Mental Retardation &
Birth Defects Info
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention One of the basic publications
which reports about prevention activities is the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report. You may download copies of the MMWR newsletter through the following URL address:
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr.html
This URL has links to locations where you may obtain other CDC and MMWR publications.
From this site you may download copies of the articles which have appeared in the 1997,
1998, and 1999 copies of the Arc-California version of this newsletter.
The Arc of United States The Arc-US provides a wide variety of information about
mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. The Internet URL for their home
page is:
http://TheArc.org.welcome.html
This home page also contains links to many other potential sources of materials as well.
The FDA Consumer Free access to copies of the FDA Consumer may be obtained from:
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/fdacindex.html
This is an official publication of the federal Food and Drug Administration and contains
many articles about food toxins and related subjects.
The March of Dimes The MOD publishes a number of documents concerning state and
national prenatal health statistics and prevention. The MOD Internet URL is:
http://www.modimes.org/