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PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
Partnership call: Advancing Risk Assessment: Progress and Ongoing Obstacles
4/26/12: MP3 recording available: CHE Cafe call: Designing Healthy Communities: a conversation with Richard Jackson, MD, MPH
CHE WORKING GROUP EVENTS
CHE Alaska call: Little Changes: A Discussion with Author Kristi Marsh on How to Avoid Chemicals in Food and Everyday Products:
May 30, 2012
CHE Fertility and Reproductive Health and CHE EMF working groups call: EMF and Reproductive Health Risks:
May 21, 2012
Cumulative Impacts Working Group Strategic Meeting:
May 22, 2012
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Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders: Newsfeed 15 May We need stronger standards for state's waterways. Cleaning up toxic sites, raising standards for testing and going after out-of-state coal plants should not be "the one that got away." We need government to stand up and do its job in protecting us and the food we eat. 11 Apr Autism science is moving 'stunningly fast.' Across the country, researchers are scanning the brains of hundreds of autistic children, looking for insights into a condition that has proved frustratingly hard to understand. Researchers today say they're beginning to make progress, perhaps for the first time, in understanding the autistic brain. 9 Apr Coal is not cool. Coal is cheap and in abundant supply, but its use as fuel to generate power has tremendous negative impact on both health and the environment. Burning coal releases toxic mercury that rains down onto rivers and streams and contaminates fish. The pollution then makes its way into our bodies when we eat the fish. 3 Apr BPA gets a reprieve ? for now. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention biomonitoring survey found that Americans have traces of 212 environmental chemicals in their bodies ? including so-called endocrine disrupters like bisphenol-A (BPA), which may have a major impact on human health even though the dose is barely perceptible. 30 Mar CDC: Autism affects 1 in 88 children. The new estimate suggests autism is more common than previously thought - about 25 percent more common - and may affect more than one million children and teens in the U.S. 16 Mar Hazardous chemicals found in children's jewelry. Hazardous chemicals have been found in most of the inexpensive children's jewelry samples purchased at random from 14 retailers in six states. 24 Feb Start mercury monitoring now. The infamous Franklin Township day care center exposed more than 100 children to toxic levels of mercury in two years of operation in an abandoned thermometer factory. Yet, in the intervening five and a half years, not one Kiddie Kollege child has been monitored over the long term for mercury-related damage. 16 Feb Environment: The unseen enemies. BPA is one of a plethora of chemicals and pollutants that, though unseen or unnoticed, can have significant effects on public health. Those relationships are the driving force behind environmental health campaigns locally, regionally and nationally. 15 Feb EPA oversight: Weighing the parts, ignoring the whole. Each year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gives the green light for a score of agricultural chemicals to come to market. But after pesticide makers win approval for specific active ingredients, they then mix those chemicals with other chemicals. The result is a far different formulation that has bypassed government safety reviews. 29 Jan Legislature should scrap the open-pit mining bill. The open-pit mining bill still allows mining operations to ignore many of the environmental protections that keep our water clean. Rather than try to fix the unfixable, state senators should scrap the open-pit mining bill and put the health of Wisconsin residents first. 23 Jan Federal cuts to lead poisoning prevention programs concern city, state officials in Ohio. The federal government is considering a recommendation that would lower the limit at which children under age 6 should receive mandatory treatment for lead poisoning. 12 Jan No safe lead level for children. Because many of the effects of lead on young children are irreversible, they have troubling implications for the potential children will reach as adults. While current lead guidelines are based on the premise of a safe threshold, a committee of the Centers for Disease Control says new data has challenged the premise. 5 Jan EPA holiday gift to our environment. The Obama Administration has given us our holiday wish this year with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcing its new mercury standard. 5 Jan Chemical safety bill has diverse support. There is a danger in our homes that parents can do little to address: Toxic chemicals in toys, electronics, cleaning supplies, cookware, and other everyday products that can find their way into small mouths and bodies. |