Health

"U.S. Senate Confirms Dr. Robert Califf to Lead FDA" [1]

"The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as head of the Food and Drug Administration, an agency that regulates everything from food and drugs to tobacco, cosmetics and dietary supplements."

Environmental Politics [2]

Health [3]

Laws & Regulations [4]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [6]

Source: Reuters [7], 02/26/2016

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Memo to Energy, Business, Science and Health Reporters [8]

Fellow Journalists, we have a lot in common. We’ve read many of your stories on issues surrounding energy, business, science and health. We couldn’t help noticing a common link in so many of your stories: The environment. Those of us at the Society of Environmental Journalists think we are a very good fit for you. Read all the reasons why, by board president Jeff Burnside in the new issue of SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:

SEJ Presidents Report [9]

Topics on the Beat:

Economy & Business [10]

Energy & Fuel [11]

Health [3]

Journalism & Media [12]

Science [13]

Visibility:

Public [5]

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Failure to Disclose Lead Threats in Drinking Water: Widespread Problem [14]

Bad as it is, the Flint drinking water disaster is hardly uncommon. Even though the law requires authorities to tell the public of dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, they often don't.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [15]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [16]

Disasters [17]

Environmental Politics [2]

Government [18]

Health [3]

Laws & Regulations [4]

People & Population [19]

Water & Oceans [20]

Region:

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]

Visibility:

Public [5]

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April 13, 2016

Sensor Reporting for the Environment Workshop [22]

John Keefe, senior editor for Data News & Journalism Technology at WNYC, is your guide for this hands-on, 3-hour evening workshop at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism on how we can use sensors to gather data — on air and water quality, soil pollution, temperatures and more- for engaging environmental stories. Discount for SEJ members.

Workshops and Fellowships [23]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [24]

Air [25]

Chemicals [16]

Environmental Health [26]

Environmental Studies [27]

Health [3]

Journalism & Media [12]

Pollution [28]

Science [13]

Technology [29]

Transportation [30]

Waste [31]

Flint Water Debacle Raises Freedom-of-Information Issues [32]

If the water coming from your tap is unfit to drink, you have a right to know. But the crisis in Flint, Michigan, is challenging that assumption. Meanwhile, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (pictured) apologized to the residents of Flint, and "pledged to promptly release his emails about the issue," according to the New York Times.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [15]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [16]

Consumer [33]

Disasters [17]

Environmental Politics [2]

Health [3]

Water & Oceans [20]

Region:

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]

Visibility:

Public [5]

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"The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health" [34]

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [35]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [36]

Environmental Health [26]

Health [3]

Science [13]

Visibility:

Public [5]

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"Deadliest Ebola Outbreak on Record Is Over, W.H.O. Says" [37]

"The World Health Organization declared on Thursday the end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak on record, which killed and sickened tens of thousands of people in West Africa, even as it cautioned that more flare-ups of the disease were likely."

Health [3]

Public [5]

Africa [38]

Source: NY Times [39], 01/14/2016

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"U.S. Issues New Dietary Guidelines That Will Change The Way You Eat" [40]

"In the first slate of nutritional recommendations it has issued since 2011, the federal government on Thursday gave health-conscious Americans the go-ahead to eat eggs and others foods rich in cholesterol, to drink as many as five cups of coffee daily, and to enjoy a range of fats long avoided by many."

Agriculture [36]

Food [41]

Health [3]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [6]

Source: LA Times [42], 01/07/2016

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Where's That Meat From? One Problem with Trade Treaties [43]

Do consumers have a right to know where their food comes from? What if there is a federal law decreeing that they have that right? Not anymore. None of that matters. International trade treaties — nowadays often negotiated in secret — trump United States law aimed at protecting consumers.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [15]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [36]

Economy & Business [10]

Food [41]

Health [3]

Laws & Regulations [4]

Visibility:

Public [5]

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"WHO Calls for Fighting Food Borne Diseases That Can Be Deadly" [44]

"At least 600 million people, or 1 in 10 worldwide, fall ill from contaminated food each year and 420,000 die, many of them young children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday."

Food [41]

Health [3]

Public [5]

International [45]

Source: Reuters [46], 12/04/2015

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Sensor Reporting for the Environment Workshop [22]

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