Publication Items

Some States Win, Some Lose with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs [1]

Compact fluorescent lighting reduces energy use, but what's the trade-off in mercury exposure via broken bulbs and disposal? Now a team of Yale scientists has estimated where there will be a net increase or decrease in mercury emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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TOOLBOX: Online Sources for Researching Medical Literature [8]

A useful roundup of links and leads for reporters researching the published literature on medical and some environmental health topics is available online at LLRX.com.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Online Sources for Researching Medical Literature [8]
Revised Ozone Standard Due by March 12, 2008 [11]

EPA is scheduled to announce by March 12, 2008, its final rule for a new ground-level ozone standard, last updated more than a decade ago.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Health [5]
Policy [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Revised Ozone Standard Due by March 12, 2008 [11]
Gulf War Illness: It's Real, Afflicts About 200K Vets, Says Panel [13]

As the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on, new light has been shed on the environmental health impacts of the 1991 Gulf War. On Nov. 17, 2008, the Congressionally-mandated Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses released a major report which concluded that from 175,000 to 210,000 of the nearly 700,000 U.S. veterans of the first Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [14]
Health [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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TOOLBOX: Covering the Health Effects of Climate Change [15]

How health may be affected; accusation that Bush administration drastically altered CDC testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Oct. 23, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [16]
Health [5]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Covering the Health Effects of Climate Change [15]
Labor Dept. Uses OMB To Aid Secret OSHA Midnight Deregulation [18]

The Bush White House is rushing through — secretly — a midnight regulation that would hobble the next administration's efforts to regulate workplace environmental risks.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects [20]

EPA reviews its health-based standard for NO₂ as an air pollutant, and has issued a science assessment of health effects.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Health [5]
Pollution [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects [20]

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