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December 15, 2010

White House Environmental Justice Forum [1]

This event, planned by EPA's Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice, will "bring together environmental justice community leaders, state, local and tribal government officials, Cabinet members, and other senior Federal officials for a discussion on creating a healthy and sustainable environment for all Americans." 

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
Health [6]
Government [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]

ProMED-Mail [10]

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Do you write about zoonotic and emerging diseases? The International Society for Infectious Diseases' free Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases listserv (and accompanying website) is a great source of moderator-reviewed reports, summaries, and more.

Useful Links [11]
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Public [3]
International [12]
Health [6]

EPA Asks for Comment on School Siting Guidelines [13]

This guidance would provide insights and reduce threats when competing forces — such as land availability, cost, timing, vehicle and utility access, zoning, and developer cooperation — drive decision makers to build a school at a site that may pose a toxic threat to the children and staff.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [15]
People & Population [5]
Health [6]
Air [16]
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Public [3]

EPA Releases Reports on Toxics at Selected Schools [17]

Following a December 2008 USA Today report on outdoor air pollution at hundreds of schools, EPA began a monitoring process. Final reports for 21 (of the small number of schools selected) have now been released; the results are mixed.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [15]
People & Population [5]
Health [6]
Chemicals [18]
Air [16]
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Public [3]

Health Insurance Information for Freelancers [19]

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Access to affordable and adequate health insurance is one of the biggest challenges independent journalists face. The SEJ Freelance Task Force has compiled information to help the growing number of SEJ members who need to purchase health insurance.

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Public [3]
Health [6]

Impact of "Burning Issue" [20]

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Center for Health Reporting editor-in-chief David Westphal writes about the impact of the Center's four-day series “Burning Issue: Gasping for Breath,” which examined the scientific links between woodstove/fireplace smoke and asthma, chronic lung disease and heart problems and highlighted the state's failure to regulate wood smoke pollution.

Useful Links [11]
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Public [3]
California [21]
Pollution [15]
Health [6]
Forests [22]
Environmental Health [8]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Air [16]

NDM-1, the Drug-Resistance Bacteria Supergene, Spreading Relentlessly [24]

NDM-1, a gene that gives most gram-negative bacteria a resistance to almost all drugs used to treat them, has been spreading across the globe rapidly since it was discovered in 2008. It has been found in hospital-acquired infections in the U.S. It is bad news.

Health [6]
Public [3]
International [12]
Source: Wired [25], 11/15/2010

Disease-Tracking Tool May Help Both People and Wildlife [26]

This growing database may help you identify emerging problems and patterns, and supplement what government and university personnel can track.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [27]
People & Population [5]
Health [6]
Environmental Health [8]
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Public [3]

Pavement Sealcoat Contaminates Lakes and Streams [28]

A soon-to-be-published study has found elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, probable human carcinogens toxic to fish and other aquatic life, in waterways are originating from coal tar-based pavement sealcoats.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [29]
Pollution [15]
Health [6]
Chemicals [18]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [30]

This new tool allows any user online to create custom study areas based on a wide range of variables: address, ZIP code, county, city, township, facility, watershed, or geographic coordinates. Other environmental data can then be mapped onto that study area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [32]
Pollution [15]
People & Population [5]
Health [6]
Government [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Chemicals [18]
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Public [3]

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