Each month, our Salem Press databases offer Spotlights on various subjects in history, medicine, and science, with links to relevant articles.

This month’s Spotlight on History focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Articles include

• Truman Doctrine
• Marshall Plan Provides Aid to Europe
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization Is Formed
• Warsaw Pact Is Signed
• Cold War
• Bosnia conflict
• Kosovo conflict
• NATO and Russia Sign Cooperation Pact

This month’s Spotlight on Medicine focuses on chemicals. Articles include

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Cadmium and cadmium compounds
• Bisphenol A (BPA)
• Hormones
• Environmental toxicology and mental health
• Plasticizers
• Organochlorines (OCs)
• Autism

This month’s Spotlight on Science focuses on Earth Day. Articles include

• Earth Day
• Santa Barbara oil spill
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Environmental movement
• United Nations Environment Programme
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Kyoto Protocol