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These bulletins are archived and searchable on the Partnership's website: http://www.partnersforchildren.org/bulletins.html To join the Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment (PCHE) and receive this bulletin, please complete the form on our website: http://www.partnersforchildren.org/members.html#member
Thursday October 11, 2007
9:00 a.m. Pacific / noon Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment and Health Care Without Harm
This teleconference will be a discussion about the health risks, medical applications and policy issues associated with nanotechnology. Featured presenters will be Dr. John Balbus, director of health programs at Environmental Defense; Jaydee Hanson, policy director at the International Center for Technology Assessment; and Ian Illuminato, health and environment campaigner for Friends of the Earth. The call moderator will be Steve Heilig, MPH, director of public health and education for CHE and the San Francisco Medical Society. A science update will be provided by Jennifer Sass, PhD, senior scientist for Health and Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council.
Price: free
Website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/partnership_calls/1894
Saturday October 13, 2007
noon to 5:00 p.m.
Portland, Oregon
at First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Main
Sponsor: Rachel's Friends Breast Cancer Coalition
Stacy Malkan, a founding member of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and communications director of Health Care Without Harm, will speak at this event. Other speakers include state Senator Margaret Carter; Mia Davis, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics; Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, Oregon Environmental Council; and Sara Leverette, Oregon Environmental Council.
Price: $5.00 suggested donation
Website: http://www.rachelsfriends.org/events.html
Contact: Diane Lund-Muzikant, 503-869-7225 or muzikant@aol.com
Sunday through Thursday, October 14 - 18, 2007
Durham, North Carolina
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency, American Chemistry Council, Bayer CropScience and others
Partnerships: Exploring Innovative Approaches in Exposure Assessment -- This conference will bring together scientists from many environmental and public health fields to present and exchange information on recent advances in the broad field of exposure science. Emphasis is placed on exploring new technologies, new science arenas, and new organizational partnerships to understand and reduce health risks from exposure to environmental contaminants. The conference will facilitate cross-fertilization of new ideas across many disciplines through training workshops, oral and poster presentations, symposia, panel discussions and plenary presentations.
Price: see http://secure.awma.org/events/ISEA/reg.htm
Website: http://secure.awma.org/events/ISEA/
Contact: Carrie Hartz, 412-904-6008 or chartz@awma.org
Wednesday October 17, 2007
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment's Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Autism Society of America; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4; Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Learning Disabilities Association of America; John Merck Fund; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; University of Maryland School of Nursing
Presenters include Yvonne Fry-Johnson, MD, chief of maternal and child health at the National Center for Primary Care: "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Developmental Disabilities"; and Virginia Rauh, ScD, professor of public health and deputy director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Columbia University Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health: "Effects of Prenatal Exposure to the Organophosphate Pesticide Chlorpyrifos in the Urban Environment." CME credits will not be available for these calls.
Price: free
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
Friday through Sunday, October 19 - 21, 2007
Seattle, Washington
at the Seattle Center
Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Education Council
With a conference theme of "Revolution from the Heart of Nature", the primary focus of the Bioneers is on solutions, informed by nature's essential principles of interdependence, cooperation and community. The inspiring stories of these dedicated individuals illustrate the innumerable ways one person can make a difference, guiding us to a future environment of hope that is within our grasp today. Their insightful solutions involve innovative technical approaches while also embodying a change of heart, integrating principles of social and economic justice. This conference features a live satellite downlink of the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California, to each of the participating regional Beaming Bioneer events. Please visit the Bioneers website at http://bioneers.org for more information about the Bioneers Conference and our partnership.
Price: $75/day
Website: http://www.nweec.org/seattlebioneers/
Contact: Northwest Environmental Education Council, 206-923-1980
Friday and Saturday, October 19 - 20, 2007
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
at the Franklinton Center at Bricks
Community members, government officials, environmentalists, students and researchers will participate. The summit seeks to raise public awareness about environmental justice, connect communities in need with technical resources, support and encourage community-driven research, help communities and policy makers address problems of environmental injustice and bring about positive changes in public health and the environment by promoting social and environmental justice. A call for research presentations on environmental justice is open until September 7, 2007. Sponsors invite submissions that address environmental justice topics from any disciplinary perspective, including environmental sciences, social sciences, humanities, law, journalism, public health and medicine. Researchers who have conducted community-driven or community-based research are encouraged to present in collaboration with community groups.
Price: unknown
Contact: Steve Wing, 919-966-7416 or steve_wing@unc.edu
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23 - 24, 2007
Denver, Colorado
at the EPA Conference Center, 999 18th Street, 2nd Floor
Sponsor: The US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8, the US Department of Health and Human Services Region VIII, Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit and the Association of Occupational & Environmental Clinics
Conference goals are to 1) increase the ability of health, environmental and education professionals to identify, prevent and reduce environmental health threats to children; 2) share information, resources, "best practices" and emerging science regarding the protection of children's health from environmental hazards; and 3) encourage coordination and information sharing across government agencies, health organizations, health-care providers, educators and the general public in addressing children's environmental health issues. Participants will include local, state and federal environmental, health and education government officials; health-care providers, daycare providers; school administrators, teachers, nurses and facility managers; child-health organizations; parents and the general public.
Price: There is no charge to attend the conference. However, space is limited and registration is required.
Website: http://www.epa.gov/region8/humanhealth/children/cehmonth/index.html
Contact: Alicia Aalto, 303-312-6967 aalto.alicia@epa.gov
Wednesday October 24, 2007 (Olympia, Washington, at the Heritage Room at Capitol Lake, 604 Water Street, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. lecture)
or Thursday October 25, 2007 (Seattle, Washington, at Glaser Auditorium, Swedish Medical Center, 747 Broadway, 6:00 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. lecture)
Sponsor: Breast Cancer Fund
Over the past few years, studies have revealed that girls as young as two are entering puberty. The reports and images are deeply disturbing. For breast cancer advocates, there is something else that is disturbing: early puberty increases breast cancer risk. Noted author, biologist and cancer survivor Dr. Sandra Steingraber will help us understand this phenomenon of early puberty by walking us upstream to illustrate the connection between our health and the environment. She will present possible causes of early puberty, including environmental exposures.
Price: free; RSVP required
Contact: 206-524-4405
Thursday and Friday, October 25 - 26, 2007
San Francisco, California
at the Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin St
Our children, with or without medical needs, are faced with many challenges in this quickly changing and complex environment. Professionals who care for children and are involved in today's healthcare system will need to rely upon supportive, collaborative relationships for the purpose of healing the child. Integrative medicine is a holistic approach to this challenge. This is a multitrack integrative medicine program offered to all doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, clergy, complementary therapy practitioners, residents, students and others in health care training programs. The two-day program is designed for all those who care for children in therapeutic settings, and continuing medical education is available for physicians.
Price: see https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/CourseDetail.aspx?coursenumber=MMJ08004
Website: http://www.pangeaconference.com/
Contact: 415-476-5808 or info@pangeaconference.com
Friday and Saturday, October 26 - 27, 2007
Hangzhou, China
Sponsor: Programme for Global Paediatric Research
PGPR's sixth symposium will be held in association with the Chinese Society of Pediatrics of the Chinese Medical Association. The sessions will focus on the effects of environmental pollution on foetal and child development. Particular emphasis will be placed on child health in developing countries. The symposium will be comprised of expert presentations providing an overview of the problems, issues and instances of work that is being done; oral presentations from selected abstracts on related issues; and structured panel discussions and open forums focused on determining research that is needed. Colleagues from throughout the world who are working in fields related to environmental pollutants and childhood development are invited to meet at this important symposium in order to examine the critical issues and establish clear plans for collaborative study. One of the goals of the symposium is to discern the next research steps that should be taken.
Price: see http://www.chinamed.com.cn/pgpr2007/content.asp?id=1111
Website: http://www.chinamed.com.cn/pgpr2007/content.asp
Contact: Yongzan Zhu, Chinese Medical Association, zhuyz@cma.org.cn
Friday through Monday, October 26 - 29, 2007
Beijing, China
Sponsor: the Pacific Basic Consortium for Environmental and Health Sciences
The primary objectives of the conference are to (1) present research related to characterization and sources of environmental pollutants, human exposure to pollutants, and the health effects of exposure; (2) describe the latest advances in reducing the generation of hazardous chemical pollutants, methods for destroying or capturing them, and technology for the remediation of contaminated soils, hazardous wastes and contaminated groundwater; (3) promote an understanding of the role of greenhouse gas emissions in causing climate change and periodic catastrophic events, methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with consideration of the health effects of global warming; (4) increase interdisciplinary and international cooperation in understanding and addressing threats to human and environmental health in the region, with a special emphasis on ensuring that lessons learned in the development process by industrialized countries are passed on to countries currently in the midst of rapid industrialization; (5) situate discussion of reducing risks to human and environmental health within a larger context which addresses issues of equity, poverty, development and sustainability; (6) encourage student participation in interdisciplinary sciences that contribute to the protection of health and the environment; and (7) offer training opportunities in areas related to protection of health and the environment to professionals in developing nations of the Pacific Basin.
Price: see http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/registration.html
Website: http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/2007ConferenceHome.html
Monday through Wednesday, October 29 - 31, 2007
Oakland, California
at the Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway
Sponsor: Preconception Care Council of California, March of Dimes California Chapter, California Department of Health Services, Sutter Health, University of California Berkeley, the Los Angeles Preconception Care Project and Alameda County Healthy Start program, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC Preconception Care Initiative Steering Committee
The content of this conference will build upon the work of the CDC and the Select Panel on Preconception Care, as well as the experience from the Preconception Care Council of California and the First National Summit on Preconception Care. There is widespread interest in and action toward implementation of the national recommendations for improving preconception health and health care. Key topics will include 1) strategies and tools for integrating preconception care into clinical practice; 2) promising practices from local public health departments and community-based organizations for integrating preconception health into public health systems; 3) research on preconception health promotion and education; 4) approaches for reaching underserved and hard-to-reach women of reproductive age; 5) state-level approaches for integrating preconception health into Title V MCH, family planning, WIC and other public health services and systems; 6) Medicaid and other public and private finance strategies to support and sustain preconception health and health care; and 7) strategies and tools for outreach to consumers on preconception health.
Price: $250 from September 15 - October 15, 2007. There will be no on-site registration.
Website: http://www.marchofdimes.com/california/4947_24789.asp
Contact: 415-788-2202 or CA608@marchofdimes.com
Tuesday October 30, 2007
4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
North Babylon, New York
at the North Babylon High School Auditorium, 1 Phelps Lane
Sponsor: Healthy Schools Network and others
Come hear, learn and contribute to a community forum about Greening our Schools for healthy children. Learn what you do to help your school save energy and be Healthy and Green. Learn about the Healthy and High Performance School to ensure a healthy learning environment for children, teachers and all school personnel. Please RSVP to the contact person listed below.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.healthyschools.org/GreeningSchoolsHealthDate.pdf
Contact: Jennifer Sentar, 212-482-0204 or info@healthyschools.org
Wednesday October 31, 2007
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment's Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Autism Society of America; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4; Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Learning Disabilities Association of America; John Merck Fund; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; University of Maryland School of Nursing
Presenters include Tom Zoeller, PhD, professor and chair of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Biology Department: "Classes and Consequences of Thyroid Disruptors"; and Sandra Steingraber, PhD, distinguished visiting scholar in the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ithaca College: "Consequences of Early Puberty in U.S. Girls -- Implications for Learning." CME credits will not be available for these calls.
Price: free
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
Friday through Monday, November 2 - 5, 2007
Beijing, China
at Peking University
Sponsor: Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment & Health Sciences
A major focus of this conference is to address issues related to the threats to human health from exposure to environmental pollutants in the Pacific Region, including how to reduce the production of such pollutants and remove or destroy them when they are produced. Specifically, the conference will explore how to monitor levels of exposure in human populations and how to evaluate the health consequences of these exposures. The conference will disseminate scientific information and analysis supporting the management of regional environmental problems, including exposure to metals such as mercury, arsenic, fluoride and lead; organic compounds such as persistent pesticides, PCBs and dioxins; and new toxic threats from e-waste, brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated surfactants. Participants will explore the relationships between air quality and asthma, between environmental contamination and breast cancer, and between mercury and neurobehavioral problems and present information on new technologies for hazardous substance remediation. Related conference sessions will involve participants with primary interests in toxicology, ecology, engineering and management of hazardous wastes. The conference will also include a poster session in which attendees from the region can present their results on issues ranging from environmental and ecosystem health and hazardous waste management and policy to climate change and disaster preparedness. A full half-day e-conference will be devoted to a workshop which deals with legislation and policies surrounding this issue.
Price: see http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/registration.html
Website: http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/2007ConferenceHome.html
Contact: Jill Holdren, 808 944-7437 or pbc@eastwestcenter.org
Saturday through Wednesday, November 3 - 7, 2007
Washington, DC
at the Washington Convention Center
Sponsor: American Public Health Association
The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists and related health specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. The APHA Annual Meeting theme "Politics, Policy and Public Health" will explore the critical interactions between the political process and public health policy process, as tools to ensure the public's health.
Price: see http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration/reg_fees.htm
Website: http://www.apha.org/meetings/
Contact: see http://www.apha.org/meetings/contact/
Tuesday November 6, 2007
Washington, DC
at the Convention Center
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency
This session will present research on the potential impacts of climate variability and change on some health outcomes known to be associated with weather or ecological change: temperature-related morbidity and mortality; water-borne diseases; and vector-and rodent-borne diseases. The speakers, some of whom participated in the first Health Sector Assessment in 2001 under the United States Climate Change Science Program, will describe research supported by US EPA's Science to Achieve Results grant program designed to build upon the assessment's conclusions. The interdisciplinary research teams all have partnered with a key stakeholder or end-user of the research results, including nonprofit organizations, citizens groups, and public health authorities, and these collaborations also will be described. A description of EPA's role in the development of the 2001 Health Sector Assessment and current work on a second assessment document will motivate the research presentations.
Price: unknown
Website: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/events/#nov0607
Contact: Barbara Glenn, 202-343-9721
Thursday November 8, 2007
Two events: noon at the GSA Auditorium (First floor in the old BPA building), 911 NE 11th Avenue
or 6:00 p.m. at Portland State University Campus, Smith Center, Room 327-329, 1825 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon
Presentation by Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH, director of the National Center for Environmental Health
Price: free
Contact: Pete Farrelly, 503-358-5185
Thursday November 8, 2007
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment's Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Autism Society of America; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4; Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Learning Disabilities Association of America; John Merck Fund; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; University of Maryland School of Nursing
Presenters include Maureen Swanson, director of the Healthy Children Project, Learning Disabilities Association of America; Laura Abulafia, MHS, director of the Environmental Health Initiative, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Lee Grossman, president and CEO of the Autism Society of America; and Rob Fletcher, executive director of the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed. CME credits will not be available for these calls.
Price: free
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
Online Calendar. Upcoming events extending more than one month in the future are listed in a searchable calendar: http://www.iceh.org/cgi-bin/searchevents.cgi
Most of the articles below come from Environmental Health News, http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
Resources Database Launched. The Institute for Children's Environmental Health has added a searchable database of resources on environmental health for various audiences. Users can select not only the medium (books, websites, videos, etc.), the environmental/toxics issues and the health issues of interest, but the target audience as well. Once users make specific selections, links to online resources are provided.
http://www.iceh.org/cgi-bin/searchresources.cgi
Clean and green. Everywhere you look you can find medical advice on how to live right. But few of these prescriptions for the healthy lifestyle involve the place where you'll be doing much of that living: your home. Indianapolis Star, Indiana, 9 October 2007.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071009/LIVING01/710090309/-1/LOCAL17
GAO rips asbestos cleanup. A government watchdog is poised to release a report slamming the EPA for its handling of asbestos pollution at the former W.R Grace plant in Hamilton and hundreds of other sites, saying the agency underestimated public health risks. Trenton Times, New Jersey, 9 October 2007.
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1191929158314310.xml&coll=5
Sources: $4.6 billion settlement in power plant air pollution case. In the largest environmental settlement in Justice Department history, American Electric Power has agreed to install $4.6 billion in equipment to sharply reduce emissions at coal-fired power plants in five states, sources said. CNN, 9 October 2007.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/08/pollution.suit.settlement/
All about: Landfills. Here's a fact that may surprise people: Garbage collecting is one of the most dangerous jobs you can do. CNN, 9 October 2007.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/eco.about.landfills/
Estrogenic compounds in treated sewage water may create exposure risks in drinking water. New research confirms that estrogenic contaminants can seep into sediment after being carried by sewage into rivers. Environmental Health News, 8 October 2007.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/newscience/2007/2007-1008labadieetal.html
Folic acid may help reduce blood arsenic levels. Researchers at Columbia University have found that blood arsenic levels can be reduced with the help of folic acid supplements in people exposed to the toxic element through contaminated drinking water. Asian News International, South Asia, 8 October 2007.
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/180556.php/Folic-acid-may-help-reduce-blood-arsenic-levels
Disposal a murky issue in recall of lead-tainted items. No one is exactly sure what has happened to the millions of products recalled recently because they contain hazardous levels of lead or lead paint. That worries some consumer activists, environmentalists and others who caution about weak oversight of the disposal process. Los Angeles Times, California, 8 October 2007.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toxic8oct08,0,802492.story
1,250 Israelis die each year from pollution-related cancer. Environmental pollution causes death by cancer of 1,250 Israelis every year, according to the draft of a Health Ministry Report released yesterday. Haaretz, Israel, 8 October 2007.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910259.html
Mobile phone cancer risk 'higher for children'. Children should not be given mobile phones because using them for more than 10 years increases the risk of brain cancer, a leading scientist has said. London Daily Telegraph, England, 8 October 2007.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=DJLBPCNNEOEO5QFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/10/08/nmobiles108.xml
U.S., Europe work on product safety communication. U.S. and European Union product safety officials are hammering out ways to work more closely on toy safety issues. USA Today, 8 October 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2007-10-07-europe-toys_N.htm
Mercury decision doesn't end dispute. Mercury emissions from Indiana's coal-fired power plants will be reduced by two-thirds over the next two decades, but environmentalists say that isn't enough. Indianapolis Star, Indiana, 8 October 2007.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071008/LOCAL19/710080409/-1/LOCAL17
Doubts cast on 'hygiene hypothesis'. The idea that an increase in allergies and asthma is a result of a reduction in childhood infections seems not to hold up, researchers report. Reuters, 7 October 2007.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/doubts-cast-on-hygiene-hypothesis/20072607-12xd.html
EPA approves new pesticide despite scientists' concerns. Despite the protests of more than 50 scientists, including five Nobel laureates in chemistry, the U.S. EPA on Friday approved use of a new, highly toxic fumigant, mainly for strawberry fields. Los Angeles Times, California, 6 October 2007.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-pesticide6oct06,0,3454295.story
Lead laws pose challenge for science. It helps keep electronics stable, but new laws have device makers seeking an alternative. Associated Press, 6 October 2007.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071006/BUSINESS/710060524
Mercury lingers throughout environment. While the average person may never face health concerns regarding exposure to mercury, mercury is present in the water and in the atmosphere. Petoskey News-Review, Michigan, 6 October 2007.
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2007/10/06/news/news03.txt
EPA refused to warn of asbestos dangers. EPA's cleanup of hundreds of factories turning asbestos-contaminated vermiculite into insulation is flawed, say investigators. EPA also refused to adequately warn millions of homeowners that they may be exposed to asbestos in that insulation. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington, 5 October 2007.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/334357_asbestos05.html
New report fuels confusion about women, fish. An industry-sponsored group is urging pregnant women and new mothers to eat more seafood. But members of the coalition, which included federal agencies, were surprised by this announcement, and not all support it. National Public Radio, 5 October 2007.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15005507
Is your make-up killing you? Women absorb 5lb of chemicals from cosmetics every year -- from cancer-causing compounds in face cream to arsenic in eyeshadow. We tested two beauty junkies to reveal the shocking toll on their bodies. Daily Mail, United Kingdom, 5 October 2007.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=485704&in_page_id=1770
Study of U.S. child health takes big step forward. The largest-ever U.S. children's health study, which hopes to find cures to some of the nation's most pressing and puzzling health problems, has added 22 new study centers, officials announced on Thursday. Reuters, 5 October 2007.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0435310520071004
Watchdog group intends to sue the Department of Justice, Navy and Marines for discharging lead bullets into Lake Michigan near North Chicago. Lake County News Sun, Illinois, 4 October 2007.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/587509,5_1_WA04_ECOSUIT_S1.article
Nail salons. Nail products contain a host of toxic chemicals known or suspected to cause cancer, reproductive harm, occupational asthma and other negative health effects. Women's Health and the Environment, 3 October 2007.
http://womenshealthandtheenvironment.org/article.php?id=132
Pollution kills up to 25,000 Canadians yearly. Pollution is killing up to 25,000 Canadians every year and it's costing the health-care system up to $9.1 billion. Vancouver Province, British Columbia, 3 October 2007.
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=4ff9efb9-f9c5-4dba-a1de-2adc933eada1
Alberta to cap air pollution. Large chemical plants in the industrial heartland northeast of Edmonton will have to figure out how they are going to meet new air pollutant limits set by Alberta Environment. Edmonton Journal, Canada, 3 October 2007.
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=fcf0e7cf-6353-4d07-9b7a-3d0bf25b0f8e
Morning-sickness remedy calabash chalk may pose health risks. Health Canada is advising Canadians, especially pregnant and breastfeeding women, to avoid taking the traditional remedy calabash chalk because of potential health risks from high levels of lead. Canadian Press, 3 October 2007.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/health/071002/x100229A.html
Trying to turn Mr. Clean into Mr. Green. A movement is afoot among consumers to change how people clean, what kinds of products they use and how transparent manufacturers should be about what is inside their products. New York WNBC-TV, New York, 2 October 2007.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21038670/
The global push for environmental justice. From South Bronx to Soweto, from Penang to El Paso, communities all over the world are finding commonality in their experiences and goals in seeking environmental justice. Environmental Health Perspectives, 1 October 2007.
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/115-10/spheres.html
Lead-paint suit may thin burden of proof. A 17-year-old Milwaukee boy who was poisoned by lead as a baby faces off today against the nation's leading makers of lead-based house paint, hoping to prove that for half a century they knew their product made people sick. USA Today, 1 October 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-01-leadpaint-trial_N.htm
Study suggests DDT, breast cancer link. Women heavily exposed to the pesticide DDT during childhood are five times as likely to develop breast cancer, a new scientific study suggests. Los Angeles Times, California, 30 September 2007.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ddt30sep30,0,3451847.story
Japan's Minamata Disease still lingers. Today, the tragedy known as Minamata Disease is only a dim memory to the rest of the world. But for many of the people living here, the disaster never ended. Associated Press, 30 September 2007.
http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_7042890?nclick_check=1
Coal fired plants, a national Catch-22. Coal-fired power plants are the powerhouse of our power grid, but they're also a major source of the country's air pollution. Beaver County Times, Pennsylvania, 30 September 2007.
http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18868407&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6
Columbia student makes significant scientific strides. When Graham's grandmother fell ill every time she gardened with pesticides, he knew something wasn't right. Columbia WLTX TV, South Carolina, 29 September 2007.
http://www.wltx.com/FYI/story.aspx?storyid=54062
Do common plastics and resins carry risks? It's hard to avoid bisphenol A, used to make polycarbonate plastic and a resin that lines food cans. The universal presence of BPA has raised concerns because hundreds of animal studies have shown that this largely unregulated pollutant can tinker with the development and function of a wide range of tissues. Science News, 29 September 2007.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070929/bob9.asp
In a contaminated world, play isn't the only hazard. While the idea that a child has been playing with a Thomas the Tank Engine coated with lead-based paint may terrify parents, experts say the risk of being poisoned that way is actually not very high. New York Times, 29 September 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/29/business/29lead.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
A warning on kids' cold doses. Responding to safety concerns from Baltimore health officials, the FDA is recommending that common cough and cold medicines never be given to infants and toddlers, and that children under 6 should not be given antihistamines. Baltimore Sun, Maryland, 29 September 2007.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.fda29sep29,0,3599818.story
Study links decreased heart attacks to smoking restrictions. A study released Thursday credits New York's 2003 Clean Indoor Air Act with an 8 percent drop in heart attacks statewide because of reduced exposure to secondhand smoke. Associated Press, 28 September 2007.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cleanair-heartatt0927sep27,0,2335316.story
The high price of beauty. The cosmetology industry uses more than 10,000 chemicals in its products, 89 percent of which have not been evaluated for safety. The list includes compounds flagged by the EPA as having potential health effects, solvents tied to problems and chemicals already banned by Europe. The Nation, 28 September 2007.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071008/sole-smith
30 percent of asthma in U.S. can be attributed to cat allergy. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed to cat allergy. News-Medical.net, 28 September 2007.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=30515
New FTAs detrimental to U.S. food safety. Recently negotiated free trade agreements (FTAs) with Peru, Panama and Colombia would limit inspections and safety requirements for food imported into the U.S. from these countries. Great Falls Prairie Star, Montana, 28 September 2007.
http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/09/27/ag_news/updates/update39.txt
Unhealthy mold easily takes hold in Tennessee homes. Cathy Thompson was disgusted by the black mold that grew on the wall and ceiling of her home, but she had no idea it caused her frequent headaches, sinus infections and bouts of bronchitis, 27 September 2007.
http://www.ashlandcitytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/NEWS07/709270394/1291/MTCN01
Finding right water bottle for your lifestyle. Many people are switching to reusable bottles, worried that a trend that began as something good for our bodies has turned into a serious problem for the planet and our health. San Jose Mercury News, California, 27 September 2007.
http://www.mercurynews.com/lifestyle/ci_7001566?nclick_check=1
All types of alcohol raise cancer risk. All types of alcohol -- wine, beer or liquor -- add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday. Associated Press, 27 September 2007.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_7014548
Oregon mills struggle against Oct. 1 formaldehyde deadline. Many of Oregon's wood products mills hope to delay or avoid having to install controls on emissions of formaldehyde from glue. Associated Press, 27 September 2007.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-21/1190834928301350.xml&storylist=orlocal
Abuses in the fields sometimes ignored. Working in the fields, certainly, is neither the easiest nor the most pleasurable, neither the most secure nor the best paid. But agricultural jobs in the United States alleviate the difficult economic situation of thousands of families from Mexico and Central America. Salinas Californian, California, Opinion, 27 September 2007.
http://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/OPINION/709270308/1014
Reefer madness. In the Port of Los Angeles, huge stacks of discarded refrigerator containers are piling up -- half a million last year were added. They hiss chemicals [CFCs and other refrigerants] into the air that can cause skin cancer and global warming. It's an environmental graveyard that evades environmental requirements. Los Angeles City Beat, California, 27 September 2007.
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=6238&IssueNum=225
Potential hazards spur Walgreens to pull air fresheners. Managers at 111 Walgreens stores in Minnesota and thousands more nationwide pulled three types of air fresheners off their shelves over the weekend, because of concerns about hazardous chemicals [phthalates. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota, 27 September 2007.
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1448469.html
No vaccine link to behavior. Federal researchers said they found no link between a vaccine preservative containing mercury and mental acuity and behavioral problems in children immunized in the 1990s -- findings that aren't likely to end parental fear that mercury has caused childhood disorders. Wall Street Journal, 27 September 2007.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119083835476340331.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
The problem with plastic. During the first few years of life, when babies' cells continue to undergo "programming," exposure to certain toxic chemicals can disrupt the delicate process. US News & World Report, 27 September 2007.
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/2007/09/21/the-problem-with-plastic-bpa.html
EPA bucks criticism to give farmers new crop fumigant. The EPA is expected within days to approve a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, despite opposition from California regulators, prominent scientists and environmental and farmworker groups. Associated Press, 26 September 2007.
http://www.mercurynews.com/natbreakingnews/ci_6995866
Environmentalists argue for tougher brownfield standards. New York's program to clean up contaminated sites is so lax that polluted land is still a health danger even after it has been "cleaned," environmentalists charged Tuesday. Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, New York, 26 September 2007.
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007709270369
Omega-3 fatty acids protect against diabetes. A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop the disease, U.S. researchers said yesterday. Reuters, 26 September 2007.
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a04d1efe-f818-4387-93f5-3f46a0887644
Environmental injustice: Children's health disparities and the role of the environment. There are a growing number of children suffering from environmentally related diseases. Given their increased burden of exposure and altered ability to excrete toxins, one could argue that children, as a group, are victims of environmental injustice. Explore, September 2007.
http://www.explorejournal.com/article/PIIS1550830707002510/fulltext
