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Workers, students exposed to potential toxins at Paramus school.
Nearly 100 people affiliated with the West Brook Middle School are suing the school board and the borough, accusing them of knowingly exposing the plaintiffs to potentially toxic chemicals in 2007, according to documents filed in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Record, New Jersey. 20 November 2009.
Deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccines.
About 40 people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. Reuters Health. 20 November 2009.
Farm family staves off sprawl in Bucks.
When 90-year-old Sam Snipes was a boy in the 1920s, Falls Township was a bucolic place with about 2,500 people. Nearly all the land was occupied by farms. Today, the township population is about 35,000, and only two farms remain. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. 20 November 2009.
New tricks?
The dice of day-to-day decisions are hugely loaded, reinforcing the carbon atrophied economic structures around us. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Is electro smog causing your headache?
Swindon will become Britain's first Wi-Fi town, and no doubt many other towns will follow. But these new grids will add immeasurably to the amount of electromagnetic radiation in the air - with potentially disastrous consequences for the nation's health. London Daily Mail, United Kingdom. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Why honeybees are falling through the cracks.
Over the past three years, more than 50 billion honeybees have died. Scientists understand the causes, and now we need everyone to lend a helping hand. Without the bees, we cannot survive. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 19 November 2009.
Paying more for flights eases guilt, not emissions.
The sheer size of the airline industry’s emissions makes it hard to judge the effectiveness of carbon offset programs. New York Times. 18 November 2009.
Can the environment explain schizophrenia's hereditary patterns?
Researchers believe the potential for schizophrenia starts to emerge during early brain development, beginning in the womb. Scientific American. 18 November 2009.
A town hall to discuss toy safety.
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission’s chairwoman, Inez Tenenbaum, on Tuesday morning held a town-hall-style meeting in Manhattan to discuss toy safety hazards and to assure parents of the agency’s efforts to protect American children this winter. New York Times. 18 November 2009.
Redfield residents voice white bluff opinions.
Many gathered in Redfield Tuesday night to express strong support of continued operation of the White Bluff coal-fired power plant while others voiced opposition. Pine Bluff Commercial, Arkansas. 18 November 2009.
Report confirms mercury's spread.
Mercury pollution already extracts an enormous cost through serious illness, neurological damage and – most unconscionable of all – impaired cognitive development of children. Ridding our waterways of mercury isn't optional or postponable. It's imperative. Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, Virginia. Editorial, 18 November 2009.
Health-care professionals signal importance of keeping environment healthy.
We know that pollution and environmental degradation can cause a range of health problems, from mild stomach ailments to birth defects, cancer, and death. This creates strain on the health-care system and ends up costing us all. Georgia Straight, British Columbia. Opinion, 18 November 2009.
NASA to restart primate irradiation testing.
A group at Harvard Medical School's McLean Hospital will expose the monkeys to a single dose of radiation that will be equivalent to the total amount of radiation astronauts will absorb during a three-year-long Mars mission. New Scientist. 17 November 2009.
Health Min. to examine risks of chemical in baby bottles.
Bisphenol A is a substance found in baby bottles, pacifiers, drink containers and various plastic products. A dispute is currently raging as to the health risk posed by what is commonly called BPA, which is apparently able to leak into the human body. Haaretz, Israel. 16 November 2009.
Kids not eating enough fish.
An overwhelming majority of children do not eat enough fish, placing them at risk of heart disease, asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and retarded brain development, new research says. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 16 November 2009.
New regs for old homes.
The Environmental Protection Agency just finished rules about home renovation and lead paint, but children's advocacy groups said they weren't strong enough. Environment Report, Michigan. 16 November 2009.
Apocalypse fatigue.
What will it take to rally Americans behind the need to take strong action on cutting carbon emissions? Yale Environment 360. Opinion, 16 November 2009.
Frisco plant exceeds new limit on lead levels.
Even with no expansion, airborne lead levels around the 45-year-old vehicle battery recycler owned by Exide Technology are among the highest measured anywhere in the country. Dallas Morning News, Texas. 15 November 2009.
Falluja's babies: The difficulties of pinning the blame.
War's effects on health can be much harder to identify than death and horrendous physical injuries. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 15 November 2009.
Food-borne pathogens carry devastating long-term effects.
Long after the painful stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea associated with tainted food are over, many people suffer long-term health effects, mostly unrecognized, that are the result of food-borne pathogens. Los Angeles Times, California. 15 November 2009.
We have met the enemy.
A mysterious killer known as Colony Collapse Disorder is killing bees by the billions. Eight hundred thousand American bee colonies were wiped out in 2007; a million more died in 2008. Is Colony Collapse Disorder caused by pesticides? Mites? A virus? Boston Globe, Massachusetts. Opinion, 15 November 2009.
China faces reckoning over lead production.
Since late summer, there has been a spate of lead poisoning cases in Hunan, Henan, Yunnan and Shanxi provinces. More than 3,200 cases have been confirmed, most of them in children. Now, thousands of Chinese are trying to flee a landscape poisoned by decades of lead manufacturing. Los Angeles Times, California. 14 November 2009.
FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs.
Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by Genzyme—the second time this year the biotechnology company has been cited for contamination issues. Associated Press. 14 November 2009.
Families' heartache over Falluja birth defects.
Across Falluja, neonatal wards and centres for disabled people are facing such an influx of infants or children aged under five with chronic deformities that they are fast running out of space and staff to help. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 14 November 2009.
City GI joins in suit of Iraq contractor.
A Fort Wayne man is part of a series of lawsuits filed around the country alleging private military contractor KBR made members of the U.S. military seriously ill while they were stationed overseas. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Indiana. 14 November 2009.
Water shortage could spell doom in south.
The over-exploitation of groundwater will push the Mekong Delta and southeastern provinces into a critical water shortage over the next decade, experts have warned. Groundwater levels have sunk 17 meters over a decade while much of the supply has been contaminated with arsenic. Thanhnien News, Vietnam. 13 November 2009.
Swine flu sickens 22 million.
An estimated 22 million Americans have been sickened with swine flu since April and 3,900 have died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, as shipments of vaccine fell behind government predictions. Wall Street Journal. 13 November 2009.
Food-borne ills can have lasting consequences: report.
More than just a bad bout of stomach flu, some food-borne illnesses can cause long-term consequences, especially for young people, a report released on Thursday has found. Reuters. 13 November 2009.
BPA linked to male sexual dysfunction.
Male workers in China who were exposed to extremely high levels of the plastics chemical bisphenol A consistently had a higher risk of sexual dysfunction than unexposed workers, according to a new study. Chemical & Engineering News. 13 November 2009.
Food-borne infections endanger long-term health, especially for kids.
Long after the cramps and diarrhea of a brush with tainted food is over, many of us suffer long-term health effects, mostly unrecognized, that are the result of food-borne pathogens - and children often suffer the worst. Los Angeles Times, California. 13 November 2009.
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