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March 4, 2013 to March 6, 2013

ECOS Annual Meeting [1]

The Environmental Council of the States, a national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders, will hold its spring membership meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [4]
Environmental Health [5]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]

Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) [7]

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Non-profit, non-partisan ECOS is the national association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders. Focus areas include: Air, Water, Waste, Cross Media, Planning, Compliance, Info Management, and Quicksilver Caucus.

Useful Links [8]
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Public [3]
Health [4]
Environmental Health [5]

EPA Issues New Information on Old and New Fluorescent Light Bulbs [9]

Some light bulbs require special handling to reduce toxic exposures. EPA's latest guidance for old fluorescent bulbs that contain PCBs and current generation CFLs that contain mercury both provide important fodder for consumer-awareness stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [4]
Government [11]
Consumer [12]
Chemicals [13]
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Public [3]

"Spread of Deadly Virus Tied to Forest Decline" [14]

The mysterious "sudden aspen decline" that is decimating many western forests also seems responsible for a spike in deer mouse populations that is hastening spread of the sin nombre virus, a still-rare hantavirus that kills some 40 % of the humans it infects.

Forests [15]
Health [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NY Times [17], 01/13/2011
December 15, 2010

White House Environmental Justice Forum [18]

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 [19]
People & Population [20]
Health [4]
Government [11]
Environmental Health [5]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]

ProMED-Mail [22]

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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 [8]
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Public [3]
International [23]
Health [4]

EPA Asks for Comment on School Siting Guidelines [24]

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 [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [25]
People & Population [20]
Health [4]
Air [26]
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Public [3]

EPA Releases Reports on Toxics at Selected Schools [27]

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 [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [25]
People & Population [20]
Health [4]
Chemicals [13]
Air [26]
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Public [3]

Health Insurance Information for Freelancers [28]

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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 [4]

Impact of "Burning Issue" [29]

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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 [8]
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Public [3]
California [30]
Pollution [25]
Health [4]
Forests [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Air [26]

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