By: Rosemary Stephen PMed, (cert) EOH, IPM, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Although windmills are a green form of renewable energy, complaints of a debilitating effect, called wind turbine syndrome, are surfacing wherever windmills are installed. In Japan, for instance, people started to complain about experiencing physical discomfort such has stiff shoulders, headaches, insomnia, and hand
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By: Rosemary Stephen PMed, (cert) EOH, IPM, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Landfill fire in New Providence may have exposed residents to dioxins The landfill fire which burned from 12 Feb to 09 Mar 2010 on New Providence island in the Bahamas, may have released dioxins and particulate matter into the air. The smoke became a
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In order to help you find topics that interest you, this week’s news articles are categorized under: Climate Change Disease and Medical Environmental Contaminants Earth Day Food HIV/AIDS International Water Work Place Health and Safety CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change and human health studied (22 Apr 2010) UPI.com The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are now
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In order to help you find topics that interest you, this week’s news articles are categorized under: Disease and Medical Environmental Contaminants Food H1N1 Work Place Health and Safety DISEASE AND MEDICAL Hospital admissions dropped after anti-smoking legislation in place (12-Apr-2010), Canadian Medical Association Journal via EurekAlert By: EurekAlert, contact Kim Barnhardt “Since the implementation
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In order to help you find topics that interest you, this week’s news articles are categorized under: Disease and Medical Environmental Contaminants Food International Nanotechnology Work Place Health and Safety DISEASE AND MEDICAL Depleted and enriched uranium affect DNA in different ways (16 Mar 2010) Environmental Health News By Darolles, C, D Broggio, A Feugier,
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