1. “Trade Secrets” – An investigative Report On Chemicals by Bill Moyers Video - $29.95 1(800) 336-1917 Details for “Trade Secrets” - www.pbs.org, Names of Companies and Secret Documents - www.ewg.org

• Includes information about VINYL CHLORIDE which is produced at Occidental Chemical in Pottstown.

• Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program works to protect citizens and the environment from the dangers posed by nuclear power and seeks policies that will lead to safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy. Also to advocate creation of an agricultural and food distribution system that guarantees safe, wholesome food produced in a humane and sustainable manner, and work to protect the world's fragile water resources from commodification, privatization, and mass diversion. www.citizens.org
  
  
• Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects Child Development and Learning. A thorough overview of the threat posed to our children by industrial chemicals based on conservative data from the National Academy of Sciences, the authors conclude that at least one in every two hundred children currently suffers a developmental or neurological disorder produced by exposure to toxic chemicals. Available online at www.safekidsnow.net
  
  
• Why Poison Ourselves? A Precautionary Approach to Synthetic Chemicals An introduction to the health and environmental risks posed by persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Arguing that chemical-by-chemical regulation is inadequate (800) 555-2028 www.worldwatch.org
  
  
• Trust Us, We’re Experts! Raises questions about the role of public relations in a democracy and the influence of money and ideology on the practice of science. Corporations have gained control over both what scientists do and what research becomes public knowledge. How the public relations industry uses the “third party technique” to promote corporate products and discredit public health and environmental advocates. By enlisting scientists and other credentialed “authorities” to produce research tailored to corporate needs and smear critics’ work as “junk science,” PR firms have successfully downplayed the hazards of tobacco, carcinogenic chemicals, and global warming. By Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber (Jeremy P. Tarcher/putnam, 2001, 360 pp.;notes, index)
  
  
• Scorecard website – www.scorecard.org Environmental Defense makes available environmental information by location. Type in zip code to get local facts about air, water, superfund sites, toxic releases, and lead hazards. Also provides distribution of environmental burdens by race/ethnicity, income, poverty level, education, home ownership, and occupation for environmental justice.
  
  
• Integrity in Science website – www.cspinet.org/integrity/ Set up by Center for Science in the Public Interest – Searching database for tracking the corporate funding of scientists working in the fields of the environment, nutrition, and medicine. Also funding of professional and health associations.
  
  
• Greenpeace – website - www.greenpeaceusa.org/toxics/vinylhouse.htm Documents the level of toxic additives in PVC products, the presence of the chemicals in humans, and potential adverse health effects.