16 MayWhich kids' sunscreens should you avoid?While sunscreen is important for staying safe from harmful UV rays, there are still enough confusing labels, dangerous ingredients, and misleading SPF designations in many common products.Mother Jones.
15 MayAutism's mysterious rise.The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has been steadily rising in recent decades and most recently was estimated at one in every 88 children nationwide, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published last year. In Colorado, the rate is even higher: one in every 85 children.Durango Herald.
15 MayDefending Israel?s borders from ?climate refugees.'In order to combat increased waves of illegal migration that will likely accompany climate change, Israel must secure its borders through impassable barriers, including ?sea fences? along the Mediterranean and Red Sea, experts have concluded.Jerusalem Post.
15 MayWe need stronger standards for state's waterways.Cleaning up toxic sites, raising standards for testing and going after out-of-state coal plants should not be "the one that got away." We need government to stand up and do its job in protecting us and the food we eat.Bergen County Record.
Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative Working Group (LDDI)
LDDI is an international partnership fostering collaboration among learning and developmental disability organizations, researchers, health professionals and environmental health groups to address concerns about the impact environmental pollutants may have on neurological health. LDDI currently has over 400 organizational and individual participants engaged in educational and policy efforts.
If you are interested in joining this group, please sign on as a CHE Partner, and indicate your interest in your application. If you are already a CHE Partner and would like to join the listserv for this group send an email request to LDDI's listserv.
LDDI WORKING GROUP NEWS
11/22/11: New Article on Neurodevelopment and Toxicants
Nancy Hepp, CHE's Research and Communications Specialist, published "Protecting Children from Toxicants" in the ASHA Leader, a journal of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Read the article
9/13/11: CHE LDDI/ASA Workshops
Two workshops in November 2011 and one in January 2012 will feature national experts from diverse sectors highlighting the latest research on associations between environmental exposures and early neurodevelopment as well as the implications for prevention-based public health policy. Visit the workshops page
5/10/11: PAH Column Published
A new Practice Prevention column on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been published in English and Spanish. See our webpage with columns and fact sheets.
3/28/11: Practice Prevention Column Updates and Translations
With the assistance of intern Kelly Quinn, several of LDDI's Practice Prevention columns have been updated and translated into Spanish.
2/9/11: LDAA Forum
On January 24th, the Learning Disabilities Association of America, with support from the John Merck Fund, Kaiser Family Foundation and the Ceres Foundation, convened a forum to present the state-of-the-science on toxic chemicals and health as well as related policy updates and training. Read more »
11/17/10: AAIDD Environmental Health Initiative Aging, Environmental Health, and IDD Teleconference Series
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)'s Environmental Health Initiative (EHI) organized a distinguished panel of guest speakers to present a groundbreaking series of webinars on aging and environmental health with a focus on disability. This series was sponsored by the John Merck Fund and organized in conjunction with the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) of Greater Boston, and supported by LDDI and the new Healthy Aging and the Environment Initiative and of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE).
The series included five webinars that approached aging from an ecological health perspective and addressed the food, chemical, built, and psychosocial environments. An audio and visual archive of the seminars is now available. We encourage you to access these free resources on the AAIDD web site, share this information with your colleagues, and disseminate through your networks. For more information, please visit the EHI Teleconference webpage
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