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1997-1998 Annual Report

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

ANPED – NORTHERN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
(2001) $1,080

P.O. Box 12201
London SW17 9ZL, United Kingdom
www.anped.org

To support the participation of ANPED representatives at the Latin American Meeting on Food Aid and Genetically Modified Organisms in Quito, Ecuador, August 2001. Integrative Strategies Forum served as fiscal sponsor.


ANPED – NORTHERN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
(2001) $20,000

(see above)

For support of a public education campaign regarding the risks of genetically modified seed and crops in Central-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Integrative Strategies Forum served as fiscal sponsor.


CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES AGAINST TOXICS
(2003) $1,000

P. O. Box 845
Rosamond, CA 93560
www.stoptoxics.org

To support the participation of Bay Area community activists at the California Communities Against Toxics' Annual Conference on Environmental Health and Justice in Long Beach, California, February 2003. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


CALIFORNIA PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP
CHARITABLE TRUST
(2002) $3,000

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

For support of the Environmental Health Policy Roundtable Meeting in Los Angeles, California, July 2002.


CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
(2002) $5,000

4800 Forbes Avenue, 1109A HbH
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
www.whensmokeranlikewater.com

For public education and outreach related to the book, “When Smoke Ran Like Water - Environmental Deception and Battles against Pollution.”


CENTER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
(2001) $1,500

144 Harvard Drive, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
www.econjustice.net

To support participation of a representative from the Global South at the Children's Environmental Health Network conference in Washington, DC, September 2001. Alliance for Global Justice served as fiscal sponsor.


CENTER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
(2002) $2,500

(see above)

To support participation of a representative from the Global South at the briefing entitled, “World Bank: Hazardous to Your Health” in Washington, DC, September 2002. Alliance for Global Justice served as fiscal sponsor.


CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2002) $5,000

528 61st Street, Suite A
Oakland, CA 94609
www.cehca.org

To organize public screenings of the documentary film “Blue Vinyl” in the San Francisco Bay Area.


CENTER FOR ETHICS AND TOXICS
(2002) $5,000

P.O. Box 673
Gualala, CA 95445
www.cetos.org

For the “Pregnancy Without Fear” project, to identify toxic risks during pregnancy and lactation. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
ON TRADE AND HEALTH
(2002) $1,500

98 Seal Rock Drive
San Francisco, CA 94121
www.cpath.org

To support participation of a representative from the Global South at a briefing in San Francisco, California, October 2002 regarding the debate over water privatization in Ghana. Public Citizen Foundation, Inc. served as fiscal sponsor.


CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK
(2002) $1,000

110 Maryland Ave NE Ste. 511
Washington, DC 20002
www.cehn.org

To support the J. Routt Reigart Fellowship in Pediatric Environmental Health. Public Health Institute served as fiscal sponsor.


COMMUNITY TOOLBOX
FOR CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2002) $5,000

999 Sutter Street, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.communitytoolbox.org

For general support to build the capacity of parent and other community-based organizations working to eliminate children’s environmental health threats. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


CONCERNED CITIZENS OF AGRICULTURE STREET LANDFILL
(2001) $1,500

2938 Benefit Street
New Orleans, LA 70126

For general support of Concerned Citizens of Agriculture Street Landfill, a community group that educates residents regarding health risks associated with living on a toxic landfill in New Orleans, Louisiana.


DAKOTA RESOURCE COUNCIL
(2002) $5,000

P.O. Box 1095
Dickinson, ND 58602-1095
www.drcinfo.com

For a public education campaign in North Dakota regarding the risks of genetically modified wheat.


ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER
(2003) $1,000

3486 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.environmentcalifornia.org

For support of the Environmental Health Policy Roundtable Meeting in Sacramento, California, April 2003. California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund served as fiscal sponsor.


ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FUND
(2002) $10,000

41 Oakview Terrace
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

To support the environmental health and justice work of the Environmental Health Fund, an organization focused on reducing and eliminating human exposure to toxic chemicals.


FARMER TO FARMER CAMPAIGN ON GENETIC ENGINEERING
(2002) $10,000

P.O. Box 272
Stoughton, WI 53589-0272
www.nffc.net/bio4.htm

For a public education campaign and policy development work regarding genetic engineering in the agriculture sector. National Save the Family Farm Committee served as fiscal sponsor.


FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
(2001) $5,000

4801 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 215
Los Angeles, CA 90010
www.fasenet.org/environment.html

For a review of the literature on an interrelated set of detoxification therapies that have been used in the U.S. and internationally.


FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
(2002) $8,300

Rue Blanche 29
1060 Brussels, Belgium
www.foei.org

To support activist presentations regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, August, 2002. Friends of the Earth served as fiscal sponsor.


HEALTHY SCHOOLS NETWORK
(2001) $10,000

773 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
www.healthyschools.org

In support of work with the Coalition for Healthier Schools to strengthen the Coalition and develop state and local expertise through education and training.


INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY
(2001) $5,000

2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2505
www.iatp.org

To bring together agricultural scientists and economists with public health and environmental health advocates, to address public health issues in agriculture.


INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2002) $1,500

1646 Dow Road
Freeland, WA 98249
www.iceh.org

To coordinate a meeting regarding learning and developmental disabilities and environmental health factors in Washington, DC, March 2003. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2003) $1,500

(see above)

For continued support to coordinate a meeting regarding learning and developmental disabilities and environmental health factors in Washington, DC, March 2003. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2003) $1,800

(see above)

To coordinate the Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE) meeting in Seattle, Washington, March 2003. Tides Center served as fiscal sponsor.


INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ECOLOGY
(2002) $10,000

1118 Maple Hill Road
Plainfield, VT 05667
www.social-ecology.org

For a public education campaign to inform and strengthen coalitions of communities and activists addressing genetic engineering in agriculture.


INTERNATIONAL POPS ELIMINATION NETWORK
(2002) $5,000

1367 Connecticut Avenue, NE, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
www.ipen.org

To participate in a Clean Production Skillshare, organized by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives in Bangkok, Thailand, February 2002. Pesticide Action Network North America served as fiscal sponsor.


JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2001) $15,000

615 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
www.jhsph.edu/dept/ehs

To assess the scientific literature on the potential endocrine disrupting mechanisms of soy proteins and inform the pediatric community, policy makers and the public of the results.


LOUISIANA BUCKET BRIGADE
(2002) $7,000

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

To support the successful effort of a low-income community of color in Norco, Louisiana to win relocation to a new area away from pollution, accidents, and health risks of a chemical plant in their neighborhood.


PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA
(2001) $2,000

49 Powell Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94133
www.steingraber.com

To organize a speaking event in San Francisco, California, October 2002 featuring Sandra Steingraber discussing her new book, “Having Faith – An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood.”


PHILANTHROPIC COLLABORATIVE
(2002) $50,000

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY 10022

In support of a variety of environmental health and justice projects.


PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION
(2001) $10,000

215 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
www.citizen.org/trade

For general support of the Global Trade Watch Program, to democratize global trade negotiations.


RED DE ACCION SOBRE PLAGUICIDAS Y ALTERNATIVAS EN MEXICO, A.C.
(2001) $5,000

Amado Nervo 22 - Col. San Juanito
56121 Texcoco, Mexico

For the Dioxin Citizen Campaign Seed Project and to organize a workshop in preparation for the Working Task Force on Dioxin meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, October 2001. Pesticide Action Network North America served as fiscal sponsor.


RESTORE EXPLICIT SYMMETRY TO OUR RAVAGED EARTH
(2003) $2,000

Louisiana Environmental Action Network
P.O. Box 66323
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
www.leanweb.org

For the Justice for DeQuincy public education campaign, to stop the construction of a hazardous waste incinerator in DeQuincy, Louisiana. Louisiana Environmental Action Network served as fiscal sponsor.


SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION
(2002) $10,000

1409 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.sfms.org
www.cheforhealth.org

For a meeting in San Francisco, California, March 2002 and subsequent planning retreat in Bolinas, California to assess the potential for health-affected groups, health professionals and environmental health advocates to develop stronger working relationships with one another.


SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL SOCIETY COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION
(2002) $10,000

(see above)

For the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Children’s Health Hearing in Sacramento, California, September 2002, and for a CHE outreach forum in New York, New York, November 2002.


TALLER ECOLOGISTA
(2003) $1,000

CC 441- Correo Central
(2000) Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
www.taller.org.ar

To support the participation of a Taller Ecologista representative to attend an environmental epidemiology training in Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 2003. Essential Information served as fiscal sponsor.


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION
(2001) $2,500

100 N.W. 20th Street, Second Floor
Gainesville, FL 32604
www.anthro.ufl.edu

For the project, “An Initial Study of the Role of Environmental Factors on Female Puberty.”


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION
(2002) $1,000

100 N.W. 20th Street, Second Floor
Gainesville, FL 32604
www.anthro.ufl.edu

For research regarding human exposure to contaminants resulting from a chemical gas leak in 1984 in Bhopal, India.

 

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