By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence In Part I we saw that we are in the midst of a global, human displacement crisis. Tension is already building in countries which are facing an increasing number of immigrants. Poverty, population growth and environmental issues such as drought and desertification, are the root causes of why
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Via: Eureka Alert. Contact: Christa Stratton – cstratton@geosociety.org, 303-357-1093, Geological Society of America Public release date: 15-Oct-2009 “T ree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths, suggests a new study by scientists at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The research will be presented at this month’s
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Articles: “ Danger of swine flu is not what it is, but what it could become” by Bob Lamendola [1] “ Swine flu shot: Intense tracking for side effects” by Lauran Neergaard [2] “Public health surveillance: America the backward” by revere [3] M ass immunization is a process
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Via: Daily Mail, UK, MailOnline, World News. By Richard Shears, 24th September 2009 “I t is a city that usually wakes to brilliant blue skies. But dawn broke with a dramatic difference in Sydney yesterday. Pulling back their blinds, residents were greeted with an eerie reddish-orange cloud cloaking all around them. Early-morning commuters stared in
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Via: NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. Posted Sept. 17, 2009 “P redicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. HABs produce toxins that may pose a significant risk to human and animal
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By: Kim Elton, Mambo NetCommunications inc. and Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Dr. Keating is a teacher, writer and speaker. He and Mr. Bob Wells, his research associate and videographer, were on ‘special assignment’ at NEHA. They approached the association in order to learn how NEHA communicated with its members. Their ultimate goal was
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Via: FoodBusinessNews.net, September 14, 2009. Written by: Eric Schroeder “OTTAWA — The Government of Canada on Sept. 11 unveiled a series of initiatives designed to strengthen its food safety system, backed by a $75 million investment that will act on all 57 recommendations made by Sheila Weatherill, an independent investigator and the former head of
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Via: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/ksu-tgc090409.php Originally posted: Sept. 04, 2009; Contact: Douglas Powell at: dpowell@k-state.edu, Kansas State University “The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities. As college campuses prepare for an expected increase in H1N1 flu this fall, the researchers said students’ actions
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence When it comes to protecting the health of our military, there are many similarities and differences with our civilian counterparts in the approach to medical case management. In the military, every possible hazard and risk must be managed in order to conserve the fighting strength of the troops.
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By: Susan-Marie Cronkite, PhD. Asklepius (Asclepius, Asklepios, Latin: Aesculapius) the ancient Greek god of medicine. In myth, Asklepius was the son of the god Apollo and a mortal woman named Coronis. Apollo slept with Coronis and she became pregnant. Fearing no one would believe that she was in-child by a god, Coronis married another man.
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