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  Our Environmental Health
  Environmental quality is directly related to our health and lives. Improve the quality of your life.
  by georgezapo / on May 17, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “environmental health”

 

• Mercury’s Role in the Hormone Imbalance Epidemic

  
  Holy Hormones, Honey! — Authority: 138
  Leslie Carol Botha: My colleague, Richard Diaz author of Illness Defined shared this You Tube with me on how the heavy metal mercury skews hormone production and balance.  We have and are consistently being exposed to mercury through our foods, water supplies, medication and vaccines. The doctor being ...
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• Protecting kids? Moms are on the job.

  
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  I’m looking forward to Sunday morning. Breakfast in bed, flowers and chocolate — plus sweet, handmade cards from kids who often don’t take the time to say thanks. What’s not to like? But I also like the fact that Mother’s Day was actually founded to celebrate moms taking action to protect their children ...
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• Carrying water for an end to mountaintop removal

  
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  Activists hauled polluted water from Appalachia to Washington, D.C. this week to draw attention to the plight of communities affected by mountaintop removal coal mining. The action comes as legislation was reintroduced in Congress to protect coalfield waterways. read more
  1 week ago

• What is Environmental Health Science, and why should you care?

  
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  http://youtube.com/riskbites An introduction to what’s cool and what’s important about environmental health science. For more information on Environmental He…Video Rating: 5 / 5 [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Fire retardants: the new asbestos

  
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  My toxic couch: I’d like to nominate flame retardant chemicals used in our furniture, fabrics and baby products – as well as a host of other products – as being in the running for the “new asbestos”. These chemicals (halogenated flame retardants, such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers) are commonly known ...
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• The BP spin doctor is in

  
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  BP is scrambling to save the companys image from the realities of the ongoing Gulf disaster, but it cant hide the truth. read more
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• Eat This, Not That to Avoid Pesticides on Produce

  
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  A growing number of consumers are choosing organic fruits and vegetables as a way to avoid pesticides and support sustainable farming practices. However, organics are not always accessible or affordable for everyone, leaving consumers wondering how to enjoy the nutritional benefits of produce while limiting ...
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• Who “holds” the working papers of the Climategate inquiry? – UK Human Rights Blog

  
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  “In 2009 someone hacked into e-mails belonging to the Climate Research Unit at UEA and leaked them widely. Climate change sceptics whooped with delight because they thought that the e-mails showed attempts to suppress or gerrymander climate data (see e.g. this example from James Delingpole with some of the ticklish ...
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• What Does it Take to Cooperate? Transboundary Water Management Around the World

  
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  Water is the foundation of human society and will become even more critical as population growth, development, and climate change put pressure on already-shrinking water resources in the years ahead. But will this scarcity fuel conflict between countries with shared waters, as some have predicted, or will it ...
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• America bids to reduce pollution from fossil fuels

  
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  In an effort to reduce pollution caused by fossil fuels in America, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, when passed, will create jobs that invest in our workers skills, in an industry to generate clean electricity powered by the sun and wind and help boost the countries economy. By investing in clean energy ...
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• Is Your Lipstick A Health Risk?

  
  Holy Hormones, Honey! — Authority: 138
  Leslie Carol Botha: Richard Diaz, author of Illness Defined and I discussed mercury and other heavy metals in women’s makeup in our radio show interview this past February. We discussed how people in the theater and movies are at such high risk. So now we have Pharma grabbing our pelvic goldmines , ...
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• Research revealed many not taking advantage of energy efficiency programmes

  
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  Previously unpublished research conducted by the Government revealed that disabled people and older people are the least likely to take advantage of energy efficiency programmes due to the fear of incurring debt or because of their complexity. The Department for Energy and Climate Change accesses the take-up and ...
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• IS YOUR LIPSTICK HABIT HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH?

  
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  You lipstick could be delivering more than just a pretty pout. High-use pucker perfecters could be ingesting unwanted metals, according to a recent study. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Public Health have identified concerning levels of potentially cancer-causing metals in lipstick ...
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• It’s Thyme to Celebrate Herbs!

  
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  May 4 marks the eighth annual international celebration of herbs and all the many ways they enhance our lives. The observance consists of a coordinated series of independently produced public educational events that highlight herbs’ use in food, beverages, medicine, beauty products, and crafts, along with the ...
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• A Writing Award!

  
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  Yours truly receiving the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) award for best article in the science/tech.biz category at the annual conference award ceremony. Thank you! Photo by Diana Pachecho, ASJA All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. ...
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• UN human rights group calls for investigation of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia

  
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  The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights recently visited West Virginia communities affected by the controversial mining practice and said allegations of health damage, water pollution, failure to protect cemeteries, and harassment of opponents should be investigated and addressed. read more
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• Got Kids? Skip the Pesticides. Doctors’ orders!

  
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  If your pediatrician recommends eating more fruits and vegetables, what they really mean is to eat organic fruits and vegetables. Last fall the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) published a report on pesticides that can be summed up in just one sentence: “Children’s exposures to pesticides should be ...
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• Ad campaign puts Arkansas oil spill images before Keystone XL decision makers

  
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  An ad campaign featuring images of Exxon Mobils Arkansas oil spill disaster targets the federal regulators in charge of approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project. read more
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• China Tops List of Countries with Most Food Safety Violations

  
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  With more than 30 million shipments of food from foreign countries, almost 80% of the U.S. seafood and two-thirds of its produce is foreign-sourced revealing that food safety is a global challenge. A recent analysis of international food sources by the watchdog organization Food Sentry reveals the most frequent ...
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• Popular insecticide revealed to be detrimental to dragonflies and water based insects

  
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  A new Dutch study suggests that one of the most popular insecticides used globally is having a devastating effect on water based species and dragonflies. On Monday the European Union banned the use of the insecticide along with two others on some of its crops in order to help reduce the risk that it poses to ...
  2 weeks ago

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