Nutrition
American College of
Nutrition
Represents
clinicians and allied health professionals applying nutrition in
practice.
Grants the Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) designation through its
related organization, the Certification Board for Nutrition
Specialists.
American Society for
Nutrition
Leading
nutrition research society.
Publishes the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
and The Journal of Nutrition.
Institute for Functional
Medicine
Represents
and provides educational programs for clinicians focused on applying functional medicine in
practice.
International & American Associations of Clinical
Nutritionists
Represents
clinicians and allied health professionals applying nutrition in
practice. Grants the
Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) designation through its
related organization, the Clinical Nutrition Certification Board.
National Association of Nutrition
Professionals
Represents
clinicians and allied health professionals applying nutrition in
practice.
Environmental
Toxin-Related Disorders
General
American Academy of Environmental
Medicine
Focused
on educating practitioners in environmental medicine and promoting
an understanding of the underlying causes of illness in chronic,
complex disease. Also
publishes the Journal of Nutritional and Environmental
Medicine.
Environmental
Working Group
Public interest
watchdog focused on environmental health issues.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS)
NIH
division focused on environmental health issues. Publishes the free
peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Health
Perspectives.
Autism
A-Champ
A
group focused on following and affecting public policy change with
regard to children with neurodevelopmental and communication
disorders.
Autism
Media
Provides
audio and video clips of people involved with biomedical treatment
of autism, as well as public policy issues.
Autism Research
Institute
Original
organization advocating the use of biomedical treatment
for autistic spectrum disorders.
Started the Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) doctor network. Puts on large conferences
twice a year to bring together parents and practitioners to discuss
the latest treatment approaches.
Generation
Rescue
Strongly advocates that the mercury-based
preservative thimerosal in vaccines has been responsible for the
rise in autism, and that biomedical treatment to reduce heavy metal
burden can help lead to
recovery.
National Autism
Association
Another
organization working to show that environmental toxins are
implicated in the increased rate of autism, and that biomedical
treatments can help affected individuals to
recover.
Put Children
First
Created
by the people who created Generation Rescue, this site provides an
excellent summary of the likely cover-up by the CDC of the
relationship between thimerosal and the epidemic of autism and other
neurodevelopmental disorders observed in
children.
SafeMinds
An
organization working to raise the awareness of the dangers of
mercury exposure in children, especially through vaccines. Active in political and
legal areas, as well as helping to fund some medical research.
Dental
Amalgams
Consumers for Dental Choice
Organization
advocating elimination of the use of mercury amalgams in dentistry. Actively involved in pursuing the passage of legislation at both the state
and federal level.
D.A.M.S.
Consumer organization advocating mercury-free dentistry.
International Academy of Oral Medicine
& Toxicology (IAOMT)
Organization
representing dental,
medical, and research professionals advocating mercury-free dentistry.
