Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry This site is worth a visit, but first you must fight your way through a generous sprinkling of government acronyms to learn what ATSDR stands for, and that it's part of the U.S. Public Health Service. The Registry works like this: Type in the name of a substance, like fingernail polish, and you'll get a helpful fact sheet on toluene, the toxic ingredient it contains. This is a good stop for science students and researchers who want to learn more about the everyday toxic substances with which we all live. -KW

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Chinese Herb and Health The wonderfully named Bosco Tsang of Hong Kong Baptist University would like you to subscribe to this discussion forum on Chinese herbology and health, and you may do so from here. There's not much else on the page except for links to the host server and links to a couple of external pages. It is one of the few pages currently available in English and Chinese.-KW

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Kundalini Resource Center Kundalini is a form of yoga that focuses on the coiled energy at the base of the spine, and the reservoir of psychic and emotional energy to be gleaned from its proper treatment and use. This page from a Norwegian Kundalini practitioner serves as a primer. It contains a FAQ, a few book reviews, a discussion area and some articles. It's all text, however. There's no way to study the various poses and gestures used. Nor are there even descriptions of poses. (This may be because proponents say kundalini should be supervised by a qualified teacher.) Perhaps most useful and interesting are the related links to numerous healing and spiritual pages. -KW

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RxList Are you looking for drug brand names (Advil), generic names (ibuprofen) or category names (nonsteroidal anti-flammation agent)? RxList, created by a pharmacist, offers a searchable database of some 4,000 names. Unfortunately, this is the entire site. It would be a real public service to go further and link to articles pertaining to consumer use of medications. As it is, RxList is good for comparing brand names to generic names so you can find cheaper versions at the drugstore. There is also a page of health, medicine and pharmaceutical links that adds to RxList's value.-KW

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The Cyberider Cycling WWW Site If you're into racing or off-road biking, check out Cyberider for information on bike clubs, national events, vendors, notable cyclists, trail descriptions, equipment, training and racing tips. There's also fiction, humor, imagery, and even an elevation chart for Skyline Drive in Virginia. But wait, Webmaster Steve Ciccarelli has also created a list of personal bike pages from all over, and a full-text search of the entire site, which gives you detail down to the level of newsgroup posting references. Steve is clearly a biking hound, and it shows. This is a useful stop to make while you're out riding the Web.-KW

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