| Our_Stolen_Future Provides updates about endocrine disruption created by man-made chemical contaminants that interfere with hormones in humans and wildlife. |
| PCB_Home_Page_at_EPA Provides information on Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's). Background, resources and links to many topics. |
| Persistent_Organic_Pollutants_(POPs) These chemical substances persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. From the United Nations Enviro |
| Phthalates_and_Human_Health__Demystifying_the_Risks_of_Plastic-softening_Chemicals Discusses human health concerns and public health benefits related to plasticizers, which are chemicals used to soften normally-rigid PVC, or polyvinyl chloride plastics. |
| Questions_and_Answers_About_Dioxins_and_Food_Safety Discusses dioxins in the food chain. |
| Thymus_Atrophy Abstract of study that investigated whether TCDD triggers apoptosis in thymocytes. |
| WWF_Endocrine_Disruptor_Information Papers and speeches on how hormone disruptors interfere with bio-chemical processes, and a suspected list of hormone disruptors. |
| Öko-Recherche Analyses of material flows of chemicals in the environment, including endocrine-disrupting industrial chemicals. |
| Weed_Killer_Deforms__Organs_in_Frogs,_Study_Finds New York Times report on University of California study that found that male frogs exposed to very low doses of atrazine are deficient in testosterone and can develop multiple organs. (Apri |
| Teens_Before_Their_Time With budding breasts and pubic hair, girls are developing earlier than ever. What's causing it? And what are the psychological effects? Time Magazine. (October 30, 2000) |
| Drug_Delivery,_Polymers,_Pulmonary Alternative drug delivery, pharmaceutical formulations, polymeric drug delivery, microspheres, pulmonary delivery |
| GALENOS-Network Consisting of university pharmaceutical departments and industrial partners. It aims to promote quality education and ongoing research in Biopharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Technology and Advanced Drug |
| PharmWeb Pharmacy information: conferences/meetings, world wide pharmacy colleges/departments/schools, the PharmWeb discussion forum, PharmWeb chat, patient information, PharmWeb directory. |
| Process_Development_ A portal for chemical process research and development with information on the latest news, events, jobs, publications and companies involved in chemical process research and development. |
| Durabilis An ecodesign methodology for product life-cycle assessment and design. |
| Ecocycle_Newsletter Environment Canada's Industrial Ecology Newsletter shares information on policy and technical issues related to product environmental life-cycle management (LCM). Past issues are on-line. |
| Eco-Efficiency_and_Cleaner_Production Lengthy paper for United Nations Committee on Sustainable Development on cleaner production and energy efficiency. |
| ECO-it Design for Environment software. Based on the Eco-indicator method, ECO-it helps designers to screen products for environmental improvements by allowing you to model a complex product and its life cyc |
| Eco-shop Personal website supplying internet links on topics including ecodesign, environmental accounting and life cycle assessment (LCA). |
| Energy_and_materials_policy_design Linear programming models for environmental policy analysis, with emphasis on CO2 policies. Focus on trade effects, technological change, data, publications, model code. Covers iron and steel, petroch |
| Factor_10 Flemish information center for promotion of ecodesign. Includes an English summary. |
| Free_Life_Cycle_Assessment_on_the_Internet Uses 1992 input-output table of US economy to show economic and environmental effects of producing 500 commodities. |
| IndEco_Strategic_Consulting_Inc_ Industrial Ecology Strategic Consulting is a team of professionals offering consulting services in industrial ecology and strategic planning. |
| Indigo_Publications Creating systems solutions for sustainable development through industrial ecology information and publications. |
| Industrial_Ecology_Dissertation_Database Browsable list, with abstracts. |
| Industrial-Ecology_Discussion_List Mail list for students, scholars and others. Topics include eco-industrial parks, sustainable production and consumption, and other aspects of environment and economy. |
| The_International_Society_for_Industrial_Ecology The mission of the ISIE is to promote the use of industrial ecology in research,education, policy, community development, and industrial practices. In order to accomplish this mission, ISIE seeks to |
| Journal_of_Industrial_Ecology Yale University website for this journal includes calls for papers and archives tables of contents. |
| Journal_of_Industrial_Ecology MIT Press website for international quarterly journal addressing material and energy flows; dematerialization and decarbonization; life-cycle planning, design and assessment; extended producer respons |
| Kalundborg_Symbiosis_Institute For the past 25 years some of Kalundborg's largest companies and the five cooperating municipalities of the Kalundborg Region have developed a new and revolutionary concept for industrial growth |
| New_Environmentalism_Speech__Industrial_Ecology_Innovations Highlights U.S. corporate initiatives that are considered to illustrate IE in action. |
| Non-Ferrous_Metals_and_their_Contribution_to_Sustainable_Development Reports, online forums, information about workshops and events, and other resources related to metals recycling and environmental aspects of mining and production of metals including copper, zinc, nic |
| Russian-Norwegian_Cleaner_Production_Center An organization promoting environmental management systems, ISO 14000, ecological management, ecological audits, financial engineering, and training. |
| SINTEF_Environment_Research Projects related to clean production and other topics, by independent research organization in Norway. |
| CalPal The Cologne Radiocarbon Calibration and Paleoclimate Research Package is designed to support research on hominid behavioural response to pleistocene climate change. |
| CalPal_-_Online_Radiocarbon_Calibration Dates between 50.000 and 1 BP will be calibrated using the calibration curve CalPal2004_SFCP. |
| Canadian_Archaeological_Radiocarbon_Database_(CARD) Compilation of radiocarbon measurements that indicate the ages of archaeological and vertebrate palaeontological sites in North America. |
| How_Stuff_Works__Carbon-14_Dating Introductory tutorial. |
| Informath Dating related papers and articles by Douglas J. Keenan. |
| RadioCarbon International journal of radio-isotope dating: Article indexes; sales of subscriptions and back issues. |
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