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Forest Fire Retardants Not Always the Hero [1]

The most commonly used slurry mixtures can be toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and algae, can harm rabbits, birds, and humans, and can reduce vegetative diversity and boost the growth of weeds. Slurries and foams are mostly water, but they also include ammonium fertilizer, detergent, and other ingredients.

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Environmental Health [3]
Chemicals [4]
Forests [5]
Health [6]
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Public [7]

"Study Ranks Food Pathogens by Cost To Society" [8]

"Of the food pathogens that cost society the most money — in terms of medical care, lost days of work, long-term chronic health problems or deaths — half are found in poultry, pork, beef and other meat products, according to a study due for release Thursday."

Food [9]
Health [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Wash Post [11], 04/28/2011
June 20, 2011 to June 23, 2011

The National Healthy Homes Conference [12]

The National Healthy Homes Conference (NHHC) is a federally-sponsored event, bringing together a wide range of health, housing and environmental professionals to work toward making housing healthy, safe and environmentally sustainable.

Professional Meetings [13]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [6]
Government [14]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
May 8, 2011 to May 10, 2011

International Sustainable Development Research Conference [16]

The 17th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society will be hosted by the Earth Institute, Columbia University, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development and the Asian Development Bank Institute. The conference will explore the fundamental question of how global society's aspiration to continued growth can be harmonized with the existing limits imposed by Earth’s resources.

Other Events [17]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [18]
Waste [19]
Transportation [20]
Technology [21]
Pollution [22]
Policy [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
People & Population [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Health [6]
Government [14]
Food [9]
Environmental Politics [28]
Environmental Health [3]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Consumer [31]
Air [32]
Agriculture [33]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
May 5, 2011 to May 6, 2011

The City: 2nd International Conference [35]

Part of Interdisciplinary Themes Conferences, The City: 2nd International Conference will focus on culture, society and technology in the urban environment.

Other Events [17]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [18]
Waste [19]
Transportation [20]
Technology [21]
Science [36]
Pollution [22]
Policy [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
People & Population [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Health [6]
Government [14]
Forests [5]
Food [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Climate Change [37]
Biodiversity [38]
Agriculture [33]
Region: 
Canada [39]

"Is Sugar Toxic?" [40]

If Robert Lustig is right, in a lecture that has gone viral on YouTube, "then our excessive consumption of sugar is the primary reason that the numbers of obese and diabetic Americans have skyrocketed in the past 30 years. But his argument implies more than that. If Lustig is right, it would mean that sugar is also the likely dietary cause of several other chronic ailments widely considered to be diseases of Western lifestyles — heart disease, hypertension and many common cancers among them."

Food [9]
Health [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [41], 04/19/2011

"Superbug Gene Rife in Delhi Water Supply" [42]

"A gene that causes a wide range of bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics has been found in the water supply in Delhi, with worrying implications for the rest of the globe."

Environmental Health [3]
Health [6]
Science [36]
Public [7]
International [43]
Source: Guardian [44], 04/08/2011
April 12, 2011 to April 14, 2011

Johns Hopkins Workshop to Examine Climate Change and Public Health [45]

Johns Hopkins University researchers are gathering in Baltimore for the first workshop of an ambitious program to study and address the impacts of climate change on human activity.

Workshops and Fellowships [46]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [6]
Climate Change [37]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
May 2, 2011

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Mini Fellowship/Reporting Grant [48]

Call for Applications! Based at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism, The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships offer professional journalists this opportunity to apply for an all-expenses-paid mini fellowship with $2,000-$10,000 reporting grant. Grantees spend the week of July 24 - 29, 2011 in Los Angeles. Students are ineligible. Apply by May 2, 2011.

 

Workshops and Fellowships [46]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Policy [23]
People & Population [25]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Journalism & Media [49]
Health [6]
Government [14]
Food [9]
Region: 
California [50]
March 21, 2011 to March 24, 2011

Bridging the Gaps: Public Health and Radiation Emergency Preparedness [51]

The Radiation Studies Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will sponsor a national conference on public health preparedness for radiation emergencies. [52] 

Professional Meetings [13]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [6]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]

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