Health

Satellite-Enhanced Dust Forecasts Aid Public Health Managers

Originally Published by ENS

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2008/2008-10-28-091.asp

Posted on November 6th, 2008
Earth Observation, Health

EPA Weakens New Lead Rule After White House Objects

Originally Published by Truthout

After the White House intervened, the Environmental Protection Agency last week weakened a rule on airborne lead standards so that fewer polluters would have their emissions monitored.

Posted on November 2nd, 2008
Health, Politics

Risk of Disease Rises With Water Temperatures

Originally Published by Truthout - environment

Scientists now say it is a near-certainty that global warming will drive significant increases in waterborne diseases around the world.

Posted on October 26th, 2008
Climate, Health, Water

Ozone issue needs its own ‘Kyoto’

Originally Published by Environment | guardian.co.uk

Ozone pollution is harming health and crop yields, according to a new report

Posted on October 12th, 2008
Climate, Health, Politics

HIV/AIDS Originated 125 Years Ago, Spread from Chimps to Humans

Originally Published by Environmental News Service

New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans as early as 1884.

Posted on October 7th, 2008
Health

Potentially Toxic Substance Found In Chicago Air

Originally Published by Science Daily

A new study of Chicago air sampled between November 2006 and November 2007 found PCB11, a byproduct of the manufacture of paint pigments and a potentially toxic substance, present throughout the city.

Posted on October 3rd, 2008
Health

Food Waste Pilot Hailed A Success

Originally Published by BBC News

A pilot in which homes had food waste collected separately and composted is hailed a success by government advisers.

Posted on September 25th, 2008
Agriculture, Health

Food Soil Stuck To Surfaces Can Hold Bacteria In Food Processing Factories

Originally Published by Science Daily

Tiny amounts of food soil stuck to surfaces can act as a reservoir for potentially pathogenic bacteria. This food may help bacteria to survive industrial cleaning regimes in food processing factories, scientists report.

Posted on September 23rd, 2008
Health

Our Good Earth. The Future Rests On The Soil Beneath Our Feet.

Originally Published by National Geographic

By 2030, when today’s toddlers have toddlers of their own, 8.3 billion people will walk the Earth; to feed them farmers will have to grow almost 30 percent more grain than they do now.

Posted on September 5th, 2008
Agriculture, Health

Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder

We all hear about global this and global that, what to recycle or not, and who should be responsible. This is almost non-stop from every sort of media available, which becomes mind numbing and, in a huge sense, scary. With all the information our there, Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods caught my attention.