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Rachel's Democracy & Health News #839 -- The Failure of Chemical Regulation
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January 26, 2006Abstract:
Rachel's summary: In 2005 the Wall Street Journal blew the whistle on the U.S. system for regulating chemicals, showing that it is based on scientific assumptions that are simply wrong, and that the system is allowing all of the nation's babies and children to be exposed to combinations of indus...Read/download:
Rachel's Democracy & Health News #839 -- The Failure of Chemical Regulation, (HTM, 50 KB)Rachels Democracy & Health News #833
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December 15, 2005Abstract:
{*} AP: MORE BLACKS LIVE WITH POLLUTION {*} THE 14 'MOST WANTED' CORPORATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS OF 2005 {*} $20B IN DOUBT FOR GREAT LAKES FIX {*} WORLD HEALTH BODY LINKS ECOSYSTEM INJURY TO HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS {*} 'CLEAN COAL' DIRTY, GROUPS SAY...Read/download:
Rachels Democracy & Health News #833, (HTM, 86 KB)OECD Environmental Outlook
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June 15, 2001Abstract:
A survey or environmental problems, and projections for the next 20 years, by the Organization for Cooperation and Development (OECD)....Read/download:
OECD Environmental Outlook, (PDF, 3445 KB)Ozone Layer Will Remain Vulnerable in Coming Decades...
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June 17, 2004Abstract:
News report on the 20th Quadrennial Symposium on Atmospheric Ozone...Read/download:
Ozone Layer Will Remain Vulnerable in Coming Decades..., (TXT, 4 KB)Neighborhood Knowledge
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January 15, 2002Abstract:
Describes the development and use of "environmental indicators" as a way for residents of Oakland to measure how their community is doing, year by year....Read/download:
Neighborhood Knowledge, (PDF, 1476 KB)The Death of Environmentalism
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September 29, 2004Abstract:
Describes the failure of the environmental movement to achieve solutions to the global warming problem as a failure to define the problem in a way that clarifies core values and thus makes possible creation of an effective political coalition. Calls for rethinking the way environmentasl work has be...Read/download:
The Death of Environmentalism, (PDF, 521 KB)Emission Rates of Particulate Matter and Elemental and Organic Carbon from In-Use Diesel Engines
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April 9, 2004Abstract:
Study reveals that diesel fumes produced by idling engines are about 10 times as dangerous to humans as diesel fumes produced by engines running at road speeds....Read/download:
Emission Rates of Particulate Matter and Elemental and Organic Carbon from In-Use Diesel Engines, (PDF, 138 KB)NACCHO Resolution 99-11 on Indoor Air Quality
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November 7, 1999Abstract:
Resolution 99-11 on Indoor Air Quality adopted Nov. 7, 1999 by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)...Read/download:
NACCHO Resolution 99-11 on Indoor Air Quality, (TXT, 2 KB)Integrating Public Health into Land Use Decision-Making
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October 9, 2003Abstract:
Describes a project of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to integrate public health principles into land use planning....Read/download:
Integrating Public Health into Land Use Decision-Making, (PDF, 50 KB)Impairment of Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis by Ultrafine Particles
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April 15, 2001Abstract:
Fine and ultrafine particles of pure titanium dioxide and pure carbon caused damaged mouse macrophage cells. Ultrafines were more effective than fines in causing the damage....Read/download:
Impairment of Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis by Ultrafine Particles, (PDF, 280 KB)