Resources (Health)
Assigned Readings
- Barry, Carolyn. “Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All—and Fast.” National Geographic News, August 20, 2009. (Health, Waste)
- “Bisphenol A: Food Containers, Effects on Humans, Gov’t Regs.” Video, Sylvia Chase, narrator, KCET, 2009. (Health)
- Hamilton, Jon. “Surrounded by Plastic, NICU Infants Tested for Risk.” Audio, NPR, May 19, 2009. (Health)
- Knoblauch, Jessica. “The Environmental Toll of Plastics.” Environmental Health News, July 2, 2009. (Health, Industry, Invention, Sustainability, Waste)
- Sharpe, Richard. “Is It Time to End Concerns over the Estrogenic Effects of Bisphenol A?.” Toxicological Sciences 114:1 (2010): 1–4. (Industry, Health)
- Swanson, Maureen, and Rebecca Roberts. “Chemical Safety Bill Has Diverse Support.” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 2012. (Health)
Other Sources
- Bisphenol-A.org website. “About Bisphenol-A.” (Industry, Health)
- Black, Harvey. “Chemical Reaction: The U.S. Response to REACH.” Environmental Health Perspectives 116:3 (March 2008): 125–127. (Industry, Health)
- “Can a Plastic ‘Alter Human Cells’?.” USA Today website. (Health)
- “Chemical Fallout.” Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, JSOnline website. (Health)
- Environmental Working Group. “The Future of U.S. Chemicals Policy.” Video, 2009. (Health)
- Freinkel, Susan. “Plastic: Too Good to Throw Away.” New York Times, March 17, 2011. (Health, Industry, Invention, Sustainability, Waste)
- Hamilton, Jon. “Public Concern, Not Science, Prompts Plastics Ban.” Audio, NPR, Special Report: Plastic Peril? April 1, 2009. (Health, Industry)
- Kahn, Jennifer. “Plastic. Fantastic?.” Mother Jones, June 2009. (Waste, Sustainability, Health)
- Koch, Holger M., and Antonia M. Calafat. “Human Body Burdens of Chemicals Used in Plastic Manufacture.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364:1526 (July 2009): 2063–2078. (Health)
- Lytle, Claire Le Guern. “When the Mermaids Cry: The Great Plastic Tide.” CoastalCare.org. (Health, Waste)
- Meeker, John D.; Sheela Sathyanarayana; and Shanna H. Swann. “Phthalates and Other Additives in Plastic: Human Exposure and Associated Health Outcomes.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364:1526 (June 14, 2009): 2097–2113. (Health)
- Sneha, Barot. “BPA-Free and Beyond: Protecting Reproductive Health from Environmental Toxins.” Guttmacher Policy Review 13:1 (Winter 2010). (Health)
- Swann, Shanna. “Endocrine Disruption 101: Dr. Shanna Swann.” Video, Mt. Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center. (Health)
- Wargo, John. “Pervasive Plastics: Why the U.S. Needs New and Tighter Controls.” Yale Environment 360 (November 12, 2009). (Health)
- WNYC Radio. “Toxic Plastic in Your Body?.” Interview with John Wargo. Video (October 7. 2009). (Health)
Print Sources
- ”Autos: Plastic Ford Unveiled,” Time Magazine, August 25, 1941.
- Fenichell, Stephen. Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
- Freinkel, Susan. Plastics: A Toxic Love Story. New York: Henry Holt, 2011.
- Hohn, Donovan. “Moby Duck, or, the Synthetic Wilderness of Childhood.” Harper’s Magazine, July 2007.
- Humes, Edward. Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. New York: Avery, 2012.
- Murphy, W. “Carl Walter: A Pioneer in Shaping the Medical Device Industry.” American Journal of Surgery 148 (1984).
- Nicholson, Joseph L., and George R. Leighton. “Plastics Come of Age.” Harper’s Magazine, August 1942.
- Royte, Elizabeth. “Corn Plastic to the Rescue.” Smithsonian Magazine, August 2006.
- Tierney, John. “Recycling Is Garbage.” New York Times, June 30, 1996.
- Tullo, Alex. “Valuing Bioplastics.” Chemical & Engineering News, July 15, 2013.