Cancer and the Environment

Silent Spring Institute
A scientific research organization dedicated to identifying the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer. 

Devra Lee Davis Charitable Foundation
A foundation that supports research, public policy development and public and health professional education on the environmental causes of cancer

Sandra Steingraber
Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized authority on the environment links to cancer and human health.

Breast Cancer Fund
Glossary of toxic chemicals.

Minnesota

Preventing Harm Minnesota
Promotes greater precaution in the policies and personal choices that determine routine pollutants in a child’s environment.

Healthy Legacy 
A coalition of organizations supporting the production and use of products without toxic chemicals

Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Works in the courts, the legislature and state agencies, using science and policy, to develop, communicate and implement environmental change

Women’s Environmental Institute
Environmental research, renewal and retreat center in Minnesota to create and share knowledge about environmental issues and policies relevant to women and children; to promote organic and sustainable agriculture skill building and ecological awareness; and activism that influences public policy and supports social change

Environmental Organizations

Care2
Online community where people can make a difference regarding health, human rights, and the environment

Center for Health, Environment and Justice
National environmental organization building healthy and safe communities

The Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Network of individual and organizational partners in 45 countries, working to advance knowledge and effective action to address growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors

Environmental Working Group
Uses the power of public information to protect public health and the environment.

Healthcare Without Harm
A global coalition working to protect health by reducing pollution in the healthcare sector

Indigenous Environmental Network
Network of Indigenous Peoples addressing environmental and economic justice issues

League of Conservation Voters
Provides voting records of politicians on various environmental issues.

Scorecard
Pollution information site

Washington Toxics Coalition
Promotes alternatives, advocates policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a healthy environment

Women’s Health and the Environment
Project of The Collaborative on Health and the Environment

Women’s Voices for the Earth
Educates on green cleaning and ecological sustainability