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WHAT'S NEW
Recently Released: Proceedings from the 2007 UCSF-CHE Fertility Summit (published in the journal of Fertility and Sterility) Join CHE Alaska on May 28 for a teleconference on "The Global Transport of Persistent Chemicals to the Arctic" 5/9/08: CHE featured in AARP: "The Body Toxic" 5/9/08: CHE Partner Dr. Philip Landrigan interview in Discover: "How Much Do Chemicals Affect Our Health?"
4/15/08: Now available: State of the Evidence 2008: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment 2/20/08: CHE LDDI scientific consensus statement on environmental factors. 1/25/08: New environmental health-themed issue of San Francisco Medicine, journal of the San Francisco Medical Society, is now available online. 3/1/08: Two new chemicals policy reports from the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. 9/1/07: The BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields
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CHE Partner Molly Jacobs, MPH: Running Toward a Sustainable Tomorrow Program Manager Read past interviews...
Being Breast-fed May Lower Breast Cancer Risk- May 12, 2008 Adult women who were breast-fed as infants may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than those who were not breast-fed, unless they were first-born, study findings suggest. Continue reading... Read past articles...
Nanoparticles Scrutinized for Health Effects- May 12, 2008 Some scientists are concerned that these seemingly magical materials are hitting the market before their effects on human health and the environment have been sufficiently studied. Continue reading... Read past articles...
For Some, Breast Cancer Prevented by Physical Activity- May 13, 2008 A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine reports that physically active women are 25% less likely to develop breast cancer. Continue reading... Read past articles... |
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“This would have been handled differently in a white community,” says Wanda Washington about the contamination found in the drinking water in her hometown of Tallevast, Florida, a community of 87 households located 38 miles south of Tampa. Continue reading... 15 May Greenhouse gases highest for 800,000 years. Greenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any time in at least 800,000 years, according to a study of Antarctic ice on Wednesday that extends evidence that mankind is disrupting the climate. 15 May House passes farm bill. A $290 billion farm bill locking in the nation's food policy for five years passed the House and is expected to pass the Senate. It has a new program that will create incentives to plow millions of acres of prairie grasslands, releasing tons of carbon. 15 May Sewer to spigot: Recycled water. A growing number of cities and counties grappling with water shortages are turning to a solution that may be tough for some homeowners to stomach: purifying wastewater so that residents can drink it. 15 May L.A. prepares massive water-conservation plan. Los Angeles officials today will revive a controversial proposal to recycle wastewater as part of a plan to curb usage and move the city toward greater water independence. 15 May Monsoon predicted in Myanmar delta. Monsoon winds and rain were predicted on Wednesday, compounding the misery for at least 1.6 million survivors of this month's deadly cyclone. The Red Cross's new death toll estimate is 127,990. |
