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ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENS
DEFINITION: "A carcinogen is an agent that can cause cancer." Encyclopedia of Public Health
NARROW THE TOPIC:
· Discuss a particular substance or product and its alleged effects: Teflon, tobacco smoke, diesel emissions, plastic, cellular telephones, etc.
· How can society best balance the cost / benefit relationship of technology and health?
· Discuss a particular industry's or corporation's response to evidence that its product is carcinogenic. (asbestos, tobacco)
· Can "environmental racism" account for the placement of hazardous landfills?
· Discuss a disaster like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Bhopal.
LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Carcinogens; Cancer -- Environmental aspects; Cancer -- Social aspects; Epidemiology ; Environmental Exposure
SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
Environmental Encyclopedia REF GE 10 .E58 2003 Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer "Carcinogenesis" REF RC 254.5 .G353 2002 Wiley Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup
REF TD 173 .W55 1999
Pollution A to Z
REF TD 173 .P65 2004
Encyclopedia of Public Health
REF RA 423 .E53 2002
AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:
CQ Researcher: "Water Quality" 11/24/2000; "Food Safety" 11/1/2002; "Diet and Health" 2/23/2001; "Cell Phone Safety" 3/16/2001; "Asbestos Litigation" 5/2/2003; "Regulating Pesticides" 8/6/1999; "Air Pollution Conflict"
Issues & Controversies: Pesticides 7/18/2005; Breast-Cancer Research 4/10/2006; Clean Air Act 9/7/2001; Air Pollution 4/10/2006
Current Controversies: Pollution (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)
Opposing Viewpoint: Pollution; Environment (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)
STATISTICS:
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/statistics/
Cancer Rates and Risks http://www.seer.cancer.gov/
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Information Plus: Health and Wellness; Water; Garbage and Other Pollution (Ref Desk) (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers
INTERNET SITES:
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Scorecard: the Pollution Information Site
National Cancer Institute: Cancer Causes and Risk Factors
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/prevention-genetics-causes/causes
National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology
CITING YOUR SOURCES:
University/College Library Citing Electronic Resources
NL 8/06 rev 1/08
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