"Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry"
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Tiny Bits of Silver, Used As Bacteria-Eaters, Emerge As New Health Concern
Rae Tyson reports there may well be a connection between odor-resistant socks and an emerging health and environmental concern.
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Food News Hooks: Safety, Healthfulness, Availability, Cost, and More
Much of your audience likely considers food a minor issue since they see it as generally available, affordable, healthy, environmentally benign, and unrelated to issues such as national security. You can help paint a more realistic picture for them, from the global to the local.
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Environmental Council of the States (ECOS)
Non-profit, non-partisan ECOS is the national association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders. Focus areas include: Air, Water, Waste, Cross Media, Planning, Compliance, Info Management, and Quicksilver Caucus.
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EPA Issues New Information on Old and New Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Some light bulbs require special handling to reduce toxic exposures. EPA's latest guidance for old fluorescent bulbs that contain PCBs and current generation CFLs that contain mercury both provide important fodder for consumer-awareness stories.
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"Spread of Deadly Virus Tied to Forest Decline"
The mysterious "sudden aspen decline" that is decimating many western forests also seems responsible for a spike in deer mouse populations that is hastening spread of the sin nombre virus, a still-rare hantavirus that kills some 40 % of the humans it infects.
Source: NY Times, 01/13/2011
ProMED-Mail
Do you write about zoonotic and emerging diseases? The International Society for Infectious Diseases' free Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases listserv (and accompanying website) is a great source of moderator-reviewed reports, summaries, and more.
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