Ahearne, J. F. (March) 1993. "Integrating Risk Analysis Into Public Policymaking," Environment 35, no. 2:16. A good discussion of how risk analysis can be better integrated into public policy.

Ames, B., R. Magaw, and L. Gold. (April 17) 1987. "Ranking Possible Carcinogenic Hazards," Science 236, no. 4799:271. Startling new conclusions about natural versus synthetic products.

Beardsley, T. (January) 1994. "A War Not Won," Scientific American 270, no. 1:130. The United States has spent billions of dollars to find the causes and cures for cancer. Some progress has been made but certain cancers have become more common and more deadly. What role do environmental factors play?

Brown, P. (October) 1993. "When The Public Knows Better: Popular Epidemiology Challenges the System," Environment 35, no. 8:16. Although authorities dismiss citizen activists as alarmist and nonscientific, they often uncover patterns ignored or undetected by experts.

Castleman, M. (September/October) 1993. "This Place Makes Me Sick," Sierra 78, no. 5:106. For many people, "sick house syndrome," or hypersensitivity to commonly used chemicals, can make life miserable.

Morgan, M. G. (July) 1993. "Risk Analysis and Management," Scientific American 269, no. 1:32. Policymakers use analytical techniques to evaluate statistical probabilities of environmental hazards.

Nadakavukaren, Anne. 1995. Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective, 4th ed. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, Inc. A general environmental science textbook that emphasizes health issues.

Ottoboni, A. (October/November) 1992. "The Dose Makes the Poison." Garbage IV, no. 5:38. A critical look at misconceptions about the dangers of synthetic chemicals. Although in conflict with the views of many environmentalists, this article deserves consideration.

Passivirta, J. 1991. Chemical Ecotoxicology. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers. A slim but useful textbook on ecological effects of toxic pollutants.

Patton, D. E. (January) 1993. "The ABCs of Risk Assessment," Environment 19, no. 1:10. The lead article in a special issue explaining why the EPA wants to change its methods of comparative risk analysis and revoke the Delaney clause.

UNICEF. 1993. State of the World's Children. Oxford: Oxford University Press. An encouraging annual report on the health of the world's children from the United Nations Children's Fund.