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Living near highway drives up kids’ asthma

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 27 September 2012 in Human Health

A new study published online September 24 in Environmental Health Perspectives also indicates that previous estimates of childhood asthma exacerbation related to air pollution may have underestimated the true burden of exposure on society. The research focused on the Los Angeles basin.“Our findings ...

The Connection to Human Health and The Environment

Posted by lillianbarbeito on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 in Human Health

We’ve long known that environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water, and soil. Scientists are now learning the connection is stronger than we realized. New research shows that 60 per cent of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans — thos...

Studying gas drilling's effect on health suffers from lack of funding

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 02 August 2012 in Human Health

Is gas drilling ruining the air, polluting water and making people sick? The evidence is sketchy and inconclusive, but a lack of serious funding is delaying efforts to resolve those pressing questions and creating a vacuum that could lead to a crush of lawsuits, some experts say. A House committee ...

Flushed drugs risk to health

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 29 June 2012 in Human Health

by Miles Kemp LARGE quantities of illicit and prescription drugs are being flushed down toilets. And they are starting to risk people's health, a UniSA study has found. The authors have warned there is no policy on the safe disposal of the drugs into treated wastewater, surface water, drink...

EPA: Protect Yourself from the Sun this Summer!

Posted by amir on Saturday, 19 May 2012 in Human Health

The warming temperatures will bring many people out into the sun to get a little color on their skins. The sun, while being the source of all life on Earth, is also quite lethal if exposed for too long. As summer approaches, it is good to remember a few things about protecting your skin from...

Saving the rainforest with a Stethoscope

Posted by amir on Thursday, 19 January 2012 in Human Health

BOGOR, Indonesia (18 January, 2011)_ Improving the health of local women in forest communities may provide powerful incentives for them to contribute to conservation efforts, says a recent study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). However, minimal availability of he...

Free Health Care Treats Occupy Wall Street

Posted by Angel on Saturday, 19 November 2011 in Human Health

Late last month, a group of physicians calling itself Doctors for the 99 Percent marched from Zuccotti Park to the now-shuttered St. Vincent's Hospital to show solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests and call for universal health care. While the group's demand for free care for all has yet g...

I Am the Population Problem

Posted by Angel on Thursday, 03 November 2011 in Human Health

Population growth tends to get blamed on other people: Africans and Asians who have "more kids than they can feed," immigrants in our own country with their "large families," even single mothers in the "inner city." But actually the population problem is all about me: white, middle-class, American ...

Healthiest And Unhealthiest Fast Food Kids' Menus

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 09 August 2011 in Human Health

When you think about what constitutes a healthy meal, chances are you're not thinking of a burger and fries from your favorite fast food spot. However, a number of major fast food chains have recently taken the initiative to offer healthier menu options to kids -- including Burger King, McDonald's, ...

The World at 7 Billion

Posted by EarthDude on Thursday, 04 August 2011 in Human Health

Demographers aren't known for their sense of humor, but the ones who work for the United Nations recently announced that the world's human population will hit 7 billion on Halloween this year. Since censuses and other surveys can scarcely justify such a precise calculation, it's tempting to imagine ...

The World at 7 Billion: Can We Stop Growing Now?

Posted by henryfool on Monday, 25 July 2011 in Human Health

Demographers aren't known for their sense of humor, but the ones who work for the United Nations recently announced that the world's human population will hit 7 billion on Halloween this year. Since censuses and other surveys can scarcely justify such a precise calculation, it's tempting to imagine ...

Stressful home ups lung damage in kids

Posted by GreenDog on Saturday, 25 June 2011 in Human Health

Living in stressful homes increases the effects of outside air pollution in children, resulting in greater pollution-related lung damage, U.S. researchers say. Lead researcher Talat Islam of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, says psychosocial stress ...

Pesticides tied to lower IQ in children

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 in Human Health

Children exposed in the womb to substantial levels of neurotoxic pesticides have somewhat lower IQs by the time they enter school than do kids with virtually no exposure. A trio of studies screened women for compounds in blood or urine that mark exposure to organophosphate pesticides su...

Helping Japan and the Pacific Recover

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 29 March 2011 in Human Health

We have yet to realize the true devastation of the 9.0 Magnitude earthquake, and resulting tsunami, that struck the north Pacific coast of Japan on March 11. All over the world, hearts go out to those affected by this tragedy. Now is the perfect time to do a project that can help give the people in ...

CellPhones Effect And The Human Brain

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 in Human Health

The electromagnetic radiation emitted by a cellular phone's antenna appears to activate nearby regions of the brain to unusually high levels, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. that is likely to spark new concerns about the health effects of wireless ...

What Happened To "We the People"?

Posted by joeycello on Thursday, 27 January 2011 in Human Health

President Obama gave his State of the Union last night and set out a clear vision for our country. I agree that we need to win the future – and we can begin by investing locally in clean energy technology, reinvigorating our manufacturing sector, and leading the world to a sustainable 21st century e...

Residents of Wyoming Fracking Community Report Illnesses

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 21 August 2010 in Human Health

Residents of Pavillion, Wyoming may be getting sick because of hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking. According to an Associated Press report, the group Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project says that four out of five people who have returned a health survey report symptoms that could b...

Climate change should be billed as a 'health' not 'environmental' disaster

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 29 July 2010 in Human Health

Public may be more likely to accept responsibility for climate change and support mitigation action if they see it as a threat to human health, suggests research If the human health impacts of climate change were explained in more detail to people they might be more willing to accept toughe...

Overpopulation is the Wrong Focus For Environmentalists

Posted by plantitfilm on Monday, 26 July 2010 in Human Health

A green myth is on the march. It wants to blame the world’s over-breeding poor people for the planet’s peril. It stinks. And on World Population Day, I encourage fellow environmentalists not to be seduced. The actor Jeremy Irons has announced that he plans to make an Al-Gore style...

Climate change threatens poverty fight

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 24 July 2010 in Human Health

Climate change threatens to undo years of work to tackle poverty in developing countries, a report warned today. The study by Forum for the Future and supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) said strong, urgent action was needed in poor countries to address the impacts of c...