While Health Care Without Harm and the International POPS Elimination Network have been the principle focus of the Jenifer Altman Foundation, Mitchell Kapor Foundation and StarFire Fund in their environmental health grantmaking, we have also been working to develop other environmental health campaigns and initiatives in other industrial sectors. The grants below reflect some of these efforts.

CALCASIEU LEAGUE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NOW
$7500
Dioxin Free Lake Charles Campaign
1607 Griffith Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601

Toward a series of grass roots workshops to educate a small community in southwest Louisiana about the dangers of dioxin contamination posed by the vinyl industry in their town.

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES AGAINST TOXICS
$1500
3813 50th Street West
Rosamond, CA 93560

In support of travel scholarships for Native American participants in a conference on mercury policy issues. The Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST
$2500
116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 530
San Francisco, CA 94105

In support of work with Physicians for Social Responsibility to raise public awareness about the impact of exposure to toxic chemicals on reproductive health.

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP CHARITABLE TRUST
$5000
116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 530
San Francisco, CA 94105

In support of a campaign in Washington, Oregon and California to publicize and stop the "recycling" of hazardous waste into fertilizers which endanger the purity of the food chain.

CENTER FOR THE BIOLOGY OF NATURAL SYSTEMS
$1500
Queens College
Flushing, NY 11367

In support of a 1997 symposium honoring Barry Commoner's work as a scientist and activist on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

CHILDREN'S HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION
$1000
P.O. Box 846
Malibu, CA 90265

In support of a 1998 "Mother's Day Tea and Afternoon of Children's Poetry" to raise awareness about children's environmental health concerns. Community Partners served as fiscal sponsor.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS
$1500
3580 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1660
Los Angeles, CA 90010

In support of scholarships for grassroots representatives for a 1997 symposium on children's environmental health which featured leading scientists, researchers and activists.

COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL
$1500
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1900 West Polk Street, Room 500
Chicago, IL 60612

In support of travel expenses for a physician to attend a 1998 meeting of the Occupational Health and Safety and Environment Working Group of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions, in Belgium. Hektoen Institute of Medical Research served as fiscal sponsor.

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
$10,000
Rockridge Market Hall
5655 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618

Toward the expansion of the Chemical Scorecard website to collect all studies of disease incidence in specific geographic locations in the U.S. so that local computer users could identify disease clusters and sources of toxic chemical releases on localized maps.
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA SERVICES
$12,000
1320 18th Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

In support of a media outreach campaign on the environmental issues raised in the film, "A Civil Action," and toward the film's opening in Boston. The Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$5000
P. O. Box 5036
Annapolis, MD 21403-7036

In support of the ongoing publication of Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly which provides information to grassroots activists and others concerned about the impact of chemicals on our health and environment.

FOUNDATION FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS
$5000
Mother Jones Magazine
731 Market Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94103

In support of coverage of environmentally linked health issues.

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
$5000
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20005-6303

In support of the Sustainable Tomatoes Public Education Campaign, an initiative designed to raise public awareness about the dangers of methyl bromide and the importance of adopting environmentally sustainable alternatives.

GREENPEACE
$10,000
1436 U Street, NW, Suite 303
Washington, DC 20009

In support of efforts to encourage activist response to the Shintech vinyl plant in Convent, Louisiana and the subsequent decision to relocate the plant in Plaquemine.

A GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION: BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
$5,000
C/O HMR Publications
18 Gregory Place
Oakland, CA 94619

Toward the creation of a radio program, broadcast nationally and internationally, about the first world conference on breast cancer. Women's Cancer Resource Center served as fiscal sponsor.

INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY
$10,000
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2505

In support of a two-day meeting to convene farmers, activists and scientists to discuss the public health and environmental hazards posed by using by-products of the chemical industry as fertilizer and to develop strategies to protect the public from its use.

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION
$2500
P. O. Box 12218
San Francisco, CA 94112-0218

In support of travel and accommodations for participants who led workshops on toxins during the 1997 conference, "Teach-In 3: The Social, Ecological, Cultural and Political Effects of Economic Globalization." El Bosque Pumalin Foundation served as fiscal sponsor.

ISLAND PRESS
$5000
1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20009-1148

In support of efforts to define strategies for publishing on children's environmental health.

LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION
$7500
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 1523-1349

In support of a 1999 symposium, "Chemical Hormone Impostors and Child Development," which furthered public knowledge about the role endocrine disrupting chemicals play in the development of childhood learning disabilities.

MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
$9844
Department of Community Medicine
P. O. Box 1043
New York, NY 10029

In support of the research and preparation of twelve articles on global environmental change and health to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine and subsequently as a book.

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
$5000
Population and Habitat Campaign
3109 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80301

For a 1999 consultative meeting on the environment and fertility.

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
$5000
71 Stevenson Street, Suite 1825
San Francisco, CA 94105

In support of start up costs to convene key leaders in environmental health for the project Creating an Environmental Health Agenda for the 21st Century.

PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA
$2500
American Regional Center
New Montgomery Street, Suite 810
San Francisco, CA 94105

In support of organizing an international citizen's team to participate in the Montreal Protocol where key decisions were made regarding the production of methyl bromide, a highly toxic endocrine disrupting chemical used on food crops.

POSITIVE FUTURES NETWORK
$5000
P. O. Box 10818
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-0818

In support of the research, editing, production and promotion of a special issue of Yes! magazine on endocrine disrupting chemicals.

PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
$1500
2001 Addison Street, Suite 200
Berkeley, CA 94704-1103

In support of research in the scientific literature regarding the controversy of the role of endocrine disrupting chemicals and human sperm count decline.

THE RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS FOUNDATION
$5000
1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 615
Washington, DC 20036

In support of Kids at Risk, a project that trained journalists on the health effects in children of exposure to environmental toxins, with an emphasis on the relationship between toxic exposure and learning disabilities and behavioral disorders.

SILICON VALLEY TOXICS COALITION
$10,000
760 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95112

Toward the development of a comprehensive campaign strategy to unite U.S. activists with their European counterparts in cleaning up the global electronics industry from the extraction of raw materials to consumer recycling and disposal.

ST. JAMES CITIZENS FOR JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
$7500
c/o The Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project
8841 Bluebonnet Avenue, Suite C
Baton Rouge, LA 70810

Toward travel, training and campaign expenses to oppose the Shintech vinyl plant, a major source of dioxin pollution, in Convent, St. James Parish, Louisiana, a community of color near the Mississippi River. The Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project served as fiscal sponsor.

STATE OF THE WORLD FORUM
$10,000
The Presidio
P. O. Box 29434
San Francisco, CA 94129

Toward organizing a Plenary and three Roundtables on toxics and their impact on human and environmental health at the 1997 State of the World Forum.

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
$5000
School Of Medicine and Dentistry
Department of Environmental Medicine
575 Elmwood Avenue, Box EHSC
Rochester, NY 14642

In support of the 20th Rochester Conference on Environmental Toxicity, entitled "The Role of Environmental Neurotoxicants in Developmental Disabilities," which focused on the link between chemical contaminants and developmental disabilities.

WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
$5000
355 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York NY 10017-6603

In support of the first world conference on breast cancer, "A Global Call to Action: Breast Cancer and the Environment," designed to activate research on breast cancer and its genetic and environmental causes, including endocrine disrupting chemicals.

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
$10,000
1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1132

In support of the continuing work of gathering, synthesizing and analyzing peer review literature on endocrine disrupting chemicals.