Publication Items

ESRI Geomedicine: Online Map Resource for Environmental Health [1]

From GIS software company ESRI, this free tool lets users enter places where they lived for more than two years at a time, and the site provides you with a personalized "place history" pdf report and shareable maps detailing local heart attack rate and nearby toxic chemicals for each location.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Technology [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Natural Gas Hazards Drawing Federal Attention [8]

After hearing for years about public concern over the adverse health and environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing used to increase production of natural gas, US EPA has begun a process (including 4 public meetings in July; CO, NY, PA, TX) to decide what the issues are and how to address them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Health [3]
People & Population [11]
Environmental Health [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [15]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Manufacturing Plants Are Source of Drugs in Waterways [16]

Wastewater treatment plants can't mitigate the problem, which is compounded by other sources of water contamination, such as drugs that end up in landfills or flushed down toilets, and metabolites or unutilized drugs that pass through people who take the drugs.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [17]
Chemicals [9]
Consumer [18]
Health [3]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Environmental Health [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Dispersants Remain a Mystery to Public, Despite Fake "Disclosure" [21]

Dispersant manufacturer Nalco failed to disclose the chemical identity of the ingredients to the news media or public, and ignored a US EPA order to stop using the product in the Gulf.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [17]
Chemicals [9]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Health [3]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Environmental Health [5]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Public Water Wells Often Contaminated [26]

A new US Geological Survey report indicates about 105 million US residents drink water from contaminated systems, often at pollutant concentrations that potentially pose a human health risk.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [9]
Health [3]
Water & Oceans [20]
Government [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Gulf Dispersants Called Trade Secret [28]

The exact ingredients of the chemical mixture being sprayed on and pumped into the spreading BP oil spill are secret, even though some are rated toxic and may endanger the health of Gulf residents and ecosystems.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [17]
Chemicals [9]
Disasters [23]
Health [3]
Water & Oceans [20]
Biodiversity [29]
Government [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Gulf Dispersants Called Trade Secret [28]
EPA Puts HERO Risk-Study Database Online [30]

Environmental reporters covering health risks from chemical exposure have another searchable, free tool in the Health & Environmental Research Online database, which catalogs scientific articles and studies the agency uses to make its decisions based on risk to health and environment.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [9]
Health [3]
Government [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Puts HERO Risk-Study Database Online [30]
Money Flows As Elections Loom [31]

The newly upgraded and expanded MAPLight.org will help you make connections between lobbying and campaign contributions and the actions of members of the US House and Senate, including their votes on specific bills and issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [32]
Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Government [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Money Flows As Elections Loom [31]
EPA Releases HERO Risk Assessment Database [34]

The Health and Environmental Research Online database compiles references to scientific studies that EPA uses in making regulatory decisions.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Government [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Releases HERO Risk Assessment Database [34]
Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons [35]

A March 23, 2010, Greenwire article reports that the draft Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate bill may include language to keep potentially toxic ingredients from gas drilling secret from the public whose health may be harmed by them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Technology [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons [35]

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