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Doc Zone: The Disappearing Male

only available on archive.org

Watch the 44 minute video

The Disappearing Male is a CBC documentary about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. The Disappearing Male takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo, sunglasses, meat and dairy products, carpet, cosmetics and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development.

Chemical Truth Link List

My House is Your House

MY HOUSE IS YOUR HOUSE is the consumer education and advocacy campaign tied to the award-winning documentary, Blue Vinyl, a film that explores and exposes the toxic lifecycle of PVC plastic.

CHEJ

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice can help you and your community if you are facing an environmental health risk. From leaking landfills and polluted drinking water to incinerators and hazardous waste sites, we can help you take action towards a healthier future.

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Trade Secrets

Trade Secrets reveals how the public's right to know the truth about the thousands of chemicals that surround us has been compromised. Read secret documents uncovered by a lawsuit. In their own words, companies hide the truth about the health complications with use of their products.

Affidavit of the NY Attorney General's Toxicologist

Affidavit on Green Building

Aggregate Exposure to Phthalates

Report on Phthalate exposure

Bird of Prey

An article on Mossville, Louisiana, and the petro-chemical plants that are killing them.

This Vinyl House

Greenpeace tested a variety of common polyvinyl chloride (PVC or vinyl) consumer products, with uses from childcare to home furnishing, for phthalate plasticizers and lead, cadmium and organotin stabilizers.
Read what they found.

Online Shopping Guide Link List

Cruelty-Free Shopping Guide

This guide is of animal free testing companies. It does not have any effect on chemical use in products. BUT most of the listed companies are using vegan products, which are the least toxic products out there.

PVC free back to school shopping

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice provides a yearly school shopping guides that are pvc free products. PVCFree.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Alternatives to Petroleum-Based Goods

Look for toys and dolls made of unpainted wood, organic cotton or other natural ingredients