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Scares and Scams
A to Z
- 1,4-dioxane
- 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T)
- 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)
- 2 methyl-4 chlorophenoxyacetic acid
- 2-methylimidazole (2-MI)
- 4-methylimidazole (4-MI)
- Acesulfame-K
- Acrylamide, food
- Acrylamide, workers
- Acrylonitrile
- Agent Orange
- Air fresheners
- Air pollution
- Air pollution and childhood asthma
- Air pollution and heart attack
- Air pollution and lung cancer
- Air travel
- Alachlor
- Alar
- Alcohol
- Aldicarb
- Aldrin
- Alligator deformities
- Amalgam
- Aminotriazole
- Anabolic steroids
- Anthrax
- Antibacterial products
- Antibiotics and breast cancer
- Antibiotics (Livestock)
- Antimicrobials
- Antioxidant supplements
- Aquaculture
- Arachidonic acid (AA)
- Arsenic
- Artificial sweeteners
- Asbestos
- Aspartame
- Asphalt
- Atkins diet
- Atrazine
- Autism
- Avandia
- Avastin
- Ballistic fingerprinting
- Benzene
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Beta-benzene hexachloride
- Bifenthrin
- Biotechnology (Food)
- Bioterrorism
- Birth control pills and cancer
- Bisphenol A (BPA)
- Bottled water
- Botox
- Breast cancer drugs
- Breast implants
- Breast implants, non-silicone
- Breast implants, silicone
- Brominated flame retardants
- Bt corn
- Butadiene
- Cadmium
- Caffeine
- Calcium channel blockers (CCB)
- Cancer and the environment
- Carbendazim
- Carbofuran
- Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)
- Cell phones
- Chemicals and children
- Chemophobia
- Chernobyl
- Childhood asthma
- Childhood cancer
- Chlordane
- Chlorine
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- Chloropropylate
- Chlorpyrifos (Dursban)
- Cholesterol
- Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)
- Chromium-6
- Claritin and hypospadia
- Cleaning products and breast cancer
- Coal tar
- Coffee
- Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)
- Cosmetics
- Cosmic radiation
- Cranberries and health claims
- Cranberry scare
- Crystalline silica
- Cyclamates
- DDT
- DEET
- Dental amalgam
- Dental whiteners
- Diapers and infertility
- Diazinon
- Dichlorvos
- Dieldrin
- Dietary fiber and colon cancer
- Dietary guidelines
- Diet drinks and stroke
- Diethylstilbesterol (DES)
- Diisononyl phthalate (DINP)
- Dimethoate
- Dioxin
- Diquat dibromide
- Disinfectant by-products
- Di-2-ethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP)
- Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
- Diethyl phthalate (DEP)
- Dimethyl phthalate (DMP)
- Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
- Driveway sealant
- Electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
- Electric blankets
- Embryonic stell cells
- Endocrine disrupters (Environmental Estrogens)
- Endrin
- Ethylene Dibromide
- Ethylene oxide
- Eutrophication
- Factory farming
- Fen-phen
- Fireworks
- Fluoridation
- Fluoroquinolones
- Food coloring
- Food irradiation
- Food labeling
- Food packaging
- Food safety
- Formaldehyde
- Fracking
- Fragrances
- French fries
- Frog deformities
- Fruit juice and childhood obesity/shortness
- Glass filament
- Glass wool
- Gluteraldehyde
- Gulf War Syndrome
- Gun control
- Hair dye
- Health insurance and mortality
- Heptachlor
- Heptachlor oxide
- Heterocyclic amines and cancer
- Hexachlorobenzene
- High fructose corn syrup
- Homelessness
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Hot dogs and choking
- Hudson River dredging
- Hydraulic fracturing
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico (Dead Zone)
- Influenza (pandemic)
- Intravenous (IV) bags
- Latex
- Laxatives and cancer
- Lead
- Levonorgestrel
- Light-at-night and cancer
- Lindane
- Lipstick
- Love Canal
- Low-fat diet
- Mad cow
- Malathion
- Mammograms
- Man-made vitreous fibers
- Meat
- Medical devices (reprocessed)
- Mercury
- Methyl bromide
- Methyl chloride
- Methyl parathion
- Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
- Methylimidazole
- Metolachlor
- Microwaving packaged foods
- Monarch butterflies and Bt corn
- Mothballs
- Mouthwash
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
- N-nitrosopiperadine
- Napthalene
- Neotame
- Nickel
- Nitrates in drinking water
- Nitrites
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear waste
- Nuclear testing fallout
- Obesity (Childhood)
- Obesity (General)
- Obesity and cancer
- Oil well fires
- Olestra
- Oral contraceptives
- Organic food
- Organochlorines
- Organophosphates
- Organic solvents
- Oxychlordane
- Ozone depletion
- Ozone (Ground-level)
- Parabens
- Paradichlorobenzene (PDCB)
- Paraquat
- Particulate matter, fine (PM 2.5)
- Perchlorate
- Perchloroethylene (PCE)
- Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
- Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
- Permethrin
- Pesticides
- Pet birds
- Pet collars
- Phenolphthalein
- Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)
- Phthalates
- Picaridin
- Pizza
- Plastics (Generally)
- Plastic bags
- Plutonium and Cassini spacecraft
- Polybrominated diethyl ethers (PBDEs)
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- Progestogen
- Propoxur
- Quorn
- Radar
- Radiation (Ionizing)
- Radiology and nuclear medicine
- Radiation workers
- Radon
- Raloxifene
- Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBST, rBGH)
- Red Dye No. 2
- Rocketdyne workers
- Rock wool
- Rotenone
- Saccharin
- Safrole
- Salt (dietary)
- School lunches
- Secondhand smoke (Environmental Tobacco Smoke)
- Seveso
- Shale gas
- Smallpox
- Smart meters
- Smog
- Smokeless tobacco
- Smoking
- Smoking bans
- Snus
- Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS)/Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES)
- Soft drinks
- Sperm count
- Sprawl/suburbs and health problems
- Statins
- Sucralose
- Sulfur dioxide
- Sulfuryl fluoride
- Superfund
- Talc
- Tamoxifen
- Tannins
- Teflon
- Television and violence
- Thimerosal
- Thirdhand smoke
- Times Beach
- Three Mile Island
- Toilet bowl blocks
- Toluene diisocyanate
- Toxaphene
- Toxic waste sites
- Toys
- Traffic and cancer
- Trans fats
- Transnonachlor
- Treated wood
- Trichloroethylene
- Triclosan
- Trihalomethanes
- Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
- Tungsten
- Uranium milling and mining
- Vaccines
- Vanadium
- Video display terminals (VDTs)
- Vietnam veterans
- Vinclozolin
- Vinyl chloride
- Vitamin supplements
- Vytorin
- West Nile virus
- World Trade Center
- Yucca Mountain
- Zonyl RP
- Zyprexa and diabetes
By Category
Agriculture
Chemicals/Industrial Materials/By-products/Wastes
- 1,4-dioxane
- Benzene
- Brominated flame retardants
- Cadmium
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- Dioxin
- Endocrine disrupters
- Formaldehyde
- Napthalene
- Organic solvents
- Phthalates
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Lead
- Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
- Paradichlorobenzene (PDCB)
- Perchloroethylene (Perc)
- Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
- Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
- Polybrominated diethyl ethers (PBDEs)
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- Trichloroethylene
- Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
- Vinyl chloride
- Zonyl RP
Children
- Chemicals and children
- Childhood asthma
- Childhood cancer
- Obesity (Childhood)
- Pesticides in school
- School lunches
Consumer Products
- Air fresheners
- Automobiles
- Cell phones and cancer
- Cleaning products and breast cancer
- Cosmetics
- Diapers and infertility
- Electric blankets
- Hair dye
- Fireworks
- Mothballs
- Plastics (Generally)
- Plastic bags
- Teflon
- Toilet bowl blocks
- Toys
- Treated wood
- Triclosan
- Video display terminals (VDTs)
Defense/Energy/Military/National Security
Diet and health
- Atkins diet
- Cholesterol
- Dental amalgam
- Dietary fiber and colon cancer
- Dietary guidelines
- Health insurance and mortality
- Low-fat diet
- Trans fats
Diseases and Conditions
- Autism
- Downwinders
- Gulf War Syndrome
- Influenza (pandemic)
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
- Obesity (General)
- Obesity and cancer
- Sperm count
- West Nile virus
Environment
- Cancer and the environment
- Indoor
- Outdoor
- Wildlife
Food & Beverages
- Acrylamide
- Alcohol
- Aquaculture
- Artificial Sweeteners
- Bottled water
- Caffeine
- Coffee
- Cranberries and health claims
- Cranberry scare
- Fish
- Food coloring
- Food irradiation
- Food labeling
- Food packaging
- Food safety
- French fries
- Fruit juice and childhood obesity/shortness
- High fructose corn syrup
- Meat
- Olestra
- Organic food
- Quorn
- Pesticide residues
- Pizza
- Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBST, rBGH)
- Salt (dietary)
- Soda/Soft drinks
Gun control
Occupational
Medical/Pharmaceutical Products
- Anabolic steroids
- Antibiotics and breast cancer
- Avandia
- Avastin
- Breast cancer drugs
- Breast implants
- Calcium channel blockers (CCB)
- Claritin and hypospadia
- Dietary supplements
- Diethylstilbesterol (DES)
- Embryonic stem cells
- Fen-phen
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Intravenous (IV) bags
- Laxatives and cancer
- Mammograms
- Medical devices (reprocessed)
- Oral contraceptives
- Phenolphthalein
- Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)
- Statins
- Tamoxifen
- Thimerosal
- Vaccines
- Vytorin
- Zyprexa and diabetes
Personal Care Products
Pesticides (non-agricultural)
- Chlorpyrifos (Dursban)
- DDT
- DEET
- Diazinon
- Dichlorvos
- Malathion
- Methyl parathion
- Organochlorines
- Paraquat
- Pesticide residues
- Pesticides and sperm count
- Pesticides in school
- Picaridin
- Propuxur
Radiation/Nuclear Power
- Accidents
- Cosmic radiation
- Downwinders
- Nuclear materials
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear waste
- Plutonium and Cassini spacecraft
- Radiation (Ionizing)
- Radiation workers
- Radiology and nuclear medicine
- Radon
- Uranium milling and mining
Water
Notable and Notorious
People
- Peter Angelos
- Steven Arnold
- Alberto Ascherio
- John Banzahf III
- Neil Barnard
- Erin Brockovich
- Charlotte Brody
- Kelly Brownell
- Carol Browner
- Marian Burros
- Helen Caldicott
- George Carlo
- Rachel Carson
- Richard Clapp
- Joan Claybrook
- Theo Colburn
- Ken Cook
- Devra Davis
- Caroline Smith DeWaal
- Jeffrey Drazen
- Paul Ehrlich
- Samuel Epstein
- David Fenton
- Curt Furberg
- Lois Gibbs
- Stan Glantz
- Lynn Goldman
- Louis Guillette
- Tyrone Hayes
- Stephen Hecht
- Richard Jackson
- Michael Jacobson
- Arthur Kellerman
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Andrew Kimbrell
- Philip Landrigan
- Bruce Lanphear
- Jonathan Lash
- Stuart Levy
- George Lucier
- JoAnn Manson
- Joseph Mercola
- Bill Moyers
- John Peterson Myers
- Herbert Needleman
- Marion Nestle
- Ingrid Newkirk
- Steven Nissen
- John Passacantando
- Frederica Perrera
- Drummond Pike
- C. Arden Pope
- Carl Pope
- Bruce Psaty
- Sheldon Rampton
- Jeremy Rifkin
- Mark Ritchie
- William Ruckleshaus
- Jonathan Samet
- Arlie Schardt
- Arnold Schecter
- Eric Schlosser
- Irving Selikoff
- Vandana Shiva
- Ellen Silbergeld
- Rashmi Sinha
- Niels Skakkebaek
- John Stauber
- David Suzuki
- Shanna Swan
- Fred vom Saal
- Irving Weissman
- Richard Wiles
- Walter Willett
- Margo Wootan
Organizations
- Allergy Kids Foundation
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Cancer Society
- American Fertility Association
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- American Lung Association
- American Medical Association
- American Public Health Association
- Animal Liberation Front
- As You Sow
- Beyond Pesticides
- Boston Self Help Center
- Breast Cancer Action
- Breast Cancer Fund
- California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
- Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
- Cancer Project
- Cancer Schmancer
- Center for Food Safety
- Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)
- Center for Media and Democracy
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
- Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Clean Air Trust
- Clean New York
- Clean Water Action
- ClimateCounts.org
- Commonweal
- Consumer Federation of America
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Consumer Reports/Consumers Union
- Connecticut Nurses' Association
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Earth First!
- Ecology Center
- Environmental Defence Canada
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental Health Fund
- Environmental Health Trust
- Environmental Media Services
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- Environmental Working Group
- Fenton Communications
- Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
- Food and Water
- Friends of the Earth
- Greenpeace
- Health Care Without Harm
- Healthy Child, Healthy World
- Humane Society
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
- Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS)
- MomsRising.org
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
- National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
- National Audubon Society
- National Cancer Institute
- National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP)
- National Environmental Trust
- National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Medicine
- National Organization for Women
- National Research Council
- National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation
- National Toxicology Program
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Next Generation
- New York Nurses Association
- Organic Consumers Association
- Oregon Environmental Council
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
- Pesticide Action Network (UK)
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Public Citizen
- Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
- Rhode Island State Nurses Association
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Ruckus Society
- Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)
- Shaping Youth
- Sierra Club
- Silent Spring Institute
- Teens Turning Green
- Tides Foundation
- Tooth Fairy Project
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG)
- W. Alton Jones Foundation
- Washington Toxics Coalition
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- Women Against Toxic Cosmetics Harm (WATCH)
- Women's Voices for the Earth
- World Health Organization
- World Resources Institute
- World Wildlife Fund
- Worldwatch Institute
- Zero Population Growth
Books & Movies
- The China Syndrome
- A Civil Action
- Dying from Dioxin
- Farmageddon
- Fast Food Nation
- Food, Inc.
- Food Politics
- Gasland
- The Future of Food
- No More Dirty Looks
- Our Stolen Future
- Poisoned Profits
- The Population Bomb
- Restaurant Confidential
- Silent Spring
Special Topics
- Advertising/Marketing
- Animal handling and welfare
- Body burden/Biomonitoring
- Body mass index (BMI)
- Cancer Prevention Study II
- Cancer clusters
- Cancer mortality rates
- Cancer research
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Data access
- Green chemistry
- Human testing
- Hygiene hypothesis
- Junk lawsuits
- Low dose effects
- Medical research
- Naturally-occuring toxins
- Pesticide benefits
- Precautionary principle
- Proposition 65
- REACH
- Scientific misconduct
- Skin painting studies
