Publication Items

Nurses Pushing for Healthier Schools [1]

To help children heading back to school, the American Nurses Assoc. has just updated its educational package on healthier schools.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Report: Dry Cleaning Industry in Transition [6]

While a few of the country's nearly 40,000 dry cleaners are opting for alternatives to the solvent perchloroethylene, most are not.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Report: Dry Cleaning Industry in Transition [6]
BLM Expected to Issue Hard Rock Mining Rule in September [8]

Sometime in mid-late September, the Bureau of Land Management is expected to issue a key decision on the controversial "hard rock mining rule".
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about BLM Expected to Issue Hard Rock Mining Rule in September [8]
Newsdate: Sept. 6 Deadline for White House Response to GAO [10]

The deepening standoff between the White House and Congressional investigators over access to information about how the Bush-Cheney administration formed its energy plan may start coming to a head Sept. 6, 2001.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Newsdate: Sept. 6 Deadline for White House Response to GAO [10]
First State-by-State Asthma Data Released [13]

The first state-by-state assessment of asthma prevalence was released Aug. 17, 2001, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about First State-by-State Asthma Data Released [13]
Correction: Schregardus and Clean Air [15]

The TipSheet of August 29, 2001, erred in implying that former Ohio EPA chief Donald Schregardus opposed the US-EPA's enforcement initiative against Ohio power plants under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review provisions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Correction: Schregardus and Clean Air [15]
Terror Hits Tourism Industry--Eco-And Other [17]

While the tourism industry has grown exponentially in recent years, it plummeted in the wake of Sept. 11 -- evidence of tourism's vulnerability.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Terror Hits Tourism Industry--Eco-And Other [17]
Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [19]

Although the US food supply remains among the safest in the world, it also remains a point of vulnerability to terrorist attack.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [20]
Food [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [19]
Air Quality Inside Airplanes Needs More Scrutiny [22]

Is the air inside airplane cabins unhealthful? Federal Aviation Administration should undertake rigorous research to better identify problems and solutions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Air Quality Inside Airplanes Needs More Scrutiny [22]
Human Guinea Pigs Still Under the Microscope [23]

The Bush administration seems poised to accept the testing of potentially toxic pesticides on human subjects -- a practice that has raised ethical concerns.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Human Guinea Pigs Still Under the Microscope [23]

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