Joint Statement on Cancer Prevention
Over two decades of science points to toxic chemicals in our environment as important risk factors to childhood leukemia and other cancers. CIRCLE has long been focusing on the environment and children’s cancer to bring down incidence rates. CIRCLE joins other major cancer and public health organizations in the United States to release a Joint Statement—“Primary prevention is the optimal and important goal, impeding the development of disease from the start”—Learn more at The Cancer Free Economy Network.
Fact Sheets on Childhood Leukemia
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A Story of Health, a multi-media eBook
- National Cancer Institute: Childhood Cancers
- National Cancer Institute: Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment–Patient Version (PDQ®)
- National Cancer Institute: Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Other Myeloid Malignancies Treatment–Patient Version (PDQ®)
- National Cancer Institute: Children with Cancer; A Guide for Parents
Fact Sheets on Cigarette Smoke
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Quitting Smoking
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Secondhand Smoke
- International Agency for Research on Cancer: Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Volume 83 (2004), Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking
Fact Sheets on Pesticides
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Pesticides page
- National Pesticide Information Center: Pesticide fact sheets
- National Pesticide Information Center: Pesticide topic fact sheets
Fact Sheets on Paints and Solvents
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Volatile Organic Compounds’ Impact on Indoor Air Quality
- State of Minnesota Department of Health: Volatile Organic Compounds in Your Home
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Benzene Hazard Summary
- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: Toxicological Profile for Benzene
Fact Sheets on Ionizing Radiation
- World Health Organization: Ionizing radiation, health effects and protective measures
- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: Ionizing Radiation Fact Sheet
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Radiation; Facts, Risks, and Realities
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Sources of Ionizing Radiation
Fact Sheets on Other Chemicals
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: Toxicological Profile for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: Toxicological Profile for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: Toxicological Profile for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
