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ASTDR/EPA Top 20 Hazardous Substances List - Take a guess what is #1? Not surprisingly, arsenic. But have you heard of Arochlor 1254, or where or how you could be exposed to it?

ASTDR– Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Waste sites, health concerns, and hazardous substances from ATSDR, which is a public health agency (not a regulatory agency such as the EPA).

Environmental Health Network (of California) Homepage - Environmental toxins and toxic substances, from pesticides and heavy metals to fragrances.

EXTOXNET– The EXtension TOXicology NETwork - Toxicology information from a consortium of universities with a searchable database.

GOTWH: Hazardous Waste and RCRA - Federal legislation and information dealing with hazardous waste and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act from the Greening of the White House group.

Hazardous Materials Management Magazine - Link to products and services useful in this industry and current and past issues of articles in the magazine.

Pollution Rankings by State - Want to see where your state stands with respect of release of toxic chemicals to the environment? Scary data. Vermont, among the contiguous U.S. States is the most environmentally friendly. #1? Texas. And considered a shared border with Mexico, one can just imagine where many of these aqueous discharges go. http://www.scorecard.org/ranking/rank-states.tcl?type=mass&category=total_env&modifier=na&how_many=100/

Scorecard Home - This site, supported by the Environmental Defense fund gives much information on toxins in the U.S. You can even enter your zip code and see the rating for your county. I was not pleased to see that my county (Orange County, CA) ranked in the worst 20% of all counties in the U.S.

Society of Toxicology Home Page - Information, and links to other sites on toxicology.

US EPA Superfund Program Home Page - Superfund site information and current programs.

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