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Interested in the health and environmental costs of food?
A prepublication edition of Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food: Workshop Summary is now available from the National Academies Press. The U.S. food system provides many benefits, not the least of which is a safe, nutritious and consistent food supply. … Continue reading
Lecture – The long reach of childhood
Next week, in the series on Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Daniel Nettle will present “The long reach of childhood: Why does experience in early-life have such a big effect on adult behavior?” Date: November 14 Time: 4:00pm Location: 1775 … Continue reading
Another week begins at “Mind the Science Gap”
Head on over to Mind the Science Gap, where every week, 10 School of Public Health students in the course, Communicating Science through Social Media, post weekly articles as they learn how to translate complex science into stories a broad audience can understand. … Continue reading
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Lecture: The battle over climate change
Anthrax scares, nuisance lawsuits and political attacks and are all in a day’s work for some climate scientists. In his July 2012 feature story in Popular Science, journalist Tom Clynes investigated the people and organizations behind the harassment—and their influence … Continue reading
Policy Brief. Childhood Asthma in Rural-Urban Areas
From the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): This policy brief assesses rates of lifetime and current asthma for children across the rural-urban continuum for the US. It examines asthma in rural areas adjacent or non-adjacent to urban areas and … Continue reading
Kentuckians take distilleries to court over black gunk
From the New York Times: The sooty-looking black gunk has been here for as long as anyone can remember, creeping on the outside of homes, spreading over porch furniture, blanketing car roofs, mysterious and ever-present. It was pollution, residents speculated, … Continue reading
The cost of closing nuclear reactors in Japan
From the New York Times: As Japan moves to cut back on nuclear power after the disaster last year in Fukushima, it is finding that removing a political liability could lead to a harsh economic reality. If the country’s 50 … Continue reading
Cleaner stoves, better health
From the New York Times, “Cleaning Up the African Kitchen”: When Sanga Moses was traveling to the tiny Ugandan village where his mother lives, he spotted a familiar figure walking beside the road, carrying a large bundle of firewood. It … Continue reading
More food safety issues in China
From the International Herald Tribune/New York Times: A month after large batches of Chinese baby formula were found to contain dangerous levels of mercury, state media outlets reported Monday that the authorities have discovered more shipments of contaminated formula, this … Continue reading
New paint wipes out infestation in a village
From the New York Times: It happened just like that. One day Barbara Saavedra’s modest adobe home, deep in southeastern Bolivia, turned white — and miraculously, for the first time ever, bug-free. “The vinchuca were just gone,” said Ms. Saavedra, … Continue reading
