PANUPS: Resource Pointer #389 (Emerging Environmental Risks)

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PANUPS: Resource Pointer #389 (Emerging Environmental Risks)

 

 

 

 

Resource Pointer #389 (Emerging Environmental Risks)

June 29, 2005

 

For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate

publishers or organizations directly.

 

*Inside the Bottle: An Expose of the Bottled Water Industry, 2005*

Tony Clarke. Argues that four big companies-Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola

and Danone-dominate the bottled water industry, and examines key

issues of public concern about their operations. Also identifies what

people can do in their communities to stimulate public awareness and

develop alternatives that are locally controlled and ecologically

sustainable. 138 pages. $13.00. Contact The Polaris Institute, 312

Cooper Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K2P 0G7; phone (613) 237-1717; fax

(613) 237-3359; email insidethebottle; website

http://www.polarisinstitute.org/.

 

*Skin Deep: A Safety Assessment of Ingredients in Personal Care

Products, 2005* Environmental Working Group. Examines the way in which

the government fails to require health studies or pre-market testing

for cosmetics and other personal care products. Asserts that the

government's lack of oversight leads to companies marketing products

with ingredients that are poorly studied, or known to pose potentially

serious health risks. Identifies products and ingredients with

greatest risks. Available online at

http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/report/executive_summary.php.

Contact Environmental Working Group (EWG), 1436 U St. N.W., Suite 100,

Washington, DC 20009; phone (202) 667-6982; email (refer to website);

website http://www.ewg.org/.

 

*Down on the Farm: The Impact of Nano-scale Technologies on Food and

Agriculture, 2004* Action Group on Erosion, Technology and

Concentration (ETC) Group. Discusses the way in which nanotechnology,

the manipulation of matter at the scale of atoms and molecules, is

rapidly converging with biotech and information technology to

radically change food and agricultural systems. 74 pages. Available as

a free download at http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=485.

Contact ETC Group Headquarters, 431 Gilmour St, Second Floor, Ottawa,

ON Canada, K2P 0R5; phone (613) 241-2267; fax (613) 241-2506; email

etc; website http://www.etcgroup.org/.

 

*The Fluoride Deception, 2004* Christopher Bryson. Asserts that

fluoride is a threat to public health and tells the story of how the

chemical has been transformed by the chemical industry from " poison to

panacea. " Draws on scientific studies, some unearthed from secret

archives of government and corporate laboratories, on the effects of

fluoride and the motives of its advocates.374 pages. $24.95. Contact

Seven Stories Press, 140 Watts Street, New York, NY 10013; email

info; website http://www.sevenstories.com.

 

*The Invisible Disease: The Dangers of Environmental Illnesses caused

by Electromagnetic Fields and Chemical Emissions, 2004* Gunni

Nordstrom. Makes the connection between the range of

illnesses-Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,

Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Electro-Hypersensitivity,

Sick Building Syndrome-and chemicals used in the manufacture of modern

appliances. 239 pages. $14.95. Contact 46A West Street, New Alresford,

Hampshire, S024 9AU, United Kingdom; phone +44 (1962) 773768; fax +44

(1962) 736881; email office; website

http://www.o-books.net/.