Friday, November 30, 2007

EI News and Links for the W/E 11/30/2007

December 1, 2007

Lightbulb moment: The mercury dilemma with compact fluorescent lights
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/12107/1/400

Novermber 30, 2007

Duke Scientists Map 'Silenced Genes'
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Silenced-Genes.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Worst pollution risks increasingly indoors
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/214061

Study: Children Who Breathed In Toxic WTC Dust Have More Breathing Problems
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=76036

November 29, 2007

Builders want law on safer timber treatments
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4297211a6479.html

States Sue EPA Over Public Data On Toxins
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=fbb6b36e-1239-448a-8f93-388b9747ea49

Toxic Mold in Westbury, Long Island Apartment Complex Forces Residents to
Relocate
http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/2106

Toxic Chemicals Found In Some Christmas Trees
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7427643&nav=menu73_2

Time to bag plastic?
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk4NTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcyMjczMDAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky

The California Supreme Court will hear consumers' complaint that grocery
chains aren't obeying the law on labeling.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-salmon30nov30,0,2939892.story?coll=la-home-center

Bottled water companies just swimming in profits
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/280812

Lead in the home
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/LIFE/711290327/-1/LIFE06

ENVIRONMENT-PHILIPPINES: Aerial Spraying Issue Turns Seesaw Court Battle
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40264

Volunteers needed for CSU research
http://lithgow.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/volunteers-needed-for-csu-research/1095068.html

November 28, 2007

Rise in CT Scans Poses Cancer Risk
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/HealthScout/071128/6112802AU.html

Acetamiprid; Pesticide Tolerance
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/862604/

Increasing your "green" productivity
http://www.philly.com/philly/jobs/Increasing_your_green_productivity.html

'Get the lead out': Toxic to the brain, lead poses risk to young children
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/features/toytrouble/story.html?id=579cccb2-2559-44f0-85e8-d77de39f7c28

Mold is the source for many flu-like afflictions
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-txtmold285478989nov28,0,2829563.story

Environmental Pollution Costs Billions in Illnesses Each Year
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=43927

Health Department Releases New Findings of Children Exposed to the WTC
Disaster
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2007/pr096-07.shtml

Google unveils its green dreams
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-google28nov28,1,6240106.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Toxic toys on bad trip off store shelves
http://www.thetimes.co.za/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=641433

Research: All I Want for Christmas Is Unscented Laundry
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=43922

Sharing the Holdiay Spirit with the Disabled
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=43923

Studies Show Fragrances - Perfume - Cologne Are Phototoxic
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=43924

Health Canada warns against even low lead levels in toys
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/features/toytrouble/story.html?id=37bc6639-5c61-48f2-94c3-0333f404507c&k=25290

November 27, 2007

Asbestos turns up in toys, children's clay
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/341381_asbestos28.html

Toxic toys watch: Santas Anonymous checking for recalled gifts
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/11/27/4688560-sun.html

Greenpeace Slams Nokia, Nintendo for Green Issues
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140008-c,technology/article.html

Lab Finds Toxic Metals In Wal-Mart Pet Toys
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7417023

Hunger-striking protester takes mine battle to legislature
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/280347

Round 2 for Biotech Beets
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/business/27sugar.html?_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print

Ozone Can Affect Heavier People More
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071126134659.htm

As safe as houses?
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/feature-news/fashion-lifestyle/2007/11/27/as-safe-as-houses-91466-20167662/

Get a flu shot without mercury
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?a=316974&z=23

The building industry is meeting in Wellington this week to review concerns
over treated wood causing builders to fall sick.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200711271338/health_problems_reported_among_builders_using_treated_wood

November 26, 2007

California Diverts Fluorescents From Landfills
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-26-096.asp

Finding relief for fibromyalgia sufferers
http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=a9c6a76a-8d13-4d05-a170-ae9e4d651468

Mark Schapiro, Exposing a Toxic U.S. Policy
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16616951

Bad or worse? Find a new choice
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/279725

S. EPA, Cal EPA partner to reduce mercury: California first state to join
growing ranks of U.S. EPA's voluntary reduction program
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/347b67ecfd6e63e08525739f0074fa31?OpenDocument

Family says shots gave son autism
http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071125/NEWS01/711250320

November 25, 2007

Processed Meat Unsafe For Human Consumption; Cancer Experts Warn of Dietary
Dangers
http://www.newstarget.com/z022288.html

On nanotechnology, experts see more risks than public
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5goAXn_a0zGYwcOXRgHGEjJUywAkQ

Retailers Face the Test of Testing
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119603668859603447.html

Mold hits SUNO's temporary campus
http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-35/119602105119660.xml&storylist=louisiana

November 24, 2007

The FDA still refuses to protect the people
http://www.newstarget.com/z022282.html

Flu Shots Don't Reduce Flu Deaths
http://www.newstarget.com/z022283.html

Only most-toxic sites get cleanup funding
http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2007/11/only_mosttoxic_sites_get_clean.html

Are your products safe? You can't tell.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=689731

Toxic Toys: Unfettered trade is the root of problem
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=689351

Toxic clouds fear over Gladstone
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22814999-3102,00.html

FDA: Flu drugs affecting kids' behavior
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071124/ap_on_he_me/fda_tamiflu_safety

Methyl bromide still finds its way into U.S. fields
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/24/HO5BTBGR0.DTL&type=printable

Heart ailment among youth stirs concern
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/24/heart_ailment_among_youth_stirs_concern?mode=PF

Mother can block CPS from having her child vaccinated
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/69685.php

November 23, 2007

Editorial | Product-Safety Horrors
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20071123_Editorial____Product-Safety_Horrors.html

Christmas trees may bring you holiday sniffles
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/winterpark/orl-xmaschoo2307nov23,0,6187208.story?coll=orl_entertainment_util

Product Safety Debate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/11/23/LVSETGBTD.DTL&type=printable

Danger in the Dust: Toxic Flame Retardants Lurking in Every Home?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312641,00.html

Critics worry about artificial turf's impact on ecosystem
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjI0OTg5JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==

Many 'green' claims may be shady
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/511655.html

Wide-Open, Um, Plastic Spaces in Md.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201489.html

Parents cope with season of suspect toys
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1123/p01s02-usgn.htm

Prenatal Arsenic Exposure Detected In Newborns
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071122225245.htm

Critics raise red flag over fluoride in tap water
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071123.wlfluoride23/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home/?pageRequested=all

November 22, 2007

Agricultural Antibiotics May Be The Cause Of Super-Bugs
http://www.newstarget.com/z022281.html

Tin, tiny and toxic among the toy hazards
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19049047&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6

November 21, 2007

Maryland Schools Have Huge Financial Stake in Coerced Vaccinations of
Schoolchildren
http://www.newstarget.com/z022280.html

End Exclusion Coalition Launches National Action Plan on Disability
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2007/21/c3229.html

November 20, 2007

Zapped water marketed as alternative to chemical cleaners
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=81464&m=2IFSN27&idP=3&c=lnwjvmouqnsxszf&idcat=0

McGuinty Government Reducing Environmental Toxins
http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=1771

It's Time To Bring Back DDT
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/nov/it.s-time-to-bring-back-ddt

November 16, 2007

Fibromyalgia not just in your head
http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/nov/16/fibromyalgia-not-just-in-your-head/

No Date

State toxic mold task force established
http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20071127-4.html

Weblinks

Environmental Health Resources Database Now Available
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