Global Environmental Health: Research Gaps and Barriers for Providing Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services: Workshop Summary
Healthy Child Healthy World Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Originally published by Jane Kay for Environmental Health News . In a tradition dating back to medieval times, growers in Modena, Italy, are deep into the grape harvest, the first step in making their famed balsamic vinegar. Cooking the trebianno and lambrusco grapes releases rich juice that is then stored in vintage barrels. At least a dozen years of fermentation and evaporation reduces the wine to...
The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Two women from Lichfield have been fined for littering after dropping cigarette butts. Because both women failed to pay their fixed penalty notices of £75 (reduced to £60 if paid within ten days), the council had no option but to take them to court. The two were caugt after Lichfield District Council’s environmental health officers witnessed them [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
This morning, a number of news reports indicate that Major Nidal Malik Hasan's shooting spree at Fort Hood last week was anything but the result of a sudden mental snap. ABC News is reporting , in a somewhat vaguely worded story, that Hasan "was attempting to make contact with people associated with Al Qaeda." Their two sources claim the CIA knew about these attempts but may not have alerted...
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Well, the reform kitchen is back, in it's own way : Reform Jews should eat less red meat and consider more carefully what food they serve in their synagogues, the movement's leader said. "We need to think about how the food we eat advances the values we hold as Reform Jews," Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said...he urged Reform Jews to consider the ethical,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Balsamic and other red wine vinegars often contain lead, a potent neurotoxin, and could pose a risk to children who consume it regularly, according to a new analysis by Environmental Health News. Eating just one tablespoon a day of some vinegars can raise a...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Times Watch by tristero Frank Rich has a great column on the importance of Owens' win in NY-23 as well as the resurgent banksters. Speaking of banksters, Rich linked to a Business Week article which informs us that some of the worst of them are getting first dibs on the H1N1 SWINE FLU vaccine because, you know, they're too big to ail. Nick Kristof has been columning recently on food and health issues....
Moreton and Saughall Massie Matters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Readers of the blog will be aware of the ‘Grot Spot’ alongside Wongs in the walk way between Cool Trader, Wongs and the Cool Trader car park. I am delighted to report that following the intervention of the Environmental Health Department the area has been cleansed. I was also delighted to see that they have converted [...]
Talk Islam (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam. Dr. Val Finnell was a classmate of Hasan’s at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Both attended a master’s in public health program in 2007 and 2008. Finnell says he got to know Hasan in an environmental health class. At the end of [...] a
They Got Me Over A Barrel (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Timely this, just before I go to unblock the toilets at my pub, here is an email from this poster christopher_d_roberts@yahoo.com I just picked up from my work address: "what a witless, arrogant little **** you are Dodds." (ahem, for those of you curious to know, that word is a colloquial name given to part of the female anatomy) "You could write what you know about running a pub on...
The Food & Drink Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By Peter Abertoning Is it possible that there are drugs in your drinking water? Surely it's not possible that when you drink a glass of water you're drinking drugs? Lets take a look at the possibility that there are drugs in drinking water in the US. Lets start with a quote from the Ralph Nader Institute. "U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer."...
All Things Anderson (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Hi everyone! Happy Friday. Teddi B here with a recap of the show. *The show started off with the latest on the Fort Hood shootings. Anderson started off by speaking with Sargent Mark Todd who helped take down Major Hasan on Thursday. He and Officer Kimberly Munley are responsible for stopping the shooting. Ms. Munley is currently in the hospital healing from gunshot wounds. *Ted Rowlands reports on...
FoodExpo-Online (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Food's first virtual exhibition goes live... Incredibly, FoodExpo-Online has opened it doors to visitors and some of the initial feedback is heartwarming! Sinosweet has had some interest from Germany and the US, Armfield has had all the usual suspects and Chemical Distributors downloading their data. BioReal visits have again had the usual suspects but also a Norwegian player showing considerable interest....
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The H1N1 vaccine is so scarce in Wisconsin. Any doses that go to waste potentially can make a life or death difference. Nine hundred doses were wasted on Thursday night. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : More than 900 doses of Milwaukee's allotted H1N1 flu vaccine will have to be returned to the manufacturer, officials said, after a truck used to transport the vaccine was stolen Thursday night....
Real cycling (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Copenhagen is a superb city for real cycling – for getting from A to B on two wheels. In fact, most Copenhageners say they cycle because it's quick and easy , not for environmental or health reasons (though they're pleasing by-products). That happens to reflect my view, too. The Danish capital will be in the media spotlight from 7-15 December when it hosts the Climate Change Talking Shop , so...
carroll gardens petition (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
HELLO FROM CO RD! We wanted to thank those of you who participated in the letter writing campaign to Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. Although we do not know how many of you sent the letter we posted, we do know that your efforts resulted in a meeting with members of assorted local civic organizations and Rep Clarke's staff. On Friday, October 30th, a video teleconference took place at Rep Clarke's Brooklyn...
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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,
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...
aypearl7 | 07/21/2009
Red Corals are major contributors to the physical structure of coral reefs that develop in tropical and subtropical waters. Coral comes in many fine colors including orange, white, black, pale or pink which is called Angelskin Coral and even in a deep red, which is the rarest type and sometimes referred to as fire Coral. One...
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