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PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
Partnership call: Advancing Risk Assessment: Progress and Ongoing Obstacles
4/26/12: MP3 recording available: CHE Cafe call: Designing Healthy Communities: a conversation with Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
CHE WORKING GROUP EVENTS
CHE Alaska call: Little Changes: A Discussion with Author Kristi Marsh on How to Avoid Chemicals in Food and Everyday Products:
May 30, 2012
CHE Fertility and Reproductive Health and CHE EMF working groups call: EMF and Reproductive Health Risks:
May 21, 2012
Cumulative Impacts Working Group Strategic Meeting:
May 22, 2012
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Asthma: Newsfeed
16 May Medical records could yield answers on fracking. A proposed study of people in northern Pennsylvania could help resolve a national debate about whether the natural gas boom is making people sick. If the study goes forward, it would be the first large-scale, scientifically rigorous assessment of the health effects of gas production. 16 May US asthma rates are at an all-time high, CDC says. The proportion of Americans with asthma increased from 7.3% in 2001 to 8.4% in 2010, marking the highest level ever, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. 16 May Cutting emissions accomplished. Fourth-graders at Rockwood School District's Center for Creative Learning haven't been idle in working to promote clean air at their Ellisville campus. The 53 students were honored for their work on "Action4Air," a campaign to lessen vehicle idling. 16 May Planned power plant in jeopardy after judge finds flaws in TCEQ permit. A Travis County judge has stalled plans for a Corpus Christi power plant after finding flaws in the air pollution permit issued by state regulators. 15 May Climate change is making allergies worse. Spring is in full swing and swung into New Jersey earlier than ever this year. Extreme weather events and drastic changes in weather patterns are becoming a common occurrence. The effects of climate disruption on human health already are afflicting allergy and asthma sufferers. 14 May Beijing reveals atmospheric ozone levels for the first time. The city's environmental authority started publishing daily readings of ozone levels in the air over the weekend, in line with China's new edition of air quality guidelines. 14 May Utilities dispute timetable for mercury emissions. Environmental protection advocates are urging legislators to support the federal mercury and air toxic standards in the Clean Air Act, but the electric utility industry says that would create a huge burden. 14 May Mercury pollution. Much too frequently, we're in the bad news business. So it was good to read in The Tribune the other day how mercury poisoning in the Great Salt Lake and other Utah waters can be reduced. 12 May Prenatal smoking tied to worse asthma in kids. Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy may have a tougher time controlling their asthma than other kids do, a new study suggests. 12 May EPA, Sierra Club seek to deny Oklahoma AG's delay of pollution rule. The Sierra Club joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in asking an appeals court to deny requests by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. to block a plan to reduce pollution. 12 May Mayor gets an ?A? for asthma fight. Whatever overall grade you choose to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel?s first year in office, when it comes to fighting childhood asthma and air pollution, I?d argue he deserves an ?A.? 11 May Many kids exposed to smoke despite parents' claims. More than half of kids who were part of a new study from California tested positive for secondhand smoke exposure ? despite only a handful of their parents admitting to lighting up. 11 May Conservation can be good for your health. The more plant and animal life we?re exposed to, the stronger our immune system. Live in a concrete jungle? Get ready for allergies. It?s not going to be pretty. 11 May Asthma patients getting wrong medication in Uganda. When the former national chairman of the Forum for Democratic Change Mr John Butime passed on late last month, newspaper reports pointed at complications that may have resulted from his asthma, diabetes and hypertension. 10 May Secondhand smoke a clear health hazard to kids. One out of five pregnant women will continue to smoke, and thousands of babies are brought home to a smoke-filled environment. Not smoking is one of the greatest gifts parents can give to their children, for their own health and most definitely for the health of their children. |