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Ag Department To Release Food Safety Inspection Data [1]

Data journalists may be salivating at news that the USDA will soon release facility-specific federal food safety inspection information in database form. Photo: © Clipart.com [2]

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WatchDog TipSheet [3]
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Agriculture [4]
Health [5]
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Public [6]

Enviros Want To See Fired New Brunswick Scientist's Glyphosate Report [7]

The Council of Canadians, an environmental group, is calling for release of a report on the herbicide glyphosate that New Brunswick's chief medical officer was working on when she was dismissed six months ago.

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WatchDog TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Health [5]
Region: 
Canada [10]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Harlem Heat Project [11]

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SEJ members Adam Glenn and Julia Kumari Drapkin partner with New York public radio flagship WNYC on a new participatory sensor reporting project exploring urban heat islands and health impacts in Harlem.

Useful Links [12]
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Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Climate Change [14]
Health [5]
People & Population [15]

Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat [16]

Here are some recent Congressional Research Service reports relevant to the environment and energy beat, thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project.

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WatchDog TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [17]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Health [5]
Transportation [20]
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Antarctica & Arctic [21]
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Public [6]

Federal Agencies Pose Information Roadblocks to Health Journalists [22]

Environmental journalists are not alone in their frustrations with the federal officials who are supposed to help journalists get information about what government is doing. Now the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has surveyed its members and found the federal government often blocks access to information that health care journalists seek.

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WatchDog TipSheet [3]
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Health [5]
Journalism & Media [23]
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Public [6]

Leaked Again: Secret CRS Reports for Environment Beat [24]

Here are the latest leaked explainers, written by the Congressional Research Service, that may be of use to environmental journalists.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Transportation [20]
Water & Oceans [26]
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Public [6]

House Science Panel Probes EPA Unpublishing of Glyphosate Report [27]

U.S. EPA on April 29, 2016, posted on its website the 2015 "final" report by its Cancer Assessment Review Committee on the widely used herbicide glyphosate, sold commercially by Monsanto as Roundup. But on May 2, the report vanished from the EPA site.

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WatchDog TipSheet [3]
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Chemicals [8]
Environmental Politics [28]
Health [5]
Science [29]
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Public [6]

Confirmation That Zika Causes Microcephaly Shifts Debate To Prevention [30]

"After several weeks of study and debate, U.S. health officials concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly, a finding that experts hope will refocus attention on efforts to stop infections and prompt U.S. lawmakers to fund emergency prevention efforts."

Environmental Health [9]
Health [5]
Science [29]
Public [6]
International [31]
Source: Reuters [32], 04/14/2016
September 14, 2016 to September 16, 2016

8th International Conference on Children's Health and the Environment [33]

This event in Barcelona, Spain will examine issues and solutions for multiple facets of children's health related to the environment.

Other Events [34]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [9]
Health [5]
People & Population [15]
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Europe [35]

Robert De Niro Pulls Anti-Vaccine Documentary From Tribeca Film Fest [36]

"Facing a storm of criticism over its plan to show a documentary about the widely debunked link between vaccines and autism, the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday pulled the film from its schedule next month."

Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [28]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [23]
Science [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: NY Times [38], 03/28/2016

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