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  •  Abortion
    Abortion and Breast Cancer
    Abortion and the ABA
    Abortions and Doctors (medical profession; medical students; etc.)
    Activism
    Bibliography
    Ethics and Debate
    Federal (National Policy, Legislation, Politics, Laws, Bills)
    Gag Rule
    General, Misc., Other
    Guam
    India, China, Asia
    Louisiana
    MA
    MA (Worcester), Planned Parenthood Clinic
    MD, DC, VA
    New England
    PA
    Other Countries/International
    Other States, States in General
    Religion
    Risks: Medical, Psychological, Social/Cultural
    RU-486, mifepriston, methotrexate, misoprostol
    Russia/Eastern Europe/Central Europe
    Statistics
    Supreme Court (decisions, rulings, arguments, appointments)
    Surveys, Polls, Public Opinion
    UK/Ireland
    US Foreign Policy/US Foreign Aid
    Western Europe
  •  Accidents
    Accidents
  •  Acid Precipitation/Acid Deposition
    Acid Fog
    Bibliography
    Causes, Sources, Chemistry
    Cost/Benefit Analyses
    Effects and Impacts
    Emissions Trading
    General, Misc.
    Great Britain/UK/Europe
    International Agreements, Responses, Solutions, Problems
    Monitoring, Modeling, Mapping, Surveying
    Pamphlets, Fact Sheets, Memos, Maps, Press Releases
    Reports, Studies
    U.S./Canadian Agreements, Relations, Talks
    U.S. Policy, Politics, Political Debate
  •  Agriculture
    Alternative, Agro-ecology, Sustainable, Organic Agriculture
    Bibliography
    Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)
    Fair Trade
    General, Misc.
    Green Revolution
    Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation, Soil Degradation
    Urban Agriculture/Community Gardens
    U.S. Congress
  •  AIDS/HIV
    Africa
    AIDS Activism, Protests, Marches, Memorials
    AIDS and Male Circumcision
    AIDS and Prostitution
    AIDS and Society
    AIDS and the Military
    AIDS and the Workplace
    AIDS and Transplants
    Asia
    Bibliography; Table of Contents
    Blood Supply/Blood Transfusions, Hemophilia/hemophiliacs
    Budget, Costs, Funding, Fundraising
    Church, Religion and AIDS
    Conferences, Meetings
    Developing Countries
    Discrimination/Civil Rights
    Drug Use/Users and HIV/AIDS
    Drugs, Treatment
    Eastern and Central Europe, Russia
    Ethical Issues
    Food Secuurity
    Gallo Controversy
    General, Miscellaneous
    Generic AIDS Drugs
    Global Issues
    Health Care Workers/Doctors and HIV/AIDS
    HIV/AIDS and Assault, Rape and Other Crimes
    HIV/AIDS and Prison
    HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
    Idiopathic CD4 + T-Lymphocytopenia without HIV Infection
    Latin America, South America, Cuba, the Caribbean
    Massachusetts
    Middle East
    Needle Exchange, Unsafe Infections, Dirty Needles
    Opportunistic Infections/Symptoms, Kaposi's Sarcoma
    Organizations, Foundations, Centers, Clinics, etc.
    People with HIV/AIDS
    Prevention: Condoms, Microbicides, Safe Sex, Education Programs
    Statistics/Projections
    Surveys and Polls, Studies, Reports
    Tests, Testing, Notification, Tracking
    3 by 5 Initiative
    US Policy/Politics
    Women and children
    Vaccines/Gene Therapy
    Western Europe
    What, How, Why, Where, When, etc.
  •  Air Pollution
    Aircraft Emissions
    Animal Farms/Feed Lots
    Asian Brown Haze, Asian Brown Cloud
    Bibliography
    California
    Canada
    Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry
    Clean Air Acts and Bills
    Clean Air Act/EPA Regulations and Amendments
    Effects
    Emission Trading, Tradable Permits
    Europe (Eastern)
    Europe (Western)
    Health
    Massachusetts, New England, Northeast
    Mexico
    Miscellaneous, General
    Motor Vehicle Emissions
    Other countries
    Ozone, Smog
    Particulates
    Planning Aspects of Air Pollution Control
    Power Plants
    Public Perception
    Transboundary Pollution
    United States
    VOC
  •  Air Transport
    Airbus
    Bibliography Planes
    Boeing Jets: 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777
    Bombs, Hijacking
    Child Safety Seats
    Commuter Planes, Small Planes, Private Planes
    DC 10's (including crash of AA Flight 19 in Chicago, 1979)
    Eastern Airlines
    Health, Economy Class Syndrome
    Icing, Deicing
    McDonnell Douglas
    Miscellaneous, General
    Safety, Risk, Hazards
    Pratt and Whitney Jet Engines (JT80)
    Security
    Soviet, Russian Airlines
    US Air
    ValuJet
    Worcester Airport
  •  Air Transport: Crashes
    Korean Airlines Flight 007, 1983
    Delta Flight 191, August 1985
    Northwest Flight 255, August 1987
    Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland 1988
    Aloha Airlines Flight 243, April 1988
    Iran Air Flight 655, July 1988
    Delta Flight 1141, August 1988
    Continental Airlines Flight 1713, November 1988
    United Airlines Flight 811, February 1989
    United Airlines Flight 232, July 1989
    US Air Flight 5050, September 1989
    Avianca Flight 52, January 1990
    Denver Airport Fire, November 1990
    Detroit Runway Collision, December 1990
    Los Angeles Runway Collision, February 1991
    United Flight 585, March 1991
    Continental Airlines Flight 1713, November 1988
    TWA Flight 843, July 1992
    El Al Jumbo Jet, October 1992 Control
    US Air Flight 1016, July 1994
    US Air Flight 427, September 1994
    American Eagle Flight 4184 (October 1994) and Flight 3379 (December 1994)
    American Airlines Flight 965, December 1995
    Air Force Jet Crash, Croatia, April 1996
    Valujet Flight 592, May 1996
    Delta Flight 1288, July 1996
    TWA Flight 800, July 1996
    Kinshasa, Zaire, 1996
    Swiss Air Flight 111, September 1998
    Other US Air Crashes, Air Mishaps
    Air Transport Crashes: China
    Air Transport Crashes: Russia
    Air Transport Crashes: India, Nepal
    Air Transport Crashes: Thailand
    Air Transport Crashes: West Germany
    Air Transport Crashes: other crashes, mishaps outside US
    Air Transport Crashes: Military, Airforce, National Guard mishaps, crashes
  •  Aircraft Noise
    Aircraft Noise
  •  Alcohol
    Bibliography
    Drunk Driving
    General, Miscellaneous
    Genetics
    Health
    Labels, Advertising
    Pregnancy, Nursing
    Statistics
    Teens, Adolescents, Youth, College Students
    Urethane
    Women
  •  Asbestos
    Asbestos
    General, Miscellaneous
    Manville
  •  Benzene
    Benzene
  •  Bhopal
    Bhopal Plant: Diagrams
    Bibliography
    Consequences
    Danbury newspapers
    Early Warnings
    Early Accounts
    Evacuation
    General
    Information Flow
    Institute Accident: Consequences
    Institute Accident: Litigation
    Institute Accident: Post-mortems
    Institute Plant Leak: Early Accounts
    Institutional Responses (W. Virginia Accidents)
    Labor Unions' Report
    Later Accounts
    Litigation/Compensation
    Local Responses
    Methyl Isocyanate (MIC)
    Neutralization of MIC
    Post-mortems
    Relief Efforts
    Seveso Directive
    Studies/Responses
    Union Carbide Investigation
    Union Carbide Responses
    U.S. Congressional Hearings
  •  Biodiversity
    Bibliography
    Bioprospecting/Biopiracy/Gene Hunting
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    General, Miscellaneous
  •  Biotechnology
    Agriculture, Crops, Food
    Animal cloning, 'Dolly'
    Bibliography
    Bioinformatics
    Biosafety/Biosafety Treaty
    Biotech Industry, Firms
    Developed Countries/International
    Developing Countries
    Environmental Biotechnology/Industrial Biotechnology
    Ethics, Bioethics
    Forests/Trees
    General, Miscellaneous
    Genetic Screening, Testing
    Genetically Modified Livestock, Fish, Insects, Transgenic Animals
    Genetically Modified Organisms, Genetically Engineered Organisms in General
    Genomics and other "omics"
    Human Embryo Research/Human Cloning/Stem Cell Research
    Human Genome, Human Genome Project /Other Genomes
    Jeremy Rifkin
    Legislation, Regulation, Laws
    Massachusetts
    Medicine, Gene Therapy, Drugs
    Patents
    Proteomics
    Public Opinion/Perception/Polls/Knowledge/Acceptance
    Race Specific Drugs/Race Based Medicine
    Risks/Risk Assessment
    Synthetic Biology
    Transgenic Animals, Livestock
  •  Breast Cancer
    Breast Cancer
  •  Cadmium
    Cadmium
  •  Cancer
    Bibliography
    Bladder
    Brain
    Cervical, Endometrial, Ovarian, Uterine
    Children
    Cigarettes, Tobacco, Alcohol
    Colon, Colorectal, Rectal
    Diet, Food
    Environmental
    Formaldehyde and Cancer
    General, Miscellaneous
    Geography, Race, Sex
    Hair Dyes
    Insurance
    Kidney
    Leukemia
    Liver, Pancreatic
    Lung
    Lymph
    Occupational
    Oral
    Policy/Regulation
    Prostate
    Research/Testing/Screening
    Risk Assessment, Risk
    Skin/Melanoma
    Statistics/Studies
    Stomach
    Treatments
  •  Cardiovascular Disease
    Cardiovascular Disease
  •  Challenger
    Challenger
  •  Chemical and Biological Weapons
    Biological Weapons, Warfare/Bioterrorism
    Chemical Weapons (including Nerve Gas)
    General, Miscellaneous
    Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
    Libya
    Soviet Union, Russia, Former Soviet Republic
    Storage, Disposal, Incineration, Treatment, Destruction
    Treaties, Negotiations, Bans, Agreements
    Yellow Rain
  •  Chemicals
    Acrylonitrile
    Art Supplies/Household Products
    Bibliography
    Bisphenol- A (BPA)
    Carbon Dioxide
    Carbon Monoxide
    Chemical Industry, Producers, Manufacturers
    Chemical spills, Chemical leaks
    Chlorine, Chlorine Compounds
    Cyanide
    Ethylene Oxide (ETO)
    European Union Chemical Policy (REACH)
    Formaldehyde
    General, Miscellaneous, Other
    Health
    Hexachloraphene
    Lawn Care Chemicals
    Methylene chloride
    Perchlorate
    Perchloroethylene
    Perfluoronated Compounds, PFCs, PFOA (c-8), PFOs, PFCAs
    Perfluoro-octane sulfonate (PFOs)
    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
    Petrochemicals and Petrochemical Industry
    Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
    Phthalates
    Responsible Care
    Safety, Emergency Response, Security, Vulnerability Assessment
    StyreneTesting, Analysis
    Testing, Analysis
    Tetrachloroethylene/Tetrachloraethane; Trichloroethylene/Trichloroethane
    Toluene
    Toxic Substance Control Act
    Union Carbide
  •  Chernobyl
    Bibliography
    Early Accounts
    Environmental Consequences
    Follow-up
    Health Consequences
    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
    Miscellaneous
    Response: Europe
    Response: U.S.
    Response: U.S.S.R.
    Select Panel for Post-Chernobyl Safety Review
  •  Children
    Accidents
    Bibliography
    Child Abuse/Neglect
    Child Labor
    Child Safety
    General, Miscellaneous
    Health Insurance
    Health Issues
    Infant Mortality/Child Mortality
    Policy, Politics
    Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition
    Statistics
    Street Children/Child Prostitutes
    War
  •  Chlorofluorocarbons and Fluorocarbons
    Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy
    Assessments: Risks, Technical, Political, Social
    Atmospheric Chemistry/Chemical Processes
    Bans, Phase-outs, Restrictions: Cities, States, Industry
    Bibliography
    Black Market, Smuggling
    CMA (Chemical Manufacturer's Association)
    Du Pont
    Effects/Impact
    General, Miscellaneous
    International Agreements, Cooperation, Negotiation
    Metered Dose Inhalers/Inhalers
    Substitutes, Alternatives
    U.S. Policy, Regulation
  •  Climate Change
    Aerosols, Particulates, Soot, Clouds, Water Vapor
    After Kyoto
    Aircraft Emissions
    Bibliography
    Causes, Mechanisms (including carbon sinks)
    Climate Debate
    Corporations, Companies
    Early Emission Credits (credits for the early reduction of emissions)
    Economics, Equity, Ethics
    Effects, Impacts, Consequences
    Emission Trading, Tradable Emission Permits
    General, Miscellaneous
    Global Dimming
    Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Effects, Greenhouse Emissions
    Health Effects
    Integrated Assessment
    International Agreements, Negotiations, Conferences, Programs
    IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
    Joint Implementation, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
    Kyoto Conference/Protocol
    Local, State, National Policies, Programs - Other Countries
    Local, State, National Policies, Programs - U.S.
    Models, Modeling
    Monitoring, Measuring
    National Policies, Politics, Programs
    Public Opinion, Perception, Attitudes, Understanding
    Solutions, Responses, Options, Strategies (Adaptation, Mitigation) (Includes: ——Carbon sequestration as an option)
    Study Group on the Effects of Carbon Dioxide
    Uncertainty, Surprise, Abrupt Change
    Volcanoes, Volcanic Eruptions
  •  Coal and Coal Plant Emissions
    Coal Mining/Mines
    Coal Plant Emissions/Clean Coal
    General, Miscellaneous
    Global CO2 Problem
  •  Coastal Zone Management
    Coastal Zone Management
  •  Cogeneration
    Cogeneration
  •  Common Property
    Common Property Resources
  •  Computers
    Bibliography
    Computer Viruses, Parasites, Worms/Hackers
    Developing Countries
    E-Books
    E-Government, E-Voting
    E-Health
    Education/Schooling
    Electronic Banking/Electronic Commerce
    Environmental Impact
    General, Miscellaneous
    Health (including addiction, obsession, depression)
    Internet
    Law, Legislation, Regulation
    Patents/Intellectual Property
    Personal Computers/Laptops
    Privacy/Security
    Software
    Spam, Spamming
    Supercomputers
    Virtual Reality
  •  Conflicts
    Conflicts
  •  Construction
    Buildings
    Bridges
    Sea-level Panama Canal
    Other
  •  Consumer Products
    Aerosol Products
    Aluminum Wire
    Appliances: large and small
    Art Supplies
    Bicycles
    CB Radios
    Chainsaws
    Children's Products: Toys, furniture, etc.
    Clothing and Accessories
    Cosmetics
    Detergents
    Eye Products
    Fireworks
    General, Miscellaneous
    Hair Products
    Home Heaters, Water Heaters, Wood Stoves
    Lighters, Matchbooks
    Paint Strippers
    Power Mowers and Tools
    Recalls
    Regulations, Orders, Legislation
    Security Systems
  •  Contraception
    Anti-fertility Vaccines
    Bibliography
    Caps, Sponges, Diaphragms
    Catholic Church
    Condoms
    Developing Countries
    Emergency Contraception, The Morning-after Pill
    General, Miscellaneous
    Herbs, Plants
    Injectables/Depo-Provera
    IUDs/Dalkon Shield
    Male Contraceptive
    Norplant
    Oral Contraceptives, The Pill, Contraceptive Patch
    Pharmacist Refusal
    Russia/Eastern and Central Europe
    Sterilization/Vasectomy
    U.S./U.S. Policy
  •  Critical Zones
    Amazonia
    Aral Sea, USSR
    Basin of Mexico
    Himalayas, Nepal
    Kenya Dry Hills
    Ogallala
    Ordos Plateau, China
    South Florida (Keys, Everglades)
    Sundaland Rainforest (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Borneo)
  •  DES (Diethylstilbestrol)
    DES (Diesthylstilbestrol)
  •  DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
    DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
  •  Dams
    Asia
    Aswan Dam
    Bibliography
    Danube
    General, Miscellaneous
    Narmada Dam
    Other
    Tehri Dam
    Teton Dam
    Three Gorges Dam
    U.S.
  •  Debt
    Debt
    Debt for Nature Swaps
  •  Decision-making
    Citizen Advisory Boards, Public Participation, Citizens' Juries
    General, Miscellaneous
    Stakeholders
  •  Deforestation
    Deforestation
  •  Desertification
    Bibliography
    Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD)
    Desertification
    General, Miscellaneous
  •  Development and Policy
    Decentralization
    Privatization
    Structural Adjustment
  •  Dioxin
    Agent Orange
    Arkansas
    Bibliography
    Contaminated Food/Fish
    Dioxin: Miscellaneous
    Dow
    EPA Risk Assessment/Reassessment
    General, Miscellaneous
    Health
    Incineration, Backyard Burning, Combustion/Dumping
    Japan
    Missouri (Times Beach and other sites)
    Ninth Report on Carcinogens
    Other contaminated sites
    Paper Products, Paper Mills
    Seveso, Italy/Seveso Directive
    Treatment/Disposal
  •  Diseases/Illnesses
    ADD, ADHD (Attentions Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ——Disorder)
    Alzheimer's Disease
    Anthrax
    Arthritis
    Asthma, Allergies
    Atherosclerosis
    Autism
    Bibliography
    Botulism
    Brucellosis
    Cat Scratch Fever
    Chagas' Disease
    Cholera
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    Cystic Fibrosis
    Dengue Fever
    Diabetes
    Diphtheria
    Ear Infections
    Ebola Virus
    Encephalitis
    Endometriosis
    Environmental Diseases, Illnesses
    Epilepsy
    Foot and Mouth Disease
    'Flesh Eating' Bacteria
    Flu, Influenza, Viruses, Colds
    General, Miscellaneous
    Gulf War Syndrome
    Hantavirus
    Headaches, Migraines
    Hemophilia
    Hepatitis
    High Blood Pressure /Hypertension
    Huntington's Disease
    Infectious Diseases
    Kidney Disease
    Legionnaires' Disease
    Leishmaniasis
    Leprosy
    Lou Gehrig's Disease
    Lyme Disease and other tick borne diseases
    Mad Cow Disease
    Malaria
    Measles
    Meningitis/Brain Diseases
    Mental Illness
    Monkey Pox
    Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
    Multiple Sclerosis
    Muscular Dystrophy
    New diseases, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, emerging viruses
    Osteoporosis
    Pancreatitis
    Parkinson's Disease
    Plague
    Pneumonia
    Polio
    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    Rabies
    Rift Valley Fever
    SARS
    Schistomiasis
    Sexually transmitted diseases (other then AIDS)
    Sickle Cell Anaemia
    SIDS
    'Sleeping' Sickness
    Smallpox
    Statistics
    Stroke
    Toxic Shock Syndrome
    Tropical Diseases
    Tuberculosis
    Ulcers
    Water-borne, water-related diseases
    West Nile Virus
    Whooping Cough
    Yellow Fever
  •  Douglas Landfill
    Douglas Landfill
  •  Drinking Water
    Aluminum
    Arsenic
    Bibliography
    Bottled Water
    Chemical/Other contaminants
    Chlorine/Other disinfectants/Disinfection by products
    Cryptosporidium
    Desalinization
    Developing Countries
    General, Miscellaneous
    Massachusetts and New England
    Nitrates
    Other U.S. States
    Purifiers/Filters
    Recycled Water
    Safe Drinking Water Act/Regulation
    Security, Vulnerability Assessment
    Washington, D.C.
    Worcester and surrounding area
  •  Drought
    Africa
    Australia
    Bibliography
    California
    China
    Europe
    FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN) at Work
    General, Miscellaneous
    India
    Other U.S.
    Water Shortages
  •  Drugs
    Accutane (and other anti-acne drugs)
    Advertisements, Advertising
    Alzheimer's Disease
    Antibiotics
    Antidepressants
    Arsenic
    Arthritis Drugs
    Aspirin
    Asthma
    Bendectin (for morning sickness)
    Bibliography
    Blood Poisoning, Sepsis
    Botox
    Caffeine
    Chicken pox and Shingles
    Cholesterol-lowering Drugs
    Club Drugs
    Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, LSD
    Cold Remedies, Antihistamines
    Cosmeceuticals (anti-aging anti-wrinkle creams and products)
    Costs, Prices, Pricing, Profits
    Counterfeit Drugs
    Cystic Fibrosis
    Darvon
    Developing Countries
    Diabetes
    Diet Pills
    Dilantin (Phenytoin)
    Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)
    EPO
    Ecstasy
    Epilepsy
    General, Miscellaneous
    Generic Drugs
    Halcion
    Headache (other than Tylenol, aspirin, ibuprofen)
    Heart, High Blood Pressure
    Hepatitis
    Human Growth Hormone
    Ibuprofen
    Imported Drugs
    Inhalants/Volatile Substance
    Interferon
    Interleukin-2
    Lactation-suppressing drugs
    Lithium
    Malaria
    Marijuana/THC/Endocannabinoids
    Melatonin
    Methamphetamine Labs/Meth. Labs
    Multiple Sclerosis
    Narcotics, Narcotic Lollipops
    Natural Products/Herbal Remedies/Supplements/Traditional Medicine/Homeopathics
    Oraflex (arthritis drug)
    Orphan drugs
    Osteoporosis
    Over the Counter (OTC) drugs
    PCP ('Angel Dust')
    Pain relief products
    Parkinson's Disease
    Pharmaceutical Industry
    Phenformin (diabetes)
    Pregnancy, Childbirth
    Prescription drugs
    Prozac
    Psoriasis
    Regulation, Testing/Approval/Clinical Trials
    Retin-A
    Risk Assessment
    Ritalin (and other ADD drugs)
    Ritual Drugs (Peyote)
    Schizophrenia Drugs
    Sickle Cell Anemia
    Sleeping Pills, Sedatives
    Spinal Cord Injury
    Statins
    Steroids/Steroid Precursors
    Stroke
    Substance Abuse/Addiction
    Tamoxifen
    Taxol and other cancer drugs
    Thalidomide
    Tranquilizers
    Tuberculosis
    Tylenol/Acetaminophen
    Unapproved, off-label uses
    Viagra
    Vioxx
    Zomax