Our Health
 The effects of ambient toxins on our health are profound and well documented. By reducing or eliminating pollutants in our environment, we reduce our "body burden" of poisons and can reduce disease and the terrible costs to individuals and society.
Pollution from power plants creates smog from NOx and fine particulate matter from SO2. This air pollution causes and exacerbates respiratory diseases, cardiac disease, and even premature death. Mercury from coal-fired power plants which settles into our food chain causes neurological problems. Especially vulnerable populations include children, athletes and the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems.
Visit our health pages to learn more, especially about health effects from power plant pollution.
HealthLink works in coaltion with many groups. Check out the website for the Collaborative on Health and the Environment. It "tracks emerging scientific evidence on links between diseases, disorders and disabilities and possible environmental causes. It is designed to make new information accessible to people who care about these issues and who are looking for answers, not just about the "why's" but also the "what's," ... as in "what can I do?"
http://www.protectingourhealth.org/
HealthLink Presentation on Health Effects from Fossil Fuel Generated Energy
Searchable database from the EPA of scientific literature applicable to children's health risks due to chemical exposure: http://cfpub.epa.gov/teach/
Web-based mapping tool developed at the Silent Spring Institute allows visitors to explore how sources of pollution, idicators of environmental quality and certain health outcomes vary across the state. http://www.silentspring.org/massheis
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