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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
NEEDHAM, Mass., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental Health & Engineering Inc. (EH&E), a leading Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm, has completed a major indoor air quality study for the U.S. government which found a strong association between the presence of Chinese drywall, low level concentrations of hydrogen sulfide, and corrosion of metals in homes. The drywall issue has...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
New research presents strong evidence that the "synergistic" effect of early-life exposure to both outdoor traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin causes more harm to developing lungs than one or the other exposure alone.Environmental health scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have shown that children exposed to both high levels of traffic-related particles...
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Grist Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Michael A. Livermore This Friday is the deadline for public comments on the stricter vehicle efficiency standards from EPA and the Department of Transportation. The docket is likely to be overrun with statements for and against the regulation that would make cars and light trucks 30 percent more efficient in 5 years. From an economic perspective, the social benefits of the rule outweigh the costs....
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Layers Upon Layers (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 24) at 1 pm Eastern, join a live chat about Thanksgiving food safety at the Consumer Reports Safety blog! The live chat, hosted by Consumer Reports’ food safety expert Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., will cover Thanksgiving food preparation, including info on the safe handling of raw turkey, plus specific reader questions about the big meal. Dr. Rangan will also discuss the meaning...
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Northwest Progressive Institute (Free subscription) | yesterday
The life-giving, ever-present rain that falls on Western Washington also has a dark side. Every time it rains, the Puget Sound gets an unhealthy drink of oil, fertilizer, pesticides, and animal wastes. Unhealthy levels of water pollution have made our region noncompliant with the federal Clean Water Act, and have caused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to order local governments to "to...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
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ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three Mile Island radiation escaped when workers cut cooling pipe, but no public danger seen Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station - Business - Environment - Health Physics and Radiological Health - Environmental Health
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Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The study is the first to analyze the effects...
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University of Guelph News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Red barns and grazing cattle may make for bucolic photos of the countryside. But they're only part of a diverse, complicated picture explored in a new book on rural Canada edited and co-authored by a retired University of Guelph professor. Published by Nelson, Rural Planning and Development in Canada is the first book of its kind, said Prof. David Douglas, a retired faculty member in the School of...
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Scientific American (Free subscription) | yesterday
This January, the country Turkey will join a handful of European nations that require “visual health warnings” on every pack of cigarettes. These images include things like diseased lungs and a foot sporting a toe tag. But maybe a Petri dish overrun with bacteria should make the list. Because a new study shows that cigarettes are contaminated with a bevy of nasty bugs, including some that...
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Fangshicun Health Care (Free subscription) | yesterday
Environmental health for the children playground sometimes escaped the attention of the parents. What kind of attention is needed for parents in order to maintain the health of their children? These are discussed below. Child is the sweetheart and hope to every parent then it is appropriate for parents to provide all the best for them. [...] Related posts: How to Avoid Child from Negative Suggestion...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | yesterday
The “Children and Grandchildren” Report #4 | Australian Climate Madness They just keep on coming… Real world consequences of global warming deceptions Roger Pielke is just one of dozens, maybe hundreds, of people who have been seriously trying to make positive contributions to the environmental health of this planet, including reducing global warming and its effects. How many other...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
small dead animals: [more on the global warming implosion] [comment] "I have the kindest nephew studying environmental science at Queen's U in Kingston." If this crushes the whole climate [fraud] industry there are going to be a whole lot of kids out there with degrees that are worthless. Not to mention all the little businesses that were set up to cash in on the scam. Does anybody know what...
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Mostly Eating (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Vegetarian Health - going vegetarian is undergoing an understandable resurgence in popularity at the moment with people ditching meat for environmental, health and animal welfare reasons. The NHS Vegetarian Health site has a good series of articles to get you... Continue reading...
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The Reference & Education Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
By Heidi Wingrain Mesothelioma patients have two lawful alternatives to claim good mesothelioma compensation. They can either file a court case and employ an attorney to plead for justice, which is often a long drawn out process, or arrive at an out of court settlement. Usually it is the larger corporate houses and multinationals that agree for such a mesothelioma settlement without involving the jury...
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aarkstore | 11/12/2009
PV Recycling: Solar Industry’s Clean Development Initiative Summary Rapid expansion of the solar industry brings along with it a compelling need to responsibly manage solar waste. Solar PV waste, which contains toxic chemicals, if untackled, can result in critical environmental and health hazards. The issue of recycling waste is not a major one currently as the solar industry is a nascent one and modules...
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bharatbook | 09/24/2009
Bharatbook.com included a new report on "Flame Retardants" It gives more stringent fire codes and flammability requirements, especially in building materials and consumer products. Flame Retardants US demand to rise 3.8% annually through 2013 US demand for flame retardants will rise 3.8 percent per year to 1.0 billion pounds in 2013, reflecting more stringent fire codes and flammability requirements,
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aarkstore | 09/22/2009
PV Recycling: Solar Industry’s Clean Development Initiative Summary Rapid expansion of the solar industry brings along with it a compelling need to responsibly manage solar waste. Solar PV waste, which contains toxic chemicals, if untackled, can result in critical environmental and health hazards. The issue of recycling waste is not a major one currently as the solar industry is a nascent one and modules...
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