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ACOEM provides tools, resources to help employers identify and respond to impact of COPD

Awareness campaign for the workplace provides tools and information on preventing and managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the third leading cause of death in the U.S.

12 Apr 2013

Disease burden from air pollution underestimated, U.N. reports

"Air pollution is an underestimated scourge that kills far more people than AIDS and malaria and a shift to cleaner energy could easily halve the toll by 2030, U.N. officials said on Tuesday" at a conference in Oslo focusing on new development goals for the post-2015 development agenda, Reuters reports.

11 Apr 2013

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution associated with increases in rare childhood cancers

Scientists from UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health led by Julia Heck, an assistant researcher in the school's epidemiology department and a member of UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, have found a possible link between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and several childhood cancers.

10 Apr 2013

Researcher awarded NIH grant to study drug-related health disparities in African-Americans

Your body's ability to effectively respond to stress may be an indicator of your vulnerability to use and abuse drugs.

6 Apr 2013

HAP caused by exposure to biomass fuels increases mortality risk

Almost four million people die each year from household air pollution (HAP) caused by exposure to the combustion of biomass fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, and dung), kerosene, or coal.

2 Apr 2013

Eight new grant recipients to receive funding to conduct health impact assessments

The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced eight new grant recipients that will receive funding to conduct health impact assessments, or HIAs.

2 Apr 2013

Report highlights ecological cost of pharmaceutical waste

Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality.

2 Apr 2013

Guardian examines African environmental outlook report

The Guardian highlights the African Environment Outlook-3, a report released last month by the United Nations Environment Programme that examines "[t]he multifaceted connection between environmental and human health."

27 Mar 2013

International support rising for adopting universal water security

Amid changing weather and water patterns worldwide and forecasts of more severe transformations to come, calls have been growing for the UN Security Council to include water issues on its agenda.

25 Mar 2013

Researchers develop dune infiltration system to treat coastal stormwater runoff for fecal bacteria

When it rains, untreated stormwater can sweep pollutants into coastal waters, potentially endangering public health. Now researchers from North Carolina State University have developed low-cost filtration systems that are concealed beneath sand dunes and filter out most of the bacteria that can lead to beach closures.

21 Mar 2013

EuroPRevent 2013 to explore low-cost solutions to global epidemic of cardiovascular diseases

Preventive cardiology is now on the political as well as clinical agenda. In 2011 a UN heads-of-state meeting agreed to reduce mortality from chronic non-communicable diseases by 25% by 2025.

21 Mar 2013

Developing countries making gains in life expectancy, education, other markers, Human Development Index says

The U.N. Development Programme on Thursday in Mexico City launched the Human Development Index 2013, which "combines measures of life expectancy, literacy, school enrollment and gross domestic product per capita," the U.N. News Centre reports.

16 Mar 2013

Link between outdoor heat and hospitalization for respiratory disease in the elderly

Outdoor heat is associated with a significantly increased risk of emergency hospitalization for respiratory disorders in the elderly, according to a large epidemiological study of more than 12.5 million Medicare beneficiaries.

8 Mar 2013

Southeast Asia's commercial trade plays a central role in spread of amphibian pathogens

A team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS), revealed in a new study, for the first time, the presence of the pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibians sampled in Singapore. And the American bullfrog may be a central player in the spread of the disease.

8 Mar 2013

Pollution News and Research

ACOEM provides tools, resources to help employers identify and respond to impact of COPD

Disease burden from air pollution underestimated, U.N. reports

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution associated with increases in rare childhood cancers

Researcher awarded NIH grant to study drug-related health disparities in African-Americans

HAP caused by exposure to biomass fuels increases mortality risk

Eight new grant recipients to receive funding to conduct health impact assessments

Report highlights ecological cost of pharmaceutical waste

Guardian examines African environmental outlook report

International support rising for adopting universal water security

Researchers develop dune infiltration system to treat coastal stormwater runoff for fecal bacteria

EuroPRevent 2013 to explore low-cost solutions to global epidemic of cardiovascular diseases

Developing countries making gains in life expectancy, education, other markers, Human Development Index says

Link between outdoor heat and hospitalization for respiratory disease in the elderly

Southeast Asia's commercial trade plays a central role in spread of amphibian pathogens

Air pollution and heart attacks: an interview with Dr Cathryn Tonne, LSHTM

New Concordia research uses dynamic mathematical model to estimate gas emission

Air pollution from lead-contaminated soil a cause for concern

Researchers to discuss health issues at Society of Toxicology's Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

New study reveals major contributors to China's pollution problem

National Jewish Health expert describes potential hazards of energy efficient homes

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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