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Environmental Health

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Environmental Health

description: Those aspects of human health and disease that are determined by factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing and controlling factors in the environment that can potentially affect health. Environmental health includes both the direct pathological effects of chemicals, radiation and some biological agents, and the effects (often indirect) on health and well-being of the broad physical, psychological, social and aesthetic environment, which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport.

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

E I du Pont de Nemours and Company

Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health Hearing

Chairman Lautenberg, Senator Crapo and members of the committee, I am happy to be here to talk about the important issue of modernizing US chemicals policies. My name is Linda Fisher and I am the Chief Sustainability Officer for DuPont. Some years ago, ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by TradingMarkets]

Entities: Chemical, E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Superfund, Environmental Health

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Genomatix gives a hand in the analysis of Wayne State's sequencing projects

- The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Bioscience Technology Online]

Entities: Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Genome, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Biology

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 1 Documents

Dengue fever on the rise in Sultanate

THERE'S a significant increase in dengue fever cases in the country, said the Ministry of Health's Environmental Health Division.Since January, the division has recorded 35 cases compared to 38 cases for the whole of last year.For the first time, two ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by Brunei Times]

Entities: Dengue Fever, Environmental Health, Brunei

First Reported Mar 09 2010 - Updated Mar 09 2010 - 1 Documents

The Green Solution

The ever present emphasis on technological efficiency is just one of several forces behind the pressure on companies to “go green” despite a trying economy. The ultimate criterion that determines whether a motor is truly green is energy efficiency. Technology, ... [Published Mar 09 2010 by Chemical Processing.com]

Entities: Environmental Health

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

Only 30 % of mobile phones recycled

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- About seven million mobile phones were disposed in Taiwan annually, but the recycle rate is less than 30 percent. The toxic metals in the motherboard, including lead, cadmium, cobalt and beryllium, are highly harmful to the environment ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by China Post]

Entities: Recycling, Beryllium, Toxic, Taiwan

First Reported Mar 07 2010 - Updated Mar 07 2010 - 1 Documents

Classification of HER2 Receptor Status in Breast Cancer Tissues by MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry

Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum Mnchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany, Department of Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitt Mnchen, Ismaninger Str. ... [Published Mar 07 2010 by Journal of Proteome Research]

Entities: Breast Cancer, Mass Spectrometer, Proteome, Protein, Receptor

First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 1 Documents

Health scare on Italian bottled water

Fabrizia, an Italian brand of bottled water, should not be consumed due to the possibility of it containing greenish algae, the Department for Environmental Health said yesterday.The foreign body in the water could cause sickness if consumed, Environmental ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Times of Malta]

Entities: Environmental Health, Algae

First Reported Mar 06 2010 - Updated Mar 06 2010 - 1 Documents

Department for Environment health warning

The Department for Environmental Health said that as a precaution, the bottled water bearing the brand ‘Fabrizia’, having the details as listed, is not to be consumed because of the possible presence of greenish algae.Product Description Oligomineral ... [Published Mar 06 2010 by Malta Independent Daily]

Entities: Environmental Health, Environment, Algae, Durability

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 3 Documents

Research and Markets: The Environmental Resource Handbook 2010 Edition: The Most Up-To-Date and Comprehensive Source for Environmental Resources and Statistics

Research and Markets: : The Most Up-To-Date and Comprehensive Source for Environmental Resources and Statistics DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/297662/the_environmental) has announced the addition ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by Business Wire UK]

Entities: Environment, Environmental Health, Intrinsic Value

First Reported Feb 19 2010 - Updated Feb 19 2010 - 2 Documents

California may name and shame BPA as toxin

The controversial chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) could be listed as a toxin by the Californian Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.Under state law, so-called Proposition 65 requires the governor to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer ... [Published Feb 19 2010 by Food Quality News]

Entities: Toxin, Chemical, Toxicity

First Reported Feb 11 2010 - Updated Feb 11 2010 - 2 Documents

Target Pulls Lead-Contaminated Teddy Bears Made in China

The U.S. retail chain Target is pulling Valentine’s Day teddy bears from its shelves after illegal levels of lead were discovered in some of its materials. The product was made in China.The “Message Bear” is holding letters with lead levels of almost ... [Published Feb 11 2010 by Epoch Times]

Entities: Carolyn Cox, Environmental Health, China, Attorney General

First Reported Feb 11 2010 - Updated Feb 11 2010 - 2 Documents

AAN: 9/11 Fumes Linked to Persistent Headaches

THURSDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- In New York City residents and workers exposed to dust, gas, and fumes after the World Trade Center collapse, headache may be a predominant and persistent problem, according to research released Feb. 10 in advance ... [Published Feb 11 2010 by Modern Medicine]

Entities: World Trade Center, New York University School of Medicine, dyspnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease, American Academy of Neurology

Quotes

Peter Grant, Chief Executive Officer at Genomatix, USA commented: "We are very happy that these systems have now proven their practical value after almost a year in this very successful lab at the Wayne State University. This is confirming that Genomatix' technology provides a stable analysis platform for this important new genomic technology."

Genomatix systems utilized to analyze cis and epigenetic elements that control reproductive events [News-Medical.Net - Mar 11 2010]

"We must harness the advances in s . . ."

ACC Reaffirms Support for TSCA Reform in Hearing Calls for Open Dialogue on TSCA (3/9/10) [Targeted News Service - Mar 11 2010]

A spokeswoman added: "The aims of the test purchase exercise are to prevent anti social behaviour in the community. If young people are able to access petrol, then they may be able to perpetuate anti-social behaviour using such things as mini motos. If they are prevented from accessing fuel, then they may find it harder to misuse these vehicles. This will reduce anti-social behaviour and improve the lives of those residents who are affected by it." The exercise also tests whether petrol stations are obeying the law and providing the correct level of training to staff...

BP fined for underage petrol sales [Forecourt Trader - Mar 10 2010]

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Industry Supports TSCA Modernization [Happi - Mar 10 2010]
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California Retailer Told No More Doughnuts, Bar... [National Retail Hardware Association - Mar 09 2010]
The Green Solution [Chemical Processing.com - Mar 09 2010]
WHO regional director meets PM [The News International - Mar 09 2010]
Researchers Develop New Methods for Imputing Da... [Health Canal - Mar 08 2010]

Blogs

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Jonathan A. Schein: Fracking in New York's Marc... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 10 2010] This week I had the opportunity to moderate and co-produce a panel with the SUNY New Paltz Environmental Task Force at SUNY New Paltz, "The Future of Gas ...
DOH: Bathroom Break Vendor's Got Dirty Nuts [Gothamist - Feb 25 2010] Shirajul Islam at yesterday's inspection, courtesy Sean Basinski/The Street Vendor Project After yesterday's protest over a supposed Health Department crackdown ...
Sarah Janssen: A New Approach to Detecting Chem... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 24 2010] Odds are that you know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight U.S. women will develop this terrifying disease in their lifetime. ...
A New Approach to Detecting Chemicals Linked to... [Switchboard, from NRDC - Feb 19 2010] Odds are that you know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight U.S. women will develop this terrifying disease in their lifetime. ...
Bill Chameides: Oh That Chemical Feeling [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 11 2010] Congress is (finally) looking into the persistent and growing problem of persistent and bioaccumulating pollutants. Last week a Senate subcommittee held ...

Audio/Video

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Radiation Leak at Three Mile Island [ABC News Video: U.S. - Nov 23 2009]

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