Wikio - Environmental Health

Warning on scrap conmen (Liverpool Echo.co.uk )

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

CONMEN are posing as environmental health officers to steal scrap metal in north Liverpool.

Source : Liverpool Echo.co.uk (subscribe)

Brogan Wins $12 Million Federal Contract From National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Red Orbit )

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:05 GMT

Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing announced today it has been awarded a five year, $12 million contract from the federal government to continue to produce and market the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' (NIEHS) official journal, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).

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For the Future of Farming, Look Up (Poor Mojo Newswire)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:41:57 GMT

WaPo | For the Future of Farming, Look UpThe "vertical farm" or "sky farm" -- a glass skyscraper that functions as a giant urban greenhouse -- is an idea gaining traction among environmentalists and venture capitalists. Championed by Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University, the concept calls for tall buildings in which each floor...

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Saturday Links for the Week: July 19, 2008 (How to Save the World)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:39:13 GMT

Photo from birdstar.org , one of the amazing shots from the Bond brothers of SW Ontario. Disparity, Poverty and Environmental Health: I'm reading Hervé Kempf's How the Rich are Destroying the Earth (review next week). His message, from France, is essentially the same as Ian Welsh's in his new article There Was a Class War. The Rich Won . The message, and the messages that naturally flow...

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Leachate could be used to put out tip fire (This is Guernsey)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:30:14 GMT

PUBLIC Services is considering approaching Environmental Health to ask for an increase in the leachate level at Mont Cuet.

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Department Of Virus Promotion (SaveWRKO )

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:26:42 GMT

My anti-virus software sent a red alert upon entering the Commonwealth of Mass Bureau of Environmental Health's website. The program detected and isolated a virus the site attempted to use to infect my computer. At least I know the...

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Kerry-Snowe bill strengthens safety in nanotechnology research (Nanotechnology News from Nanowerk)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:41:27 GMT

Sens. John Kerry and Olympia Snowe this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008. The legislation will toughen the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) by increasing its commitment to environmental health and safety research.

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Health Stressors: an in depth, critical discussion of a current issue and the implications for Environmental Health and the Public Health Agenda (Thinking made Easy)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:13:20 GMT

Introduction The incidence of obesity coincides with the availability of food, obesity being conspicuously absent during famine. It is a serious condition in affluent cultures chiefly because of the abundance of food and the decreased amount of physical activity. During the past 10 to 15 years, there has been a...

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Second Cup Has "Adequate Pest Control," But Issued Conditional Pass (Torontoist)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

Toronto Public Health's Antoine Nikolopoulos has gotten back to us; he's the Entertainment District's Environmental Health Officer, and yesterday he inspected Second Cup's 307 Queen Street West location after Kate Bowen spotted a mouse inside the store on Sunday morning and sent photos along to us . First and foremost, Nikolopoulos concluded that the store has "adequate pest control."...

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Environmental Pollutant Has Sex-Skewing Effect (Medical News Today)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Women exposed to high levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls - a group of banned environmental pollutants) are less likely to give birth to male children. A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health found that among women from the San Francisco Bay Area, those exposed to higher levels of PCBs during the 50s and 60s, were significantly more...

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Coal Emissions Impact Prenatal Health (MATTER MAGAZINE)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:28:00 GMT

I’m no expert on matters automotive, but it seems to me coal power is kinda like one of those old Fiats: by the time you’ve fixed one part, another has already broken. From the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health comes word of the latest breakdown from the cost-convenient-but-ecologically-devestating fossil fuel: coal emissions make your kids dumb . From clouds of carcinogenic...

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Coal for dummies (Gristmill)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:28:50 GMT

By Joseph Romm A major new study by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health finds: Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health ... [P]renatal exposure to coal-burning emissions was associated with significantly lower average developmental scores and reduced motor development at age two. In the...

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When Children Are Exposed To High Levels Of Lead And Mercury From Coal Emissions, They Get Hurt (Treehugger)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:30:32 GMT

Scientists from the New York City-based Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) have studied the positive effects on children of shutting down a coal fired electricity plant in China. Results were published in a peer reviewed journal: Environmental Health Perspectives. Children born after the closure of a coal-burning plant in China had 60 percent fewer...

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Many scramble for unwholesome goods (MyJoyonline)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:39:51 GMT

People from communities around Aflao scrambled over unwholesome goods that were being destroyed by officials of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) and the Environmental Health Department.

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Environmental pollutant has sex-skewing effect (YubaNet.com)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:03:02 GMT

Women exposed to high levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls - a group of banned environmental pollutants) are less likely to give birth to male children. A study published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health found that among women from the San Francisco Bay Area, those exposed to higher levels of PCBs during the 50s and 60s, were significantly...

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Study: If you want smarter kids, shut coal plants (Climate Progress)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:53:44 GMT

A major new study by Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) finds Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children’s cognitive development and health…. [P]renatal exposure to coal-burning emissions was associated with significantly lower average developmental scores and reduced motor development at age two. In the second unexposed...

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Cognitive Development In Children Improved Following The Closure Of Coal-Burning Power Plant In China (Medical News Today)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health according to a study released by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

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Bone Disease In Adulthood Can Be Caused By Farming At Young Age (Medical News Today)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Although farm chores are likely to keep young boys in shape and out of trouble, University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health experts caution that it could be harmful to overall bone health if done too often at a young age.

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Varsity ties up with CLRI for research (Hindu)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:09:21 GMT

KANCHEEPURAM: Meenakshi University on Monday tied up with the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) for collaborative research in medicine, biotechnology, occupational and environmental health. The Memorandum of Understanding was ...

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A double blow for cleaner air (Facing South)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:30:00 GMT

Two decisions handed down last week, one by a federal court and the other by a federal agency, will have critical implications for our nation's environmental health -- and for the Bush administration's environmental legacy. On Friday morning, a federal appeals court struck down the administration's centerpiece clean air initiative, siding with utility companies and governments...

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