WWF's New Toxic Chemicals Website

[Tina Skaar <tina.skaar@WWFUS.ORG>]

"A Toxic Free Future" - http://www.worldwildlife.org/toxics

World Wildlife Fund's Global Toxics Initiative has recently added a new toxic chemicals web page to WWF's main web site.  WWF recognizes that controlling pollution is critical to conserving biodiversity.   Our efforts to increase scientific understanding of toxic chemicals and to phase out and ban these harmful compounds stem from evidence of their ability to undermine the basic functions of entire ecosystems, as well as their impact on wildlife and human health.

Highlights of the Global Toxics Initiative Web Site include:
* The latest scientific discoveries involving endocrine disruption
* Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and the Global POPs treaty negotiations
* Reducing reliance on high-risk pesticides in agriculture and disease vector control
* Toxic Chemicals Action Kit - What you can do to reduce use and exposure to toxic chemicals