General Information on Polystyrene

World Health Organization: Styrene Chapter, Air Quality Guidelines-2nd Edition, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2000, Chapter 5.12. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/123066/AQG2ndEd_5_12Styrene.pdf According to this report, “The ability of styrene monomer to migrate from polystyrene packaging to food has been reported in a number of publications and probably accounts for the greatest contamination of foods by styrene monomer.” [p. 4 of Chapter 5.12]

European Union, European Chemicals Bureau, 2002, Risk Assessment Report on Styrene: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scher/docs/scher_o_095.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp.asp?id=421&tid=74

OSHA web site on styrene: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/styrene/index.html

EPA’s Air Toxics web site on styrene: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/styrene.html

Toxipedia web site on styrene: http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Styrene

The Styrene Information and Research Center: http://www.styrene.org/

The Styrene Forum: http://www.styreneforum.org/

Healthy Child website on Styrene: http://healthychild.org/easy-steps/know-your-plastics/

Firefighters with Parkinson’s Disease (linked to styrene combustion): http://www.firefighterswithparkinsons.net/index.cfm?section=10&pagenum=208

World Lingo on Polystyrene: http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Polystyrene

The Polystyrene Page: http://www.ejnet.org/plastics/polystyrene/index.html

Ecology Center, Adverse Health Effects From Polystyrene Leaching Into Food: http://ecologycenter.org/factsheets/adverse-health-effects-of-plastics/

Earth Resource Foundation, Polystyrene Foam Report: http://www.earthresource.org/campaigns/capp/capp-styrofoam.html

The Way to Go, Polystrene Fast Facts: http://www.way-to-go.org/doc/PolystyreneFactSheets.pdf

Cradle to Grave, The Life Cycle of Styrofoam: https://oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/docs/GSC40/F1793448949_Styrofoam.ppt

World of Molecules, Styrene: http://www.worldofmolecules.com/materials/styrene.htm

Myeocoville.com: http://www.georgiarecycles.org/citizen-resource-guides/polystyrene/syrofoam-guide2

Green Flavour, The Truth About Polystyrene: http://greenflavour.blogspot.com/2010/06/truth-about-polystyrene.html