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11 Mar Zinc in dental adhesives can cause injuries, lawyer says. Numerous lawsuits filed against GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Poligrip, and Procter & Gamble, manufacturers of Fixodent, allege that the companies knew their products were dangerous and did not protect consumers. Philadelphia Daily News.

11 Mar 'Clean room' Pittsburgh study could shed light on autism. A controversial method is being used in Pittsburgh to study children who live with autism; the method aims to detoxify kids and reset their immune systems. Pittsburgh WTAE TV.

11 Mar California GHG emissions law will cost jobs in short term, state analysts find. California policymakers used flawed economic models to justify a state effort to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a new state report. Greenwire.

11 Mar Hundreds pack raw milk hearing in Eau Claire. Hundreds of raw milk advocates packed a legislative hearing Wednesday, demanding the right to buy and sell unpasteurized dairy products that some claim have powerful health benefits but that detractors call dangerous. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

11 Mar Ithaca can levy fine in Cornell vet waste spill. It's up to the overseers of the Ithaca wastewater treatment plant to decide whether to fine Cornell University for an accidental release of digested animal carcass waste into the city sewer system, a city engineer said. Gannett News Service.

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

2/4/10: Biomonitoring Report

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Leading members of the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI), along with other colleagues in the environmental health field, released a new biomonitoring report, Mind, Disrupted: How Toxic Chemicals May Affect How We Think and Who We Are. The official press release occurred just prior to a Senate Hearing on chemical policy reform conducted by Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health. The Mind, Disrupted report and related fact sheets are available on the website: www.minddisrupted.org. The site includes recordings of the Senate Hearing on February 4th and the report release teleconference (on the Media tab).

View media coverage of the report

1/20/10: Pesticide Column Updated.
LDDI has updated the Practice Prevention column on Pesticides with new information about health effects and exposure routes. Read the column »

1/13/10: New Autism Working Group
CHE is initiating CHE-Autism, a working group dedicated to exploring the new paradigm of autism research and treatment in Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). CHE and Commonweal have had a strong interest in ASD for many years. Commonweal co-hosted a series of conferences over the past decade exploring the new paradigm of autism research and treatment. Two of the co-hosts of these conferences, Martha Herbert and Robert Hendren, have agreed to serve as science advisers to CHE-Autism. Michael Lerner will facilitate CHE-Autism initially with his colleague Sheila Opperman, who has been involved with autism work for years. CHE hopes to identify partners who would like to be candidates for the position of co-facilitators. To join CHE-Autism contact info@healthandenvironment.org. Read more »

1/13/10: Teleconference Call February 9th
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will host a call titled "Mercury Exposure, Nutritional Deficiencies and Metabolic Disruptions May Affect Learning in Children." Read more »

1/12/09: LDAA Meeting, February 2010. The Learning Disabilities Association of America is hosting their annual meeting in February 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland, including a symposium on toxic chemicals and brain development at which leaders from LDDI will be speaking. Additional speakers include policymakers such as Maryland Assemblyman James Hubbard who introduced environmental health legislation in Maryland on BPA and other chemicals; he also heads a group of state legislators on TSCA reform. Visit the website »

12/1/09:  LDDI Leadership Meets in Seattle. The LDDI leadership group consisting of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), Autism Society of America (ASA), the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) and the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD) met in Seattle for a one-day strategic planning meeting to develop goals for 2010.

 

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