Environmental Health

Tell the EPA You Support Carbon Pollution Protections

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Epa, Environment, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Health, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

If anything, the EPA is arriving late in the game, following in the footsteps of community leaders, governors, state regulators, and financiers who all realized, in the past decade, that new power plants in this country must deal with their carbon pollution.

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Should Dow Get a Veto Over Government Scientists?

Andy Igrejas | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Science, Congress, Chemicals, Health, Dow Chemical, Report-on-Carcinogens, The National Toxicology Program, House Small Business Committee, House Science Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Health, Green News
Andy Igrejas

An obscure Congressional hearing on Tuesday became a flashpoint in a very important conflict: the attempt by the chemical industry to gain a veto over the work of government scientists. This time, however, the scientists fought back.

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Cancer in the Ransom Note

Sandra Steingraber | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Food & Water Watch, Environment, Cancer, Environmental Health, Fracking, Water Pollution, Water Crisis, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Colon Cancer, Breast Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Green News
Sandra Steingraber

Why should cancer patients in the United States and Canada -- and those who love or diagnose them -- care about a report about looming water shortages in distant countries such as South Africa and Argentina?

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What If Polluter Washington Lobbyists Were Replaced With Asthmatic Children?

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Environmental Health, Epa Carbon Pollution, Mercury Air Pollution, Mercury Air Protection, EPA Mercury, Clean Air Standards, Carbon Pollution, Mercury Air Pllution, Air Pollution, Mercury Protection, Video, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

We support strong clean air standards that will safeguard our health, our families and our planet. Clean, healthy air and water are fundamental American rights.

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New Plans for Coal Exports Are Bad Business

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Energy, Coal Exports, Environmental Health, Powder River Basin, Washington, Environment, Oregon, Pollution, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

We are determined to stop these dirty coal exports across the region and instead build a clean energy future that protects the Pacific Northwest's environment, health and economy.

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The Nation's 100th Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirement

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Environment, Energy, Clean Energy, Pollution, Environmental Health, Sierra Club, Coal, Chicago, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

Now, by retiring existing coal plants, we are saving lives, saving mountains, and saving the planet -- all while clearing a path for clean energy. Take a moment to celebrate this milestone for public health and the environment today.

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Lynne Peeples

What Does Nature Know About Superglue?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Bpa, Chemistry, Plastics, Co2, Biomimicry, Environmental Health, Adhesive, Climate Change, Sick-Building-Syndrome, Pollution, Shellfish, Green Chemistry, Science News

Kaichang Li was wading in the surf off the Oregon Coast when he spotted the future of superglue. Beneath the surface, a group of blue mussels anchored...

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We Did It! Americans Cheer EPA for First-Ever Protections Against Toxic Mercury

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Epa, Mercury, Environment, Energy, Environmental Health, Sierra Club, Coal, Obama Mercury Toxins, Epa Mercury Protection, Mercury-Toxins, Air Pollution, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

Are you one of the over 800,000 people who submitted a comment to the EPA supporting proposed mercury pollution protections? If so, then today you should celebrate, because you helped win a historic victory for our health.

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A Clean Air Christmas: Another Beyond Coal Victory to Close the Year!

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Environment, Energy, Pollution, Environmental Health, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

If all you wanted for Christmas this year was clean air, then you are in luck!

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Another Congressional Attack on Clean Air

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Epa, Energy, Politics, Environmental Health, Environment, Air Pollution, Coal, Sierra Club, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

Why should you care about the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule? Because it could save your life, or the life of someone you love.

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Another Coal Ash Spill -- This Time in Lake Michigan

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Epa, Energy, Politics, Environmental Health, Environment, Coal Ash, Pollution, Coal, Tennessee Coal Ash, Coal Ash Spill, Toxic Coal Ash, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

Monday's Lake Michigan coal ash collapse shows that states are not protecting our health and our environment from cancer-causing coal ash, and as long as EPA fails to act, there will be more coal ash destruction.

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Lynne Peeples

'Contagion' Connections: How Links Among Humans, Animals And The Environment May Be Spawning A New Class Of Infectious Diseases

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Factory Farming, Environmental Health, Infectious Diseases, West Nile Virus, Swine Flu, Contagion Movie, Bird Flu, The Infection Loop, Contagion, Deforestation, Infectious Disease, Green News

The first in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Bronx Zoo pathologist ...

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Lynne Peeples

Blooming Health Hazard: New Shellfish Poison Found In U.S. Waters

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Shellfish Poisoning, Environmental Health, Nutrient-Runoff, Algal Bloom, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Algae, Climate Change, Puget Sound, Red Tide, Video, Green News

The bright red skull-and-crossbones signs are hard to miss and increasingly common on Pacific Northwest beaches. A whole new fleet just popped up alon...

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What's with This Weather?

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Mississippi River Floods 2011, Hazardous Air Quality, Climate Change, Tornadoes, Toxic Chemical Waste, Environmental Health, Wallow Fire, Healthy Child Healthy World, Impact News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Tornadoes, fires and floods, oh my! Who knows what's going on with this crazy weather we're having? Some may point to climate change, but here at Heal...

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Lynne Peeples

Cell Phone Study 'Misleading': Children May Still be At Increased Cancer Risk, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Cell Phone Radiation, National Cancer Institute, Cell Phone Radiation Health Risks, Environmental Health, Environmental Health Trust, World Health Organization, Children, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Brain Cancer, Public Health, Brain Tumor, Cancer Research, Cancer, Children's Health, Radiation, Brain Cancer Cell Phone, Healthy Living News

"Cell Phones Don’t Increase Cancer Risk in Kids." From USA Today to CBS News, variations of this hopeful-sounding headline now abound after yesterda...

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Is Green News Getting Scarier?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Environment, Global Warming, Environmental Crisis, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Environmental Health, Global Environmental Crisis, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

As an author of my own ecological news blog, I've noticed readers lately complaining that the environment news we are covering is too scary. That we a...

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New EPA Air Pollution Standard Protects Public Health

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Epa, Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Sierra Club, Coal, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

If you have a child with asthma or a loved one at risk of a heart attack, you can breathe easier today, because new protections will decrease the chances they will end up in the emergency room.

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No Garbage Dumps in Residential Neighborhoods

Loraine Boyle | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Community Protest, Environmental Health, New York City, Asphalt Green, Christine Quinn, Upper East Side, Garbage Disposal, Marine Transfer Facility, Mayor Bloomberg, Garbage Truck, Garbage Barge, New York News
Loraine Boyle

No one, rich, middle class, or poor, wants to see a garbage-dumping site in any residential neighborhood. Such a facility belongs in an industrial area.

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Outrage: As Mountaintop Removal Linked to Birth Defects, Politicians Gut Clean Water Act

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Environmental Health, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Sierra Club, Clean Water Act, Green News
Mary Anne Hitt

How would you feel if the very place where you live -- the air you breathe and the water you drink -- means that your baby is at greater risk, even if you take perfect care of yourself?

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Trashing East L.A. County

Sam McPheeters | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Los Angeles County, Environmental Injustice, Pomona, Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Pomona Valley Transfer Station, Los Angeles News
Sam McPheeters

If regional trash disposal behemoth Valley Vista has its way, an unassuming Pomona thoroughfare will soon transform into a 10.5-acre waste-processing facility with extreme consequences for local residents.

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3 Easy Ways to Go Green and Stay Healthy

Beth Greer | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Green Personal Health, Eco-Friendly Health Tips, Health Tips, Personal Health, Environmental Health, Green Health, Practice Green Health, Healthier Greener Home, Home News
Beth Greer

What if I told you that making small, simple changes in your everyday routine could make a huge impact on your health and well-being, as well as the health of our planet?

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Moms Clean Air Force -- Fighting for the Environment

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Neurotoxins, Environmental Health, Japan Nuclear Crisis, Moms Clean Air Force, Green News, Nuclear Energy, Mercury, Environment, New York Times, Air Pollution, Children's Health, Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

With the news out of Japan about the potential effect of radiation on the population, Americans are starting to ask themselves some tough questions, about weather, about energy, about our natural resources and how to protect them.

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The Great Leap Backward

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Occupational Health and Safety, Air Pollution, Environmental Health, China, House Republicans, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

Do we really want to roll back regulations and look more like China? It's worth considering what environmental and working conditions in China actually are, first.

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At Gulf Oil Disaster Forum, Health Problems on Dramatic Display

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, BP Oil Spill, Environmental Health, Pollution, Gulf Oil Spill, Green News
Rocky Kistner

When I first saw Paul Doomm at a health forum of Gulf residents in New Orleans, he was flat on his back, gasping for air from a seizure...

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Lead Poisoning in Nigeria "Unprecedented"

Joe Amon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lead Poisoning, Human Rights, Environmental Health, Human Rights Watch, Health, Environment, Nigeria, Children's Health, Zamfara, World News
Joe Amon

This article originally appeared in the Global Post on December 2, 2010. Lead poisoning usually causes life-long debilitating illness, not immediate ...

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