The Green Guide 97: References

Best Fish List for Your Health and the Sea's
• Urge the FDA to make testing a priority: 888-SAFE FOOD, www.fda.gov.
• For contaminants, see ewg.org, epa.gov/mercury/fish.htm and check local advisories for polluted fish (www.map1.epa.gov).
To reduce mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants, urge your congressional representatives to support Senator Jefford's Clean Power Act. 202-224-3121, www.senate.gov, www.house.gov.

Botanical Wisdom
• For Terra Nova Medicinal Plant Reserve see www.atlantisherbs.com
• Help Save the Belize Jungle! Fortis Inc and Belize's government are pushing to build a dam that would flood 2,000 acres of the biologically diverse Macal River valley. See save www.biogems.org

Buyer Beware: CCA-treated PlaySets and Decking
• To order arsenic test kits ($15 to $30 for wood or soil), visit www.ewg.org/reports/poisonwoodrivals/orderform.php.
CCA-Free Options
RECYCLED PLASTIC FURNITURE
• Eco-Furniture (Adirondack chairs and tables): 800-233-8438,www.eco-furniture.com
• Allen Ventures (tables): 877-423-9800, www.allenventures.com/tables.htm
• Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls (tables): 800-338-1438, www.hammersplastic.com
WOOD PLAY SETS
• CedarWorks (chemical-free models made from Northern white cedar): 800-G0-CEDAR, www.cedarworks.com
• PlayNation (arsenic- and chromium-free ammonical copper quat [ACQ] treated wood): 800-445-PLAY, www.playnation.com
DECKING
• Environmental Home Center: 800-281-9785, www.built-e.com
• Trex recycled plastic and waste wood decking: 800-BUY-TREX, www.trex.com
• EPA info site on CCA: www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/residential_use_cancellation .htm

Fish Labels
• Marine Stewardship Coucncil www.msc.org
• Eco-Fish www.ecofish.com, 877-214-FISH)
• Consumer's Union Eco-Labels website www.eco-labels.orgs

Health News
• For products/finishes with flame-retardants to avoid, see www.ewg.org.
• Try to keep asthmatic kids inside with air-conditioning on smoggy days. Check local air quality at www.epa.gov/airnow/where
• Seasonal allergies can worsen asthma. www.Pollen.com has daily pollen counts by zip code.
• Take Action: Before August 20, support the EPA's proposal for low-emission nonroad diesel engines and fuel (in farm, industrial, construction vehicles). Use Docket ID No. OAR-2003-0012 at www.epa.gov/edocket. Also see www.environmentaldefense.org.

Pesticides on Airplanes
• Department of Transportation disinsection info: www.ostpxweb.dot.gov./policy/safety/disin.htm
• CDC pyrethroids info: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp155.html
• The Fair Air Coalition (www.flyana.com) and the American Flight Attendants (www.flightattendant-afa.org) seek to prevent routine spraying.

Sustainable Seafood
• For the 2003 Pew Commission Oceans Report www.pewoceans.org
• To find your congressional reps, see www.senate.gov and www.house.gov, or call 202-224-3121.
• Join a campaign to regulate polluting cruise ships at www.bluewaternetwork.org.

What You Can Do For The Oceans
• For nontoxic home & yard pest control; use compost & cuttings instead of synthetic fertilizers. See www.Birc.org, www.panna.igc.org and "Common Sense Home Pest Control" (GG 91) and "Garden Prep" (GG 96) at www.thegreenguide.com.
• Cooking grease (a major cause of sewage spills),motor oil, solvents, old paints/pesticides: For safe disposal how-tos, call local sanitation dept. or 800-CLEANUP (www.cleanup.org).
• Use efficient appliances and fixtures: Washing machines, dishwashers, shower heads, faucets, low-flow toilets. See www.waterwiser.org
• Conserve, Don't Cruise: Cruise ships do great damage ramming or setting anchor on coral reefs and dumping fuel, bilge water or sewage at sea. For certified greener Galàpagos cruises, see the SmartVoyager program at www.ra.org. For campaigns to regulate cruises, see www.bluewaternetworkorg
• Protect, Don't Collect tropical aquarium fish, live coral or jewelry and other products made from coral, sea turtles, marine mammals. See www.worldwildlife.org/buyerbeware, and www.coralreef.gov/trade.cfm.
• Sustainable Seafood: Download "best fish picks" card at www.thegreenguide.com; Seafood Choices Alliance: www.seafoodchoices.com; Chilean Sea Bass Campaign:www.environet.policy.net/marine/csb/; www.caviaremptor.org; www.audubon.org; www.montereybayaquarium.org; www.ewg.org (environmental working group);www.environmentaldefense.org; www.Worldwildlife.org.
• Pew Commission on the Oceans report, at www.pewoceans.org; www.epa.gov/OWOW/oceans/coral; www.environnement.gouv.fr/icri (international coral reef initiative); www.surfrider.org.

Working Holiday
• WWOOF International: www.wwoof.org;
P.O. Box 2675, Lewes BN7 1RB, England
For other conservation trips see:
• Coral Cay Conservation: www.coralcay.org
• Eco Club:www.ecoclub.com
• Global Development Research Center--Sustainable Tourism: www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/eco-tour.html
Planeta: www.planeta.com