Agencies and Advocate Groups

Also see MCS Support Groups and Organizations (very current listing) and
Organizations for additional listings.

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• Action on Smoking and Health (ASH): Information pertaining to smoke-free hotels, etc.
  2013 H Street, NW
  Washington, DC 20003
  (202)659-4310
  
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  1600 Clifton Road E-28
  Atlanta, GA 30333
  (404)639-0727
  
• Allergy Information Association
  25 Poynter LDr., Suite 7
  Weston, Ontario M9R1K8
  
• American Red Cross (check phone book for local addresses/phone numbers in your area)
  
• American Lung Association (check phone book for local addresses/phone numbers in your area)
  
• Americans for Nonsmokers Rights
  2054 University Ave., Suite 500
  Berkeley, CA 94704
  (415)841-3032
  
• Americans with Disabilities Act - Hotline - 1(800)USA-ABLE

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• Catholic Charities (check phone book for local addresses/phone numbers in your area)
  
• Center for Safety in the Arts
  5 Beekman Street, Suite 1030
  New York, New York
  (212)227-6220
  
• Centers for Disease Control
  1600 Clifton Road NE
  Atlanta, GA 30333
  (404)639-3311
  
• Chemical Injury Information Network
  P.O. Box 301
  White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645
  (406)547-2255
  
• Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste (CCHW)
  P.O. Box 6806
  Falls Church, VA 22040
  (703)237-2249
  
• For general information on services available to the disabled at federal, state and local levels: Clearinghouse on Disability Information
  Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
  U.S. Department of Education
  Room 3132 Switzer Bldg.
  Washington, DC 20202
  (202)732-1723
• Consumer Product Safety Commission, Chemical Hazards Program
  5401 Westbard Ave
  Washington, DC 20207
  1(800)638-2772
  

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• Environmental Access Research Network (EARN)
  Route 1, Box 16-G
  Epping, ND 58843
  (701)859-6367
  
• Environmental Defense Fund, Toxics Program
  1616 P Street NW
  Washington, DC 20036
  
• Environmental Health Network (of California)
  Address: P.O. Box 1155, Larkspur, CA 94977
  Phone: (415)541-5075
  Email: wilworks@lanminds.com
  See also newsletter 'The New Reactor'
  
• Environmental Health Network (EHN): Helps communities, workers, and physicians with environmental health problems.
  P.O. Box 1628
  Harvey, LA 70058
  (504)340-2321
  
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - please see U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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• Food and Drug Administration
  Freedom of Information Office
  5600 Fishers Lane
  Rockville, MD 20587
  (301)443-6310
  

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• Greenpeace, U.S.A.
  "Newsletter"
  1436 U Street
  Washington, DC 20009
  (202)319-2444
  

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• Household Hazardous Waste Project
  1031 E. Battlefield, Suite 214
  Springfield, MO 65807
  (417)889-5000
  

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• Industrial/Environmental Toxicology Project
  Industrial Workers of the World: Advocates for MCS Sufferers
  P.O. Box 20402
  Seattle, WA 98102
  (206)367-0477
  

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• Legislative Bills in Congress, Wash. DC
  U.S. Senate Information (202)224-3121
  House of Representative Information (202)225-3121
  Congressional Voting Information (202)622-7627
  
• Legislative Hotline in Washington State - 1(800)562-6000

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• MCS Referral and Resources
  508 Westgate Rd
  Baltimore, MD 21229
  Phone: (410)362-6400
  Fax: (410)362-6401
  Contact: Albert Donnay
  His email is adonnay@bcpl.net
  WWW Site is http://www.mcsrr.org.
  

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• National Academy of Sciences
  2101 Constitution Ave NW,
  Washington, DC 20418
  
• National Center for Environmental Health Strategies (NCEHS): An advocacy and lobbying group for the chemically sensitive.
  1100 Rural Ave.
  Voorhees, NJ 08043
  (609)429-5358
  
• National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
  701 E Street SE, Suite 200
  Washington, DC 20003
  
• National Coalition of Injured Workers
  12 Rejane Street
  Coventry, RI 02816
  (401)751-4673
  
• National Environmental Development Association
  Total Indoor Environmental Quality Coalition
  Manville-Schiller
  320 128th Ave NE
  Bellevue, WA 98005
  
• National Foundation for the Chemically Hypersensitive: devoted to research, education and dissemination of information on chemical hypersensitivity. Group consists of patients, physicians, and other persons interested and involved in environmental health. Address and phone is from 1988.
  P.O. Box 9
  Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
  (919)256-5391
  
• National Health Information Center
  U.S. Public Health Service
  P.O. Box 12233
  Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
  (919)541-3345
  
• National Hospice Association (HOSPICE) For terminal disease care, which can include some in-home services.
  Suite 307, N. Ft. Meyers Dr.
  Arlington, VA 22209
  (703)243-5900
  
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  Robert A. Taft Laboratories
  Technical Information Branch MS C19
  4676 Columbia Parkway
  Cincinnati, OH 45226
  1(800)356-4674
  
• National Institute of Health
  9000 Rockville Pike
  Bethesda, MD 20892
  
• National Organic Farmer's Association (NOFA)
  P.O. Box 454
  Ithaca, NY 14851
  
• National Pesticide Telecommunications Network: Provides emergency information about pesticide poisoning, and provides the medical, veterinary, professional, and general public with pesticide product information, toxicology and symptomatic reviews, environmental effects and disposal procedures. Free Brochures available and a 24-hour information and emergency hotline: 1(800)858-7378. This is an EPA-Sponsored service at
  Oregon State University
  333 Weniger Hall
  Corvallis, Oregon 97331-6502
  email - nptn@ace.orst.edu
  web page - http://ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/
  fax - 1-541-737-0761
  Also at NPTN...the national antimicrobial information network (NAIN) responds to information requests about antimicrobial products - sanitizers, disinfectants, and sterilants - by phone or mail.
  1(800)447-6349
  same address and fax
  email - nain@ace.orst.edu
  http://ace.orst.edu/info/nain/
  
  
• National Research Council
  2101 Constitution Ave NW,
  Washington, CD 20418
  
• New York: Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC): An organization to provide a forum for citizens to share resources, skills and information on how to deal with toxic contamination in their communities.
  33 Central Ave.
  Albany, N.Y. 12210
  (518)462-5527
  
• New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NYCAP)
  33 Central Ave
  Albancy, NY 12210
  (518)426-9331; the number for pesticide victims is (518)426-8246
  
• New York: Division of Veterans Affairs: Dioxin Outreach Program
  194 Washington Ave.
  Albany, NY 12210
  (518)474-6784
  
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Pesticide Bureau: (518)457-7482
  
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - Wildlife Pesticide Poisoning: 1(800)356-0560
  
• New York State Department of Health (DOH) Pesticide Poisoning Registry: For free brochure or assistance call 1(800)458-1158. To report a case, have your doctor call James Melius, M.D., D.P.H.: 1(800)322-6850.
  

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• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  200 Constitution Ave NW, Room 3718
  Washington, DC 20210
  (202)523-8148
  
• Office of Toxic Substances
  Department of Health, Health Services Division
  Indoor Air Program Manager
  

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• Pesticide Registry of Washington
  Washington State Department of Agriculture
  P.O. Box 42560
  Olympia, WA 98504-2560
  (206)902-2040
  

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• Salvation Army - Family Service Dept. (check phone book for local addresses/phone numbers in your area)
  
• Smoking Control Advocacy Resource Center (SCARC): Brings together and enhances the diverse forces engaged in tobacco control advocacy. They state: Together we can conquer this Brown Plague through advocacy efforts and the skilled use of mass media.
  1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Suite 600
  Washington, DC 20036-3118
  (202)659-8475
  

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• The Environmental Health Network
  P.O. Box 1155
  Larkspur, CA 94939
  (415)331-9804
  

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• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Public Information Center PM-211B
  401 M Street SW
  Washington, DC 20460
  (202)260-2080
  
• U.S. Social Security Administration
  For general information 1(800)772-1213
  Refer to the phone book for the nearest office.
• U.S. Surgeon General
  200 Independence Avenue
  Washington, DC 20201

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• Washington Free Press. Unclouding Industry Rhetoric.
  1463 E. Republican #178
  Seattle, WA 98112
  (206)632-7515
  
• Washington State Board of Health
  P.O. Box 47990
  Olympia, WA 98504-7990
• Washington State Chemically Injured: The Registry
  17402 6th Ave., SW
  Seattle, WA 98166
  
• Washington State Department of Agriculture, please see Pesticide Registry of Washington
• Washington State Department of Health
  1300 SE Quince St MS 7866
  P.O. Box 47866
  Olympia, WA 98504-7866
  
• Washington Toxics Coalition
  4649 Sunnyside Ave N
  Suite 540 East
  Seattle, WA 98103
  206-632-1545 ext.17 fax: 206-632-8661
  

  The Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting public health and the environment by identifying and promoting alternatives to toxic chemicals. WTC's work is supported in large part by dues from our members. If you are not already a member, please consider joining! Our dues are $25 per year, $15 limited income. Members receive our quarterly newsletter "Alternatives" as well as periodic action alerts. Visit their web site at <http://www.accessone.com/~watoxics/> (206)632-1545
  

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These listings have been gathered from various sources and are presented here with the intent to provide hard won information to anyone whom it may help. If you find that the names, phone numbers, addresses or such are out of date in any way, or you feel there is a significant change or addition which should be made to these resources, please be so kind as to Contact Us.

Disclaimer: We do not endorse people, products or services. We do not give medical advice. What works for one person does not necessarily work for another. Please check with health-care professionals of your own choice. I am not a doctor and I do not give medical advice. The author is a chemically injured person who is extremely chemically sensitive (reactive) and who has just had a lot of personal experience in trying to survive chemical insults and toxic exposures.