Here are a few of the books, reports, organizations, and websites that have inspired us to write this book. Specific sources for each chapter appear below.
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Children’s Environmental Health
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Children’s Environmental Health Network. www.cehn.org. Aims to protect children from environmental health hazards and promoting a healthy environment.
Children’s Health Environmental Coalition. www.checnet.org. Informs parents about and encourages the public to take action against preventable health and development problems caused by children’s exposure to toxic substances in homes and in public places.
Childproofing Our Communities Campaign. www.childproofing.org. Aims to protect children from exposures to environmental health hazards in schools and other childcare settings
Center for Children’s Health and the Environment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. www.childenvironment.org. Promoting children’s health by conducting environmental health and policy research.
Office of Children’s Health Protection, Environmental Protection Agency. http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage. Clearinghouse of information about environmental risks to children.
Our Stolen Future by Theo Colburn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers (Plume, 1997).
Having Faith by Sandra Steingraber (Perseus Publishing, 2001).
Raising Healthy Children in a Toxic World by Philip J. Landrigan, Herbert L. Needleman, and Mary Landrigan (Rodale, 2002).
Stein J. et al. 2002. “In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development.”
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 23:S13-S22
Available at: www.lwwonline.com/article.asp?J=1161
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Environmental Health Advocacy and Policy
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Environmental Working Group. www.ewg.organd www.foodnews.org. Not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy www.iatp.org. Promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.
Consumer’s Union. www.consumersunion.org. Not-for-profit publisher of Consumer Reports with information on food safety and health, including the Healthy Schools, Healthy Kids Project (www.healthykidsproject.org) and the Eco-Labels Project (www.eco-labels.org).
Union of Concerned Scientists. www.ucsusa.org. Works for clean air and energy, and safe and sufficient food. Information about the risks of genetically modified crops, antibiotic use in livestock, and other public health issues.
Center for Science in the Public Interest. www.cspinet.org. Publisher of Nutrition Action Health Letter. Advocates for nutrition and health and provides information on food safety, biotechnology, and antibiotic resistance.
When Smoke Ran Like Water by Devra Lee Davis (Basic Books, 2002).
Hope’s Edge by Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe (Tarcher/Putnam , 2002).
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (Random House, 2001).
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Less Toxic Living, Cleaning, and Baby Care
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Home Safe Home by Debra Dadd-Redalia and Debra Lynn Dadd (J.P. Tarcher, 1997).
Clean and Green by Annie Berthold-Bond (Ceres Press, 1994).
The Safe Shopper's Bible by David Steinman and Samuel S. Epstein (Hungry Minds, 1995).
Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet Guide to Natural Baby Care by Mindy Pennybacker and Aisha Ikramuddin (John Wiley & Sons, 1999).
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Growing and Buying Organic
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Eat Well Guide. www.EatWellGuide.org. Published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Food and Health Division.
Organic Trade Association. www.ota.com. Industry and consumer information from the organic industry’s trade association.
Organic Consumer’s Association. www.organicconsumers.org. Campaigns for food safety, organic agriculture, fair trade, and sustainability.
Organic Farming Research Foundation. www.ofrf.org. Why and how to support organic farming research.
USDA National Organic Program. www.ams.usda.gov/nop. Read fact sheets, updates, and the full text of the national organic standards in English or Spanish.
The Organic Foods Sourcebook by Elaine Marie Lipson (Contemporary Books, 2001).
The Eco-Foods Guide by Cynthia Barstow (New Society Publishers, 2002).
The Newman’s Own Organics Guide to a Good Life by Nell Newman and Joseph D’Agnese (Villard, 2003).
Eat Wild. www.eat wild.com. Clearinghouse for information on pasture-based farming.
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Buying and Cooking Locally Produced Food
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Local Harvest. www.localharvest.org. Nationwide directory of small family farms, farmers markets, and CSAs.
FoodRoutes Network. www.foodroutes.org. Nationwide directory of local organic farmers, farmers markets, and CSAs.
Growing Power. www.growingpower.org. Nationwide nonprofit organization supporting the development of community food systems.
USDA Farmers Market Directory. www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/map.htm.
USDA CSA Directory. www.nal.usda.gove/afsic/csa/. National database of community supported agriculture operations. Administered by organizations such as the Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources, the Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (AFSIC), and the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN).
The Robyn Van En Center for CSA Resources. www.csacenter.org. Explains what CSAs are and how to start or join one.
Slow Food. www.slowfood.com. International movement with consortia in cities around the world to support the appreciation of sustainably produced, well-prepared, and leisurely enjoyed food.
Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust. www.oldwayspt.org. Nonprofit educational organization devoted to providing scientific evidence to support the healthfulness of traditional diets and food customs.
Chefs Collaborative. www.chefscollaborative.org. National network of chefs and food professionals that promotes using high-quality, locally grown, sustainably produced food.
Local Flavors by Deborah Madison (Broadway, 2002).
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Politics of Food Marketing
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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin, 2001).
Food Politics by Marion Nestle (University of California Press, 2002).
Fat Land by Greg Critser (Houghton Mifflin, 2003).
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