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Read more about Children's Health Report Released after Reporter Exposes OMB Blockade [1]

January 28, 2013

Fishing for Families: Reporting on Population, Environment, and Food Security in the Philippines [8]

In the PBS NewsHour/Marketplace co-production “Food for Nine Billion: Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines,” reporter Sam Eaton of Homeland Productions visits the Philippines’ Danajon double barrier reef to document efforts to increase food security by protecting marine biodiversity and providing family planning to the communities that depend on fish for their survival. Eco-Business Assistant Editor Imelda Abano, president of the Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists and board member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, will discuss the challenges of reporting on the interconnections between environment, health, and food security in her country. Live in Washington, DC, or via webcast.

Other Events [9]

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Water & Oceans [10]

Health [3]

Food [13]

Fish & Fisheries [14]

Climate Change [15]

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Asia [16]

EPA Withdraws Rule on Reporting Cadmium Health Studies [17]

EPA had on December 3, 2012, published a final rule requiring reporting of unpublished cadmium-related health and safety studies by manufacturers and importers. This rule prompted industry objections, resulting in EPA's withdrawal of the rule less than 2 weeks later.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Health [3]

Government [4]

Economy & Business [18]

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Read more about EPA Withdraws Rule on Reporting Cadmium Health Studies [17]

At Industry Urging, White House Buries Report on Toxic Threats to Children's Health [19]

If you want to know the latest on what chemicals might give your kids learning disabilities, asthma, and other health problems, the White House Office of Management and Budget intends to keep you in the dark. It has buried since March 2011 the 3rd edition of EPA's report "America's Children and the Environment."

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Health [3]

Government [4]

Economy & Business [18]

Chemicals [20]

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Public [7]

Read more about At Industry Urging, White House Buries Report on Toxic Threats to Children's Health [19]

"The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [21]

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BookShelf [22]

Topics on the Beat:

Biodiversity [23]

Health [3]

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Public [7]

Read more about "The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [21]

"Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [24]

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [22]

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Climate Change [15]

Health [3]

Pollution [25]

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Public [7]

Read more about "Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [24]

The Carson Effect [26]

William Souder explains how Rachel Carson's seminal 1962 work Silent Spring shaped (and still shapes) modern environmentalism (from his new book, On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson).

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Features [28]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [20]

Health [3]

Science [29]

Wildlife [30]

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Public [7]

Read more about The Carson Effect [26]

February 19, 2025

DEADLINE: The Alexia Grants [31]

The Alexia Foundation awards production grants to professional and student photographers to give them the financial ability to produce projects that inspire change by addressing socially significant topics. Students also get scholarship opportunities. Deadline is Feb 19, 2025.

Awards and Grants [32]

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Agriculture [33]

Disasters [34]

Health [3]

"FDA Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Delay of Food Safety Rules" [35]

Did the White House Office of Management and Budget put public health at risk to make President Obama's reelection a safer bet? Working in deep secrecy for the past year, OMB blew off legal deadlines to hold up new Congressionally passed food safety rules that even the food industry supported. Now the Food and Drug Administratiion is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by consumer advocates over the delay.

Activism [36]

Food [13]

Health [3]

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National (U.S.) [37]

Source: Food Safety News [38], 12/05/2012

Read more about "FDA Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Delay of Food Safety Rules" [35]

"Eric Cantor Silent On Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Offsets" [39]

"Eric Cantor is rarely shy about his position on disaster relief aid. Even before Hurricane Irene made landfall last year, the House majority whip's office said extra spending on recovery efforts should be balanced by spending cuts elsewhere. But in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Cantor and many of his conservative colleagues have suddenly gone mostly silent on such disaster relief 'offsets' -- even though New York and New Jersey are collectively asking for a whopping $79 billion in federal aid."

Disasters [34]