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Blogger Indonesia A. Fatih Syuhud W (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Indonesia to produce A/H1N1 vaccine next year Indonesia would produce 2 million doses vaccine in November next year to stop further spread of A/H1N1 flu that has killed 10 people in the Southeast Asian country, Health Ministry said here Friday. Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health of the ministry Tjandra Yoga Aditama said that the [...] This is summary only. Visit http://fatihsyuhud.com...
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Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Introduction by RM: After this rather brief post touching on the introduction of a national curriculum for Australian schools, Susan Zivcec has kindly contributed a piece on some important aspects of that curriculum. Susan is an environmental health and safety consultant, student teacher, and mother of two. Leading education consultant Brian Caldwell has published an [...]
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Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, December 3, 2009 — The controversy surrounding the unintended effects of herbicide and pesticide use has intensified as researchers from the University of Ottawa’s Department of Biology have identified that atrazine, a heavily-used herbicide, alters the sexual development in frogs. There have been numerous scientific and journalistic reports on the detrimental effects of herbicides,...
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Low Carbon Lifestyle (Free subscription) | yesterday
A good day.... I got up in time to make my muesli and have breakfast and take my damaged trailer to Cycle Heaven (I managed to break a couple of spokes with a badly aimed attempt at a narrow bridge... the wheel slipped off and I kept going, buckling the wheel). I delivered that and then went to see Pauline, to give her a few more logs and to get my regular bottle of Port, my annual present from her....
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Diseases go global"Lots of new diseases are emerging and diseases were once local are now global," says Roman, a wildlife expert and fellow at UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. "Diseases like West Nile Virus have spread around the world very quickly."This is not the first time humans have faced a raft of new diseases. About 10,000 years ago, humans invented farming....
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Main Feed - Environmental Defense (Free subscription) | yesterday
For information on lead in consumer products, please visit the Center for Environmental Health . EDF no longer maintains updated listings on lead in china dishes.
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Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, December 3, 2009 Chemicals from cosmetics, perfumes and other fragrances were detected along with dozens of other industrial compounds in the umbilical cords of African American, Asian and Latino infants in the United States, according to a national study released Wednesday. Laboratory tests paid for by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group and...
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TheCatGirlSpeaks (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week has passed in a haze of soggy tissues and hacking coughs. The dreaded lurgy has once more come to visit the Cat House. I've been off work since Tuesday, and have been told not to return until Monday. Who am I to argue with that? The pleasures of daytime telly aside, it has been particularly miserable. And I'm certain that the magazine articles about embracing festive fashion did not mean...
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eat me, delicious (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
I'm going to attempt to keep this post super short because I really must be studying for my finals (sewage, pools, soils, environmental assessment, hydrogeology, intro to environmental health). I'm also super behind on my blog reading but will eventually catch up. My finals are scheduled pretty close together so I'm not sure if I'll be updating again before I'm done (on the 10th). So I shall leave...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
If David Cameron is to set up a review of the "straight jacket" of health and safety rules on the basis of urban myth, and individual misinterpretation of risk then I fear for worker safety ( Report , 1 December). Reported figures for last year are that 229 people were killed at work, 137,000 were injured, and thousands more died of work-related illnesses. It is obvious that there are employers...
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Healthy Child Healthy World Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
You ask, we answer . This Q&A is from our friend and Healthy Child Board Member, Dr. Alan Greene , renowned pediatrician and expert on environmental health. Question : What is the difference between 1st Foods and 2nd Foods? Can I skip 1st Foods all together? Dr. Greene Answers : The baby food months are a fleeting window for teaching your baby to enjoy a variety of tastes, textures, and combinations....
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Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Green Car Congress covers a major statement about the tremendous ancillary benefits of cutting emissions : Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to a series of six papers on “Health and Climate Change” published...
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Sarah's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
A HACCP document shows that childminders are complying with all the relevant food hygiene and safety requirements. It is not a legal requirement to have a HACCP document, but it is a legal requirement to show that you are feeding children safely... and this document will help you do that! The e-book contains paperwork samples which will help you to meet current legislation requirements, kitchen and...
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The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Lichfield District Council has been accused of lacking ambition after a new local authority recycling league table showed the city had slipped to 29th place. The claim came from councillor Steve Norman (Lab, Summerfield), who was Chair of Environmental and Health Services from 1995-1999, following the news that Staffordshire Moorlands District Council had become the nation’s [...]
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Life Science World (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
[NEWS] Contact: Sven Winkler presse@helmholtz-muenchen.de 49-893-187-3946 Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health Particularly in Alzheimer's disease, nerve cell degeneration plays a crucial role. In the future, new therapeutic options may possibly be derived from steering the generation and/or migrat…
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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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