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EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [1]

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.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [3]
Pollution [4]
People & Population [5]
Health [6]
Government [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Chemicals [9]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

"Supreme Court Hears Case On Vaccine Lawsuits" [11]

"At the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, the justices heard arguments in a case that drug manufacturers say could open the floodgates to thousands of lawsuits — mainly from parents who contend that vaccinations caused their children's autism. At issue is how far a federal law reaches in barring state lawsuits over vaccines."

Health [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [13], 10/14/2010

Cell-Phone Industry Seeks To Silence Right-to-Know Demands [14]

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed suit against San Francisco in response to a right-to-know ordinance it passed guaranteeing consumers information about how much electromagnetic radiation their cell phones were exposing them to.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [3]
Health [6]
Consumer [15]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

"Malaria Threatens 2 Million in Pakistan as Floodwaters Turn Stagnant" [16]

"More than 2 million cases of malaria are expected in Pakistan in the coming months in the wake of the country's devastating floods, aid workers have warned."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [8]
Government [7]
Health [6]
People & Population [5]
Public [10]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 10/04/2010

Report: Nitrogen and Phosphorous Pollution Remains Serious Threat [20]

The USGS study used data from thousands of locations to analyze trends from 1992 to 2004. You can probably find many local and regional stories as these pollutants contribute to various environmental and human health problems.

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TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [22]
Pollution [4]
Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Environmental Health [8]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Chemicals [9]
Agriculture [25]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

"Salmonella-Sickened Grandma Pleads for Food Safety" [26]

"A Colorado grandmother hospitalized for five days after eating an appetizer made with salmonella-tainted eggs urged Congress to pass food safety laws that might have prevented her suffering."

Agriculture [25]
Food [27]
Health [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: MSNBC [28], 09/23/2010

"Developing Nations to Get Clean-Burning Stoves" [29]

The U.S. is expected to announce today that it will contribute to a U.N. effort to address the problem of indoor wood cookstoves whose smoke kills an estimated 1.9 million people annually.

Air [30]
Health [6]
Public [10]
International [18]
Source: NYTimes [31], 09/21/2010

"Senate Bill on Food Safety Is Stalled" [32]

"After his mother died from eating contaminated peanut butter, Jeff Almer went to Washington to push for legislation that might save others from similar fates. And then he went again. And again. And again."

Agriculture [25]
Consumer [15]
Food [27]
Health [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [33], 09/20/2010
April 14, 2011 to April 17, 2011

Health Journalism 2011 [34]

Local and national planning committees have begun gathering conference ideas for review. Plans include dozens of panels, field trips, newsmaker briefings, Freelance Pitchfest, world-class speakers, 2010 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism luncheon and more. To suggest sessions or speakers for the conference, you can fill out a conference suggestion form.

Professional Meetings [35]
News Events & Press Conferences [36]
Awards and Grants [37]
Visibility: 
Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Science [38]
Policy [39]
Journalism & Media [40]
Health [6]
Government [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]

"Ohio's Bedbug Battle Escalates with EPA Crisis Meeting" [41]

"For reasons still unknown, bedbugs  really seem to like the state of Ohio. The problem is so dire in Cincinnati that some people with infested apartments have resorted to sleeping on the streets."

Health [6]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: TIME [42], 08/19/2010

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