links

links - research and education

The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)

http://www.aafcs.org

Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs

http://www.epa.gov/oeca/ag

Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Industry Sales and Usage

http://www.epa.gov/oppbead1/pestsales/

National Agricultural Safety Database

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nasd/nasdhome.html

National Agricultural Workers Survey

http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/report_8.pdf

National Textile Center Project M01-CR02

http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp02/M01-CR02-A2.pdf

National Textile Center

http://www.ntcresearch.org/

Occupational Safety & Health Administration, US Department of Labor

http://www.osha.gov

Pesticide Action Network North America's Pesticide Database

http://www.pesticideinfo.org

Pesticide Active Ingredient Information

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/

Pesticides & Their Non-target Impacts: Sources of Data & Information

http://environmentalrisk.cornell.edu/PRI/PesticideDataSources.cfm

USDA/ARS Southern Regional Research Center

http://www.ars.usda.gov

USDA Regional Research Project S-272. New Technologies for the Utilization of Textile Materials.

http://msa.ars.usda.gov/la/srrc/csrees/main.htm

 

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links - pesticide protection

The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)

http://www.aafcs.org

GreenBook

http://www.greenbook.net

Crop Data Management Systems

http://www.cdms.net/pfa/LUpdateMsg.asp

Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs

http://www.epa.gov/oeca/ag

Environmental Protection Agency, Worker Protection Standard

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/workers/workers.htm

EPA National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/assistance/index.html

Gemplers Alert

http://www.gemplersalert.com

Greenbook, Agricultural Services

http://www.greenbook.net

Guide to Agricultural Heat Stress. University of California Cooperative Extension.

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/742/10181.pdf

Healthy Lawns (Canada)

http://www.healthylawns.net/english/index-e.html

Material Safety Data Sheet:

http://hazard.com/msds/

National Agricultural safety Database

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nasd/nasdhome.html

National Network for Health

http://www.nnh.org

Occupational Safety & Health Administration, US Department of Labor

http://www.osha.gov

Pesticide Action Network North America's Pesticide Database

http://www.pesticideinfo.org

Pesticide Management and Education Program, Cornell University

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu

Annual Reports on NYS Pesticide Sales and Applications

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/pr/index.htm

Rutgers Pesticide Applicator Training

http://www.pestmanagement.rutgers.edu

 

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links - pesticide protection for children

California’s Healthy Schools Act of 2000

http://www.calhealthyschools.org/

California School Integrated Pest Management (IMP) Web site

http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/cfdocs/apps/schoolipm/main.cfm

Learn About Chemicals Around Your House

http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/

Study Documents Degree of Pesticide Exposure in Farm Families, Successful Farming

http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml? storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/agNews_48954.xml

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links - sun protection

Educational Institutions with NC 170 Members

• The "Sun Wise Home page" at Michigan State University has useful information and links for children and also some articles for adults. For more information, visit the following link at, 

http://www.msu.edu/~aslocum/sun/sunwisehomepage.htm

• Textiles and Clothing Extension site at Iowa State University provides various links about skin cancer and sun protection. For more information, visit the following link at, 

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/textiles/govern.html

• For viewing the Textiles and Clothing Extension web site at Iowa State University, visit

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/textiles/

 

Governmental Agencies

• National Cancer Institute

  http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/skin

• Center for Disease Control (National Skin Cancer Prevention Education Program)

  http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nscpep/skin.htm

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  http://www.epa.gov/spdpublc/uvindex/uvhealth.html

• Federal Trade Commision

  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/health/hea13.shtm

• Provides links to government, agencies, and other resources on skin cancer by category. Includes links to resources in Spanish.

  http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/skincancer.html

   

Private Organizations

• American Academy of Dermatology

  http://www.aad.org/

• American Cancer Society

  http://www.cancer.org/ and http://www2.cancer.org/skinGuide/index_links.html

• Environmental Health Center of the National Safety Council

  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/sunwise/activity.htm

• Mayo Clinic

  http://www.mayoclinic.com/

• Skin Cancer Foundation

  http://www.skincancer.org/home.html

   

State and University Centers

• Arizona Cancer Center

  http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/prevent/Skin_Prevent.htm

• University of Iowa, Dermatology Dept.

  http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/home.html and http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/SafeSun/SafeSun-2.html

• University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

  www.oncolink.com

 

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