Resources for Action
The fact sheets, presentations, and research you need to advocate for healthier homes & communities
Stay current with our Monthly Digests and Annual Research Reviews that track the latest developments in environmental health. This section also houses foundational Science Glossaries and companion documents to help you navigate complex technical data with confidence.
Monthly Digests
New research, news stories, events, and funding opportunities shared every month.
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Healthy Homes & Healthy Living
Take immediate action in your own space with our Healthy Spaces Placards, cleaning manuals, and safer product guides. From safe shopping apps to research on chemicals in our food, these resources empower you to reduce toxic exposures in your everyday life.
Air Quality & Radon
Access essential tools for the air we breathe, including links to order free radon test kits and real-time pollution monitoring apps. Learn about regional inhalation risks through fact sheets and webinars focused on particulate matter, VOCs, and the specific air quality challenges of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Factsheets, Webinars, and Resources
- Air Pollution and Cancer Risk: Emerging Evidence and Opportunities for Policy Action Brief
- The Local and National Cost of Air Pollution: A Economist’s Perspective Webinar
- Radioactivity and Indoor Air Quality: Radon in Schools Webinar
- Wood/Debris Burning: Public Health Consequences Webinar
- Air Pollution: What can we say about Southwestern PA? Webinar
- EPA Soot Pollution Webinar
- Radon Fact Sheet
- Particulate Matter Fact Sheet
Water, Industry & Energy Extraction
Explore critical evidence regarding the industrial systems impacting our region, with a deep focus on fracking, energy extraction, and water safety. This library contains peer-reviewed research on industrial contaminants and tools like the EWG Tap Water Database to help you advocate for a cleaner environment.
Fracking Resources and Webinars
- Accumulation of Radioactive Fracking Waste in Landfills Webinar
- Fracking impacts: Community Concerns and Science Webinar
- Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and Childhood Leukemia Presentation
- Physicians for Social Responsibility: Fracking Compendium (9th Ed)
- FracTracker: Oil and Gas Info by Location
Water Resources and Webinars
- EWG Tap Water Database
- PFAS in SWPA: Understanding Risks, Sources, and Advocacy for Cleaner Water Webinar
- Research Article – Prenatal exposure to PFAS from contaminated water and childhood cancer risk
- Research Article – Blood Trihalomethanes and Human Cancer: A Systematic Review
- Research Article – Environmental pollutants and rectal cancer: The impact of water contamination
Toxic Chemicals
Dive into our technical library of substance-specific fact sheets and research on PFAS, EDCs, pesticides, and microplastics. These resources provide the scientific backing needed to understand how specific chemical structures interact with our biology and contribute to cancer risks.
Pesticides Research & Webinars
- Research Article – Association between pesticide exposure and thyroid cancer
- Research Article – Association between pesticide exposure and colorectal cancer risk
- Research Article – Glyphosate-based herbicide as a potential risk factor for breast cancer
- Pesticides and Health: The Impacts on Workers, Residents, and Children Webinar
- Silent Spring Institute PFAS-Exchange Resource
PFAS and Breast Cancer Research & Webinars
- Research Article – Computational evidence of cancer and reproductive toxicological potential from short-chain PFAS
- Research Article – Association between PFAS and Breast Cancer (ACS Study)
- Research Article – Exposure to PFAS in residential dust and childhood leukemia
- Research Article – Serum concentrations of PFAS and risk of endometrial cancer
- Breast cancer and the environment: What do we know? Webinar