| Japan Offspring Fund(JOF)
is a consumer group and environmental NGO established in 1984.
We have researched issues involving the safety of daily life,
including chemical residues, endocrine disruptors, and genetically
engineered food. JOF publishes monthly newsletter, Safety of
Our Food and Life in both Japanese and English. JOF has approximately
4,300 members.
Japan Offspring Fund
2F 2-5-2, Koji-machi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 102-0083
Tel:81-3-5276-0256
Fax:81-3-5276-0259
mail@tabemono.info
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DANGER OF
POSTHARVEST
PESTICIDES |
FOOD CONTAMINATION WITH
POST-HARVEST PESTICIDES |
Questions about
Genetically
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| JOF Safety Check List 1. Cut Off the source of Dioxins |
Plastics containing chlorine release dioxins,
a deadly poison, when incinerated.
Some plastics release EDCs when buried as wastes. This
poster shows how to distinguish plastics we can use
and ones we must stop using. It is important to stop
using polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and vinylidene chloride
resin (PVDC) to reduce the amount of dioxins. |
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| JOF Safety Check List 2. Endocrine Disruptors Threaten Our Offsprings |
| This poster includes basic information
on endocrine disruptors and impacts on wildlife, domestic
animals, and human. Since fetuses and babies are sensitive
to EDCs, it is important for parents to keep children
away from EDCs. For example, teething rings and baby
toys are made of PVC which contain carcinogenic EDCs.
Japan Offspring Fund also detected bisphenol A from
polycarbonate baby milk bottles. Bisphenol A is known
as an endocrine disruptor. Choose safe products for
your children. |
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| JOF Safety Check List
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Decreasing Sperm Counts;
what can we do to protect our offsprings?
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| Sperm counts among young men are decreasing.
One of the causes is EDCs. To avoid damages by EDCs,
it is important to change our lifestyle towards one
not to depend on synthetic chemicals. This poster shows
what kinds of chemicals in our houses may threaten our
offsprings. Let's take a second look at your housing
environment. |
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| JOF Safety Check List 4. Danger of Cosmetics |
| Many cosmetics contains dangerous chemicals
which harm your body. This poster shows not only explains
the danger of cosmetics but how to choose safer cosmetics
and how to make home-made cosmetics. |
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