Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence

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• Environmental Health and Safety
• Public Health
• Work Place Health and Safety

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH and SAFETY

• Russia: Moscow death toll soars as heat wave persists (10 Aug 2010) Los Angeless Times. By Loiko, S. L. Read at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-russia-heat-deaths-20100810,0,7697622.story. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• USA: Study: Age that girls hit puberty keeps dropping (9 Aug 2010) Cincinnati.com. By: O’Farrell, P. Read at: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100809/LIFE07/8090337/Study-Girls-hit-puberty-sooner. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• Virginia, USA: Storms likely to lead to bumper crop of mosquitoes (09 Aug 2010) WTOP.com. Read at: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=106&sid=2022943. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• Russia: Russian Fires Raise Fears of Radioactivity (10 Aug 2010) The New York Times. By: Schwirtz, M. Read at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/world/europe/11russia.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• USA: Forecasting the fate of fertilizer in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (18-Aug-2010) EurekAlert. Contact: Ann Perry. Read at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/usdo-ftf081810.php. Cited 2010 Aug 20.

• USA: “We are by no means through this disaster” – Gulf Coast fishing community searches for some certainty (12 Aug 2010) The Pump Handle. By: Grossman, E. Read at: http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2010/08/we_are_by_no_means_through_thi.php?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink. Cited 2010 Aug 13.

• Montana, USA: MSU/Crow Project Helps Diagnose Water Issues On Reservation (12 Aug 2010) NBCMontana.com. Read at: http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/24614209/detail.html. Cited 2010 Aug 13.

• USA: Arsenic in field runoff linked to poultry litter (16 Aug 2010) EurekAlert! Contact: S. Uttech. Read at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/asoa-aif081210.php. Cited 2010 Aug 19.

• Global: A FarmVille That Matters: Charity:Water’s Site Raised $3 Million Last Year (16 Aug 2010) More TechCrunch. By: S. Lacy. Read at: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/16/a-farmville-that-matters-charitywaters-site-raised-3-million-last-year/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29. Cited 2010 Aug 19).

PUBLIC HEALTH

• Thailand: Thailand issues health warning — for black leggings (09 Aug 2010) AFP. Read at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i97vLhQKsraX2BQtSwuzkTd3NpbA. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

The Thai government has warned that a South Korean-inspired fashion craze for black leggings could be putting teenagers at risk of catching potentially deadly dengue fever.With 43 deaths and more than 45,000 infections in the first seven months of this year, the government recommends that teenagers wear light colours and wear pants that can protect against mosquitoes, such as jeans.

• New York and New Jersey, USA: Removal of Oysters Helps Safeguard Public Health and New Jersey’s Shellfish Industry (09 Aug 2010) The AlternativePress.com. By: Dep, N.J. Read at: http://www.thealternativepress.com/article.asp?news=14615&Removal-of-Oysters-Helps-Safeguard-Public-Health-and-New-Jersey%E2%80%99s-Shellfish-Industry. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• Global: H1N1 Declared Over; Experts Ponder Lessons (10 Aug 2010) AOL News. By: Drummond, K. Read at: http://www.aolnews.com/health/article/h1n1-declared-over-health-experts-ponder-pandemics-lessons/19587722. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• Wales: Warning over new superbug (12 Aug 2010) WalesOnline. By: Brindley, M. Read at: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/08/12/warning-over-new-superbug-91466-27046850/. Cited 2010 Aug 12.

A NEW superbug resistant to the most powerful antibiotics will hit Wales, experts warned last night. Scientists believe the growth of travel and medical tourism in South East Asia has allowed these bacteria to spread around the world and warned of a potential “worldwide public health problem”.

• Spain: Toward safer plastics that lock in potentially harmful plasticizers (11 Aug 2010) EurekAlert!. By: Bernstein, M. Read at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/acs-tsp081110.php. Cited 2010 Aug 12.

• Canada: H1N1 outbreak strained health system, led to public loss of confidence (12 Aug 2010) The Gazette. By: Chai, C. Read at:http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/H1N1+outbreak+public+loss+confidence/3390151/story.html. Cited 2010 Aug 13.

• Pakistan: The Clean Water Crisis in Pakistan (16 Aug 2010) Yglesias. By: Matthew Yglesias. Read at: http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/the-clean-water-crisis-in-pakistan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+matthewyglesias+%28Matthew+Yglesias%29. Cited 2010 Aug 17.

• USA, Columbus, Ohio: Warning system inadequate to prevent swimmers from getting sick at inland lakes (18 Aug 2010) EurekAlert! Read at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/osu-wsi081810.php. Cited: 2010 Aug 20.

• USA, Iowa: Toad-licking restaurant chef fined after being caught on tape (16 Aug 2010) Boingboing. By: Mark Frauenfelder. Read at: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/16/toad-licking-restaur.html. Cited: 2010 17 Aug.

• Canada: Banning Wi-Fi From Schools (16 Aug 2010) NeuroLogica Blog. By: S.. Novella, MD. Read at: http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=2215. Cited: 2010 19 Aug.

• Canada: Ont. school board won’t turn off Wi-Fi (16 Aug 2010) CBC News. By: The Canadian Press. Read at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/08/16/wifi-students.html. Cited: 2010 19 Aug.

WORK PLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY

• USA: Researchers Identify Incentives, Barriers to Best Practices in Ergonomics for Masonry Contractors (09 Aug 2010) EHS Today. By: Walter, L. Read at: http://ehstoday.com/health/ergonomics/researchers-identify-incentives-masonry-contractors-0413/. Cited 2010 Aug 11.

• United Kingdom: First let’s shoot the elf! (12 Aug 2010) SYPOL. Read at: http://www.sypol.com/first-let-shoot-elf. Cited 2010 Aug 12.

Too much emphasis is placed on health and safety compliance and not enough on business cost or moral costs.

• Alberta, Canada: Caution in Calgary: Objects continue to fall from work sites (12 Aug 2010) National Post. By: Libin, K. Read at: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Caution+Calgary+Objects+continue+fall+from+work+sites/3387599/story.html. Cited 2010 Aug 13.