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1997-1998 Annual Report

OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
(2000) $3,000

800 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3710
www.apha.org

To support capacity building for the Environment Section of APHA with an emphasis on the Section's activities at the annual meeting in Boston, November 2000.


BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(1999) $1,500

411 Rt. 1, Suite 1
Falmouth, Maine 04105
www.briloon.org

To support a study of the exposure and effects of environmental mercury on Myotis lucifugus (little brown bats) in western Maine. Loon Preservation Committee served as fiscal sponsor.


BREAST CANCER FUND
(2000) $5,000

2107 O'Farrell
San Francisco, CA 94115-3419
www.breastcancerfund.org

In support of a campaign demanding greater federal commitment to research the link between breast cancer and environmental toxins.


CALCASIEU LEAGUE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NOW
(2000) $5,000

P.O. Box 3244
Lake Charles, LA 70602

In support of CLEAN's citizen-led air monitoring campaign.


CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP
(2000) $10,000

3486 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.pirg.org/calpirg

To support the testing of commercial fertilizer products for different metals and dioxins, and the preparation of a report on the results.


CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
(1999) $1,500

520 University Avenue, Suite 310
Madison, WI 53703
www.prwatch.org/cmd

To support a two-year project to research and report on industry-subsidized groups that attack environmental health and safety concerns as "junk science" and "fear-mongering."


CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
(2000) $4,000

P. O. Box 8849
Kampala, Uganda

To produce a video documentary, "Strangling Our Heritage," on PCB use in Uganda. Physicians for Social Responsibility served as fiscal sponsor.


CORNELL UNIVERSITY
(2000) $1,500

Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
112 Rice Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
www.cfe.cornell.edu/bcerf/

To support participation in the June 2000 meeting of the Atlantic Coast Contaminants Workshop at the Marine Environmental Research Institute in Blue Hill, Maine.


ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE
(2000) $50,000

1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1016
Washington, DC 20009
www.environmentaldefense.org
For a campaign to curtail the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture.


ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FUND
(2001) $10,000

41 Oakview Terrace
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

For the Coming Clean campaign to promote "Trade Secrets," the PBS special exposing deceptions of the chemical industry.


HESPERIAN FOUNDATION
(2000) $5,000

1919 Addison Street, Suite 304
Berkeley, CA 94704-1144
www.hesperian.org

For field-testing and review of "A Community Guide to Environmental Health," an educational resource and organizing tool.


HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC.
(2000) $1,500

112 Little Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
www.clearwater.org

To help clean the Hudson River of PCB contamination through public action and education.


HUMAN RIGHTS ALLIANCE
(1999) $10,000

444 North Capitol Street
Washington, DC 20001

To address the links between environmental health and human rights by placing this issue on the agenda of governments and international governmental organizations.


INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
(2000) $1,500

P. O. Box 485
Bemidji, MN 56619
www.ienearth.org

To support an indigenous traditional action and press event in October 2000 in Washington, DC. Seventh Generation Fund served as fiscal sponsor.


INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE
(1999) $2,500

560 Washington Avenue
Point Richmond, CA 94801

For a conference in San Francisco in April 1999 entitled, "The Environmental Effects of Civil Unrest." Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE
(2001) $5,000

507 D Cherokee St.
New Orleans, LA 70118
www.labucketbrigade.org

To facilitate meetings between members of the Congressional Black Caucus and community members in Norco, Louisiana.


MARIN BEYOND PESTICIDES COALITION
(2000) $1,500
10 Ash Avenue
Kentfield, CA 94904
www.pesticidefreezone.org

To produce printed materials and a website for the Pesticides Free Zone campaign. Health and Habitat served as fiscal sponsor.


MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(2000) $1,500 and $8,500

P.O. Box 300, Main Street
Brooklin, ME 04616
www.meriresearch.org

For the Atlantic Coast Contaminants Workshop, entitled "Endocrine Disruptors in the Marine Environment: Impacts on Marine Wildlife and Human Health," held in June 2000 in Bar Harbor, Maine.


MOSSVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NOW
(2000) $5,000

P. O. Box 891
Sulphur, LA 70663

In support of MEAN's citizen-led air monitoring campaign.


MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
(2001) $12,500

Center for Children's Health and the Environment Box 1046
New York, NY 10029
www.childenvironment.org

To create a guide to biomonitoring of chemical exposures.


NATIONAL ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE
(2001) $1,500
715 G Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
www.noacentral.org

To bring speakers to the "Fighting for Health and Environmental Justice" workshop at the National Organizers Alliance Gathering in June, 2001.


OPTIONS 2000 INTERNATIONAL
(2001) $1,500

P.O. Box 1047
Bolinas, CA 94924

In support of the distribution and promotion of the documentary, "Public Exposure: DNA, Democracy and the Wireless Revolution." Agape Foundation served as fiscal sponsor.


PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA
(2001) $15,000

49 Powell Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94133
www.panna.org

To support the International Strategic Planning Meeting in Bolinas, California, April 2001.


POSITIVE FUTURES NETWORK
(2000) $1,500

P. O. Box 10818
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
www.futurenet.org

To publish and distribute an issue of "YES! A Journal of Positive Futures" devoted to food and agriculture.


PROJECT UNDERGROUND
(2001) $1,500

1916A MLK Jr. Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
www.moles.org

To support the work and health of two Nigerian activists in their struggle to defend the health and rights of their communities in the Niger Delta.


PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECTS
(2000) $1,500

80 Broad Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10004
For the research and writing of a report on the efforts to curb the sub-therapeutic use of antibiotics.


SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION
(2000) $5,000

1404 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.sfms.org/communty.htm

In support of work on the Health Care Without Harm campaign and issues of antibiotic resistance.


STANFORD UNIVERSITY - PROGRAM IN HUMAN BIOLOGY
(1999) $10,000
(2000)

School of Humanities & Sciences
Building 1, Main Quad
Stanford, CA 94305-2070
www.stanford.edu/dept/humbio

To develop materials and resources for a Stanford University seminar on health and the environment and to develop future initiatives on the same subject at the University.


TRUST FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH
(2000) $10,000
616 Water Street, Suite 317
Baltimore, MD 21202
healthyamericans.org

To establish a Nationwide Health Tracking Network for chronic disease and potentially linked environmental factors and create a public health advocacy organization to promote improvements in the nation's public health systems. Public Interest Projects served as fiscal sponsor.


UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
(2001) $10,000

The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
www.arizona.edu

For a white paper entitled, "Detoxification Approaches in Integrative Medicine."


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
(1999) $3,300

32 SW 43rd Terrace
Gainesville, FL 32607
www.ufl.edu

To write a manual for assessing the impact of chemicals on human health, designed for use in developing countries.


WHALE CONSERVATION INSTITUTE
(2000) $1,500

191 Weston Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
www.oceanalliance.org

For a research voyage of the Odyssey to collect and analyze data on endocrine disrupting chemicals and marine life.


WOMEN'S ACTION TO GAIN ECONOMIC EMPLOYMENT
(2000) $10,000

1214 Webster St, Suite B
Oakland, CA 94612
www.wagescooperatives.org

To develop and expand Women's Action to Gain Economic Employment's environmental health education program among its housecleaning cooperative members by training them to teach new members and others about least toxic cleaning methods.


XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
(2000) $30,000

1 Drexel Drive, Campus Box 45B
New Orleans, LA 70125
www.xula.edu/dscej/

To negotiate relocation of 255 households threatened by toxic pollution in Norco, Louisiana.

 

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