels of arsenic found in lumber from Home Depot and Lowe's. Environmental Working Group. November 2001. More information >> |
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Poisoned Playgrounds.
Groups petition Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban
arsenic-treated lumber for playgrounds. Environmental Working Group and
Health Building Network. May 2001. More information >> |
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Reports on Environmental Health Tracking
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Birth Defects Tracking and Prevention: Too Many States are Not Making the Grade. Trust for America's Health. 20 February 2002. More information >> |
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America's Environmental Health Gap: Why the Country Needs a Nationwide Environmental Health Tracking System. Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Sponsored by the Pew Environmental Health Commission. September 2000. Read the report >> |
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Healthy from the Start: Why America Needs a Better System to Track and Understand Birth Defects and the Environment. Pew Environmental Health Commission. November 1999. Read the report >> |
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Reports on Health Hazards of Chemical Exposure
See also reports on specific toxic chemicals
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Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects Child Development and Learning. National
Environmental Trust, Physicians for Social Responsibility and Learning
Disabilities Association of America. September 2000. More information >> |
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In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Children's Development. Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. May 2000. More information >> |
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Generations at Risk: How Environmental Toxins May Affect Reproductive Health in Massachusetts. Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group. 1996. More information >> |
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Reports on Human Exposure and Chemical Body Burden
See also reports on specific toxic chemicals.
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National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 21 March 2001. View report materials >> |
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Reports on Lead Poisoning
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Blood Lead Levels in Young Children: United States and Selected States 1996–1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. 49(50): 1133-7. 22 December 2000. Read the paper >> |
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Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels. American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. June 1998.101:1072-1078. Read the paper >> |
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Reports on Mercury
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Mercury Use in Button Batteries. A Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources, 122nd Maine Legislature, March, 2005. Prepared by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
Read the report >> |
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An Investigation of Alternatives to Mercury Containing Products.
Galligan C, Morose G and Giordani J, Lowell Center for Sustainable
Production. Prepared for Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
25 October 2002. Read the Executive Summary >> [open link to page with Ex. Summ.] |
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Leaders and Laggards: The 2002 Report Card on Mercury Elimination in New England. New England Zero Mercury Campaign. Summer 2002. Read the report >> |
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Focus Pocus. FDA out to lunch in protecting women from mercury in fish. Environmental Working Group. February 2002. More information >> |
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Mercury in Maine—A Status Report. Maine Department of Environmental Protection. A report to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources. February 2002. Read the report >> |
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Reports on Pesticides
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Nowhere to Hide: Persistent Toxic Chemicals in the U.S. Food Supply. Pesticide Action Network North America and Commonweal. March 2001. More information >> |
Reports on Phthalates
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Not Too Pretty: Phthalates, Beauty Products & the FDA. Environmental Working Group and Health Care Without Harm. July 2002. More information >> |
Reports on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Reports on PVC
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Environmental Impacts of Polyvinyl Chloride Building Materials. Healthy Building Network. 2002. Read the report >> |
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