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Citizens for Health is a national nonprofit consumer advocacy group working to broaden health care options, create an integrative health system based on wellness, and advance the freedom to make health choices.
Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley
http://www.aimc.edu/
The College seeks to be “the center of international collaboration in Oriental medicine training” as it prepares students to become competent practitioners. There is a wealth of information at AIMC for students, prospective students, and laypeople about the College and Oriental medicine.
The Campaign is a coalition of public health, educational, religious, labor, women's, environmental and consumer groups. They seek to protect consumers and cosmetics workers from harmful ingredients often used in cosmetics, replacing them with natural, less harmful materials.
“As a result of our work, we envision a world in which [we] live without fear of losing our breasts or our lives as a result of what we’ve eaten, touched or breathed because the environmental causes of breast cancer have been identified and eliminated.” The Fund works hard to mobilize the public to move government and businesses towards health policies that protects women and the public. Visit the Action Center – make a donation to a worthy cause!
Healthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting your children - and mothers everywhere - from harmful environmental toxins. Do you have a story to share regarding this topic? Visit HCHW and share your story.
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine: Center for Children’s Health & the Environment
http://www.childenvironment.org/
“The Center for Children’s Health and the Environment is the nation’s first academic research and policy center to examine the links between exposure to toxic pollutants and childhood illness.” Do need the facts? Are you interested in workshops & conferences addressing children’s health and the environment? Would you like to know what you can do to create a safer environment for our children?
AllergyKids, the first independently funded food allergy organization in the U.S., wants to give parents the tools to protect their children with food allergies. Parents, you can identify life-threatening food allergies, and get information that enables you to make the best food choices for your kids. Visit AllergyKids and support them.
