24 | February | 2010 | Environmental Public Health Today

Federal chemical safety agency says it can't access Texas blast site.

The federal safety agency probing the fertilizer blast in West is complaining to Congress that turf fights with other investigators could make it impossible to find out what really happened.

Coal boom could destroy Great Barrier Reef.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing its coral, to the point that the United Nations may soon place the natural wonder on its "in danger" list. Climate change is one culprit, but so is the country's booming mining industry. Environmentalists warn that time is running out for the reef.

Most UK species in decline, wildlife stocktake shows.

An unprecedented stocktake of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved in number in the past half century.

Death in parched farm field reveals growing India water tragedy.

More than 2,200 farmers in India committed suicide in the past four years, as water loss and drought drove them deeper into debt.

Pesticides make a comeback.

Insecticide sales are surging after years of decline, as American farmers plant more corn and a genetic modification designed to protect the crop from pests has started to lose its effectiveness.

New York City agrees to faster cleanup of PCBs in schools.

With smoke and tar from faulty light fixtures leaking into New York City public school classrooms at alarming rates, the Bloomberg administration said on Tuesday that it would cut in half the time it needed to replace them.

20 years after fatal outbreak, Milwaukee leads on water testing.

Two decades since a parasite in Milwaukee drinking water killed 69 people and sickened 400,000, the city has become a national leader in testing for unregulated contaminants.

World not ready for mass flu outbreak: WHO.

The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form that spreads easily among people.

Oklahoma tornado: Energy dodges a bullet.

Monday's deadly Oklahoma tornado has left relatively intact one of the state's biggest and fastest-growing industries: energy. While hurricanes routinely disrupt offshore oil and gas production, rigs, pipelines, and tanks are comparably unaffected by extreme weather – most of the time.

Why no safe room to run to? Cost and Plains culture.

It is a familiar story in places like Moore, Okla., Joplin, Mo., and across the Great Plains and in the Deep South, where tornadoes are a seasonal threat - no local ordinance or building code requires shelters, either in houses, schools or businesses.

Sixty-four companies follow Wal-Mart's effort to reduce suppliers' emissions.

Wal-Mart partnered with the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2005 to measure its greenhouse gas emissions. Two years later, the company started urging its network of now more than 100,000 suppliers to disclose their sustainability performance, too. Others companies have followed its lead.

Illinois House panel OKs fracking measure.

A bill to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois was unanimously passed by a House committee Tuesday amid chants of "shame" from opponents who packed the hearing.

Oyster leaseholders lose suit blaming oil spill berms for damage.

Oyster growers on both sides of the Mississippi River who sued the state, dredge operators and BP claiming damages to their oyster leases in 2010 during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill had their lawsuit thrown out in two different federal courts on Monday.

Rice tainted with cadmium is discovered in southern China.

Government officials in southern China sought on Wednesday to calm public ire about toxic substances menacing the region’s main food staple, rice, after the city of Guangzhou said that nearly half the rice tested at restaurants this year held excessive cadmium.

Barbara Brenner, breast cancer iconoclast, dies at 61.

Barbara Brenner, who led the group Breast Cancer Action and shaped it in her own combative image, pillorying the medical establishment, industrial polluters and even other cancer research advocates, died May 10 at her home in San Francisco.

Scans of teens, children raise cancer risk.

Children and teenagers who have CT scans are more likely to develop cancer in later years, a major Australian study has found.

Pain relievers do not cause asthma, study finds.

Some parents have been worried about giving their children pain relievers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen, based on reports that children who take the drugs are more likely to develop asthma. But a new study suggests that the relationship may be little more than a statistical oversight.

Chemical in plastics can cause high blood pressure in kids.

New research shows that a chemical found in many plastic products and processed foods could increase blood pressure among infants and adolescents, leading to heart damage.

China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion.

The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday.

Tunisian man dies of new coronavirus.

A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa. Tunisia's health ministry said the 66-year-old had visited Saudi Arabia, which is badly affected by the virus.

Campylobacteriosis; how safe is your chicken?

Posted on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 by asonaike

Adeola Sonaike, MPH Student

Walden University, PH -6165-4

Instructor: Dr. Stephen Arnold

Winter, 2009

Campylobacteriosis; how safe is your chicken?

A self based learning project targeting the general public regarding the impact that microbes such as campylobacter have on poultry and consumption of improperly prepared meat product.

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Greener neighborhood, bigger babies.

Pregnant women living in areas with more plants and trees gave birth to slightly heavier babies with slightly larger heads, reports a new study from Spain.

Flame retardants may slightly affect toddlers' mental development.

Flame retardants in first breast milk may have a small effect on mental development of toddlers, reports a new study from Spain.

Traffic noise increases risk of diabetes.

Noise from busy roads and highways can raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, possibly by interrupting sleep and increasing stress, according to a large study from Denmark.

BPA levels in minority communities linked to ethnicity, season, chemical exposures.

A new study provides deeper insight into how bisphenol A exposures differ among minority populations in New York City.

Born sooner and smaller; PFOS affects fetal growth in the womb.

Babies with higher PFOS exposures in the womb are born smaller and sooner, reports a new study from Taiwan.

BPA levels in fetal livers higher than adult exposures.

A new study shows bisphenol A can cross the placenta and get into the developing livers of fetuses.

Solar cell maximizes energy output with fewer materials.

A more efficient and unobtrusive solar cell could be made with fewer materials and less energy, according to University of Michigan research.

Firemaster 550 an obesogen; linked to weight gain, early puberty, anxiety in rats.

Rats exposed to the common flame retardant Firemaster 550 before birth and while nursing gained weight earlier and were obese as adults.

Secondhand smoke during pregnancy alters children's behavior.

Mothers who breathe secondhand smoke are twice as likely to have children with attention and aggression problems, a study from China reports.

Tributyltin promotes obesity in mice generations.

Prenatal exposure to the pesticide tributyltin increased obesity in mice for several generations by permanently changing how fat cells develop, mature and store fat, according to a new study.

Porous material could purify bioethanol with less w.

Chemists have debuted a unique, porous material they say separates ethanol from contaminants that lower its performance.

BPA is associated with slower growth before birth.

Bisphenol A at levels commonly found in people may slow fetal growth, according to a Dutch study.

Baby mice exposed to air particles seek instant rewards, a behavior linked to addiction.

Baby mice that breathed tiny particles found in urban air were more impatient when they grew up than mice that breathed filtered air.

Promising battery technology packs more performance.

A new type of lithium battery brings researchers a step closer to a more powerful, stable and longer lasting battery that could power the cars and personal electronics of the future.

Cadmium and lead linked to hearing loss in U.S. adults.

Low levels of lead and cadmium may contribute to hearing loss, according to a large study of U.S. adults.

Flame-retardants may affect a child's attention, IQ.

Exposure to flame retardants during pregnancy or early childhood may lead to children with poorer attention, motor skills and IQ scores.

Shorter fibers key to safer carbon nanotubes.

A chemical redesign of carbon nanotubes has reduced their harmful effects on lungs, an issue that has hindered their widespread use.

Mom's pesticide exposure raises risk of infant leukemia.

A mother's exposure to pesticides before, during and after pregnancy may increase the risk of infant leukemia diagnosed before the age of 2, found a study from Brazil.

Fish swim slower if parents exposed to flame retardant.

Young zebrafish exposed to flame retardants through their mothers swam up to 60 percent slower and had reduced gene expression important for nervous system development.

Steam turns feathers into useful additive.

In a new twist on an old problem, researchers use steam to transform feather waste into the valuable product keratin.

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