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More information about the toxic effects of specific chemicals is available at the following sites.

• Toxic air contaminants: OEHHA TAC site or EPA air toxics site
• Drinking water contaminants: www.oehha.ca.gov/water/phg/allphgs.html
• Carcinogens and reproductive toxicants:  www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/policy_procedure/ntptechrev.html
• Pesticides: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/pesticides.html, http://www.epa.gov/pesticides, and http://www.cdpr.ca.gov

Additional information can be found on the following federal government sites:

• U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov; http://www.epa.gov/tri/chemical/
• U.S. National Center for Environmental Health, CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/
• U.S. National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh

See also the following international sites:

• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monograph program site:  http://monographs.iarc.fr/
• World Health Organization, International Program on Chemical Safety: http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/ehc/ehc_alphabetical/en/index.html

The private sector and NGOs also sponsor web sites with information on biomonitoring and chemical toxicity.  Several of these web sites are listed below. These web sites are provided only as potential additional resources for the public.  Any opinions, statements or conclusions provided at any of these web sites are those of the web sites’ sponsors and are not necessarily those of the Program, CDPH, OEHHA or DTSC.  Listing of these sites does not represent any actual or implied endorsement by the Program, CDPH, OEHHA or DTSC.

• American Chemistry Council:  http://www.americanchemistry.com/
• Biomonitoring Info:  http://www.biomonitoringinfo.org/
• Environmental Defense Fund (Scorecard link): http://www.scorecard.org/
• Environmental Working Group:  http://www.ewg.org/
• National Resources Defense Council:  http://www.nrdc.org/
• Worksafe: http://www.worksafe.org/
• The Endocrine Disruption Exchange: http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/home.php