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CHE Partner Molly Jacobs, MPH: Running Toward a Sustainable Tomorrow
Program Manager Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts--Lowell www.sustainableproduction.org
As told to Shelby Gonzalez, CHE Administrative Coordinator
When I was in second grade, we did a project where we were asked the question "If you found a money tree, what would you do?" My answer, in big block letters: "I would give it to the government so they could help people."
The theme of helping people came up again in a conversation with my father after a high school trip to Washington, D.C. I was completely moved by the passion and energy of those working in the public’s interest. I told him that I wanted to do the same and work on environmental issues.
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Being Breast-fed May Lower Breast Cancer Risk- May 12, 2008
Reuters Health
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...
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Nanoparticles Scrutinized for Health Effects- May 12, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle, California
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...
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For Some, Breast Cancer Prevented by Physical Activity- May 13, 2008
Medical News Today, UK
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...
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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.
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