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Global Well-Being: Issues At Intersection Of Climate Change And Health

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine special issue on climate change (November 2008), was featured at the "Changing Climate … Changing People" conference in Los Angeles. Leading off the event is Guest Editor Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, speaking about the impacts of climate change on human health. "Climate change is a key public health challenge.
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11/19/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Arsenic May Increase Risks For Cardiovascular Disease At Current Epa-Regulated Drinking Water Standards

University of Pittsburgh Mouse Study Published in Journal of Clinical Investigations When mice are exposed to arsenic at federally-approved levels for drinking water, pores in liver blood vessels close, potentially leading to cardiovascular disease, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in the Dec. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, available online Nov. 13.
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11/14/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Hawai’i Department Of Health Cites Companies For Air Pollution Violations

The Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) Clean Air Branch has issued Notices of Violations and Orders against Goodfellow Brothers, Inc., Tesoro Hawai'i Corporation, Earthworks Pacific, Inc., and Meadow Gold Dairies, Inc., for air pollution violations. The DOH Clean Air Branch issues air permits and conducts complaint investigations to minimize air pollution impacts on the public.
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10/24/2008 | Allergy - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Universal Detection Technology To Commence The Marketing Of Its Ricin Detection Equipment To The Agriculture Industry

Universal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UNDT) (FRANKFURT: PO8), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats and provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, announced today that it will begin marketing its Ricin detection equipment to the agriculture industry.
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10/23/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Airborne Lead Level Regulations Significantly Tightened Up In The USA

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has significantly strengthened air quality standards for lead. The agency says it is crucial to protect the health of humans, especially children. The new levels of airborne lead are now 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/m3). EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said "America's air is cleaner than a generation ago.
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10/18/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Polycarbonate Baby Bottles Containing Bisphenol A To Be Banned In Canada

Canada has announced it will proceed with drafting regulations to ban the importation, advertising and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA). Measures will also be taken to reduce the amount of BPA that is released into the environment. Tony Clement, Minister of Health, said "In 2007, we issued a challenge to industry under our Chemicals Management Plan to provide information on how they manage bisphenol A.
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10/18/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

New EU Pesticide Regulations Will Increase Risk Of Malaria And Other Insect-Borne Diseases

Today 160 senior scientists from around the world release a petition against proposed EU pesticide regulations which they believe would shrink the global insecticide markets, leaving millions of people in poor countries at an increased risk of malaria and other insect-borne diseases.
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10/10/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Ozone Controls Failing To Protect Human Health And The Environment, Warns The Royal Society

Existing controls are failing to reduce the air pollutant ground level ozone to a level that protects human health and the environment, and climate change will make the challenge harder, warns a major new report from the Royal Society(1) - the UK national academy of science - today (6 October 2008).
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10/06/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Spatial Epidemiology Becoming A More Effective Method Of Evaluating Environmental Factors And Disease

Escalating concern about environmental influences on public health has led to an increasing need for scientists to quickly assemble accurate data for studies. More and more scientists are turning to spatial epidemiology to aid them in visualizing uncertainties across space and time. A series of articles, published in the August 2008 issue of
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09/23/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

International Polar Day Focuses On People : Sept. 24, 2008

On September 24th, 2008, the International Polar Year 2007-8 (IPY) will launch its sixth 'International Polar Day' focusing on People in Polar Regions, especially on community and cultural well-being, health issues, and the role of the Arctic in the global economy.
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09/23/2008 | Environment - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

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