Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm?
Francesca Lyman asks "What does Hurricane Sandy tell us about coping with human health and consequences of climate change?"
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"SARS-Like Virus May Have Spread Person-to-Person"
"LONDON -- British officials say a mysterious virus related to SARS may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught it from a family member."
Source: AP, 02/14/2013
Children's Health Report Released after Reporter Exposes OMB Blockade
Sunlight cures many ills. A month after watchdog Sheila Kaplan exposed a White House blackout of an EPA report on children's environmental health, the Obama administration uncorked it. Of course, the timing may have had something to do with the election as well; EPA announced its publication January 25, just a few days after the inauguration.
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EPA Withdraws Rule on Reporting Cadmium Health Studies
EPA had on December 3, 2012, published a final rule requiring reporting of unpublished cadmium-related health and safety studies by manufacturers and importers. This rule prompted industry objections, resulting in EPA's withdrawal of the rule less than 2 weeks later.
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At Industry Urging, White House Buries Report on Toxic Threats to Children's Health
If you want to know the latest on what chemicals might give your kids learning disabilities, asthma, and other health problems, the White House Office of Management and Budget intends to keep you in the dark. It has buried since March 2011 the 3rd edition of EPA's report "America's Children and the Environment."
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"The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today"
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"Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis"
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The Carson Effect
William Souder explains how Rachel Carson's seminal 1962 work Silent Spring shaped (and still shapes) modern environmentalism (from his new book, On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson).
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