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1) The Climate Change and Health Working Group has published a fact sheet on climate change and human health in Washington. You can access both the full fact sheet and the executive summary on CHE-WA's website: http://washington.chenw.org/Climategroup.html
2) The Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, a CHE-WA partner, has decided to reorganize into a volunteer-based model of staffing while the staff and board continue to work on a long-term, strategic fundraising plan. For more information and to offer support, please e-mail the board: ccejboard@gmail.com
Thursday September 27, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the Camp Long Environmental Learning Center Main Building, 5200 35th Ave. SW
Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Education Council
Narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves, The Great Warming is a dramatic film about climate change that sweeps around the world to reveal how a changing climate is affecting the lives of people everywhere. It has been called "the best film about global warming ever shot", and taps into the growing groundswell of public interest in this topic to present an emotional, accurate picture of our children's planet. The Great Warming includes hard-hitting comments from scientists and opinion-makers about America's lack of leadership in what is certainly the most critical environmental issue of the 21st century, as well as new scenes documenting the emerging voice of the American Evangelical community urging action on climate change.
Price: free, but donations will be accepted
Website: http://www.nweec.org/ea.htm
Contact: sluoma@nweec.org
Saturday September 29, 2007
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at Newberry Books, 561 NE Ravenna Blvd
Sponsor: Institute for Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders and Toxipedia
Healthy World Theater reaches to the heart to promote awareness and understanding through the arts to create a healthier and more peaceful world so that all creatures may reach, maintain and enjoy their potential. We are seeking your recommendations or contributions of artistic material that helps create a healthy world and healthy people. Bring your poems, haiku, songs, plays -- almost anything to help us use art to create a healthy world. Featured artists include Bill Witherup, poet and author of down wind, down river; Angela Dy, hip-hop artist, poet and author of suprapersonal; Steven Gilbert, author of A Small Dose of Toxicology; Nancy Dickeman, poet, writer and activist; Leonard Rifas, comic writer, educomics; and Richard Warner, musician.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.HealthyWorldTheater.org
Contact: Nancy Dickeman, nancyd@wpsr.org
Wednesday October 3, 2007
9:00 a.m. Pacific time / noon Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment and Women's Health and Environment Initiative
Girls get their first periods today, on average, a few months earlier than did girls 40 years ago, but they get their breasts one to two years earlier. Over the course of a few decades, the childhoods of U.S. girls have been significantly shortened. What does this mean for girls today and their health in the future? The Breast Cancer Fund commissioned Sandra Steingraber to write The Falling Age of Puberty -- the first comprehensive review of the literature on the timing of puberty -- to help us better understand this phenomenon so we can protect our daughters' health. This call will be moderated by Heather Sarantis, Women's Health Program Manager for the Collaborative on Health and the Environment. We will hear a featured presentation from Sandra Steingraber, PhD, ecologist, author, and cancer survivor. Dr. Steingraber is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. She wrote Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment and Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood. Formerly on faculty at Cornell University, Sandra Steingraber is currently Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.
Price: free
Website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/partnership_calls/2264
Wednesday October 3, 2007
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment's Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Autism Society of America; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4; Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Learning Disabilities Association of America; John Merck Fund; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; University of Maryland School of Nursing
Presenters will be 1) Martha Herbert, MD, PhD, clinical associate in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Morphometric Analysis and assistant professor in neurology at Harvard Medical School: "The Emerging Whole-Body, Gene-Environment-Epigenetics Approach in Autism Research and Treatment"; 2) Susan Schantz, PhD, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: "Neurodevelopmental Effects of PCBs, MeHg and Other Contaminants: Evidence from Animal and Human Studies"; and 3) Allison Davis, PhD, RN, clinical instructor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and affiliate of The Arc of Anne Arundel County: "A Vulnerable Population: Environmental Health Exposures and the Developmental Disabilities Community." CME credits will not be available for these calls.
Price: free
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
Thursday October 4, 2007
7;00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the Camp Long Environmental Learning Center, 5200 35th Avenue SW, Main Building
Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Education Council
Produced and narrated by DiCaprio, The 11th Hour provides an eagle's-eye view of the looming environmental crisis along with real solutions. The film includes interviews with over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and leaders who discuss the state of the world and the state of humanity.
Price: free, donations will be accepted
Website: http://www.nweec.org/ea.htm
Contact: sluoma@nweec.org
Tuesday October 9, 2007
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Sponsor: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Environmental Health Initiative and the John Merck Fund
This is the first teleconference in a two-part series on children's health at school. With 54 million children in 120,000 schools nationwide, and estimates of the costs to restore America's school facilities ranging from $127 to $254 billion, US Government Accountability Office, National Education Association, and US Environmental Protection Agency studies have found that half of all students are compelled to be in buildings that daily erode their health and learning. Asthma is the single largest cause of absenteeism and the occupational disease of teachers. Just as children are not biologically little adults, schools are not little offices or houses. Participants will learn what the differences are between adults and children in schools as workplaces; what the peer-reviewed sciences reveal about school environments' and children's health; and what steps must be taken nationally, in the states, and at the local level to prevent barriers to optimal learning or prevent the exacerbation of disease or disability. Time permitting, participants will have an opportunity to discuss how their organizations can develop an agenda to promote a healthy built environment and to prevent harm to children and others. Speakers will be Claire Barnett, MBA, executive director of Healthy Schools Network, and Kim Voss, parent and advocate.
Price: free
Website: http://www.ehinitiative.org/Projects/tele_con.htm
Contact: Laura Abulafia, Laura@aaidd.org
Thursday October 11, 2007
9:00 a.m. Pacific / noon Eastern time
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment and Health Care Without Harm
This teleconference will be a discussion about the health risks, medical applications and policy issues associated with nanotechnology. Featured presenters will be Dr. John Balbus, director of health programs at Environmental Defense; Jaydee Hanson, policy director at the International Center for Technology Assessment; and Ian Illuminato, health and environment campaigner for Friends of the Earth. The call moderator will be Steve Heilig, MPH, director of public health and education for CHE and the San Francisco Medical Society. A science update will be provided by Jennifer Sass, PhD, senior scientist for Health and Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council.
Price: free
Website: http://www.healthandenvironment.org/articles/partnership_calls/1894
Saturday October 13, 2007
noon to 5:00 p.m.
Portland, Oregon
at First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Main
Sponsor: Rachel's Friends Breast Cancer Coalition
Stacy Malkan, a founding member of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and communications director of Health Care Without Harm, will speak at this event. Other speakers include state Senator Margaret Carter; Mia Davis, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics; Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, Oregon Environmental Council; and Sara Leverette, Oregon Environmental Council.
Price: $5.00 suggested donation
Website: http://www.rachelsfriends.org/events.html
Contact: Diane Lund-Muzikant, 503-869-7225 or muzikant@aol.com
Saturday October 13, 2007
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at Gilda's Club, 1400 Broadway
Sponsor: Breast Cancer Fund and Gilda's Club Seattle
In "The Secret History of the War on Cancer", award-winning scientist Devra Davis tells the story of how big business, government and scientists often knew well before the general public which substances increased our risk of cancer -- but did nothing to stop these materials from becoming part of our culture and community. For almost a century, scientists have known that the causes of cancer have extended will beyond old age and poor genes. What used to be an older person's disease has skewed younger and younger, spurred by environmental elements found in our workplaces and homes, and by simple changes in our lifestyle over time. The Breast Cancer Fund is honored to co-host Dr. Davis in Seattle. As a reviewer of the Breast Cancer Fund's report, "State of the Evidence: What Is the Connection between the Environment and Breast Cancer?", Dr. Davis has been a supportive partner and a guiding force in the breast cancer and environmental health movement.
Price: free
Contact: Pam, 206-524-4405 or Pamela@breastcancerfund.org
Monday October 15, 2007
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at Antioch University Seattle, 2326 Sixth Avenue in Belltown, between Bell and Battery, near the Pink Elephant Car Wash
Come and find out how the Center's programs can help you to facilitate positive and sustainable change in organizations, communities and the environment. We'll be talking about our Masters' degrees in Environment & Community, Whole Systems Design, Strategic Communications, Organizational Psychology, and Management. We'll also be talking about our Graduate Certificates. Faculty and students will be on-hand to describe the programs and answer questions.
Website: http://www.antiochsea.edu/futurestudents/visit.html#oh
Contact: Wendy Olson, 206-268-4208 or wolsen@antiochseattle.edu
Monday October 15, 2007
noon - 3:00 p.m.
Seattle, Washington
at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave North
Sponsor: Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition
Topics on the agenda include toy testing results, our Safer Products Campaign and preparing for the 2008 Legislative Session.
Price: free
Website: http://www.toxicfreelegacy.org/
Contact: Margaret Shield, 206-632-1545 ext. 123 or mshield@toxicfreelegacy.org
Wednesday October 17, 2007
2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific
Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment's Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; Autism Society of America; Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4; Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability; Learning Disabilities Association of America; John Merck Fund; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit; University of Maryland School of Nursing
Presenters include Yvonne Fry-Johnson, MD, chief of maternal and child health at the National Center for Primary Care: "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Developmental Disabilities"; Virginia Rauh, ScD, professor of public health and deputy director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Columbia University Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health: "Effects of Prenatal Exposure to the Organophosphate Pesticide Chlorpyrifos in the Urban Environment"; and Isaac Pessah, PhD, professor and director of the Center for Children's Environmental Health, University of California, Davis: "Gene-Environment Interactions and Autism" (this last presentation is still to be confirmed). CME credits will not be available for these calls.
Price: free
Website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html
Contact: Elise Miller, emiller@iceh.org
Friday through Sunday, October 19 - 21, 2007
Seattle, Washington
at the Seattle Center
Sponsor: Northwest Environmental Education Council
With a conference theme of "Revolution from the Heart of Nature", the primary focus of the Bioneers is on solutions, informed by nature's essential principles of interdependence, cooperation and community. The inspiring stories of these dedicated individuals illustrate the innumerable ways one person can make a difference, guiding us to a future environment of hope that is within our grasp today. Their insightful solutions involve innovative technical approaches while also embodying a change of heart, integrating principles of social and economic justice. This conference features a live satellite downlink of the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California, to each of the participating regional Beaming Bioneer events. Please visit the Bioneers website at http://bioneers.org for more information about the Bioneers Conference and our partnership.
Price: $75/day
Website: http://www.nweec.org/seattlebioneers/
Contact: Northwest Environmental Education Council, 206-923-1980
Wednesday October 24, 2007 (Olympia, Washington, at the Heritage Room at Capitol Lake, 604 Water Street, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. lecture)
or Thursday October 25, 2007 (Seattle, Washington, at Glaser Auditorium, Swedish Medical Center, 747 Broadway, 6:00 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. lecture)
Sponsor: Breast Cancer Fund
Over the past few years, studies have revealed that girls as young as two are entering puberty. The reports and images are deeply disturbing. For breast cancer advocates, there is something else that is disturbing: early puberty increases breast cancer risk. Noted author, biologist and cancer survivor Dr. Sandra Steingraber will help us understand this phenomenon of early puberty by walking us upstream to illustrate the connection between our health and the environment. She will present possible causes of early puberty, including environmental exposures.
Price: free; RSVP required
Contact: 206-524-4405
Online Calendar. Upcoming events extending more than one month in the future are listed in a searchable calendar: http://www.chenw.org/cgi-bin/searchevents.cgi
Most of the articles below come from Environmental Health News, http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
Could mattress safety measures make you sick? New standards make mattresses more fire resistant. They'll still burn, but not as fast, because they contain more flame resistant, or FR, materials. But could the chemicals that make you safer also make you sick? Chicago CBS 2 TV, Illinois, 25 September 2007.
http://cbs2chicago.com/health/local_story_267221159.html
Why are U.S. kids obese? Just look around them. Tough choices tempt kids at every turn -- whether it is soda in school, junk food ads on TV or the fast-food chain around the corner -- and school policies limiting physical activity only make matters worse, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Reuters, 25 September 2007.
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=why-are-us-kids-obese-jus&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters
Ozone deal called boost to fighting climate change. A deal by 191 nations to eliminate ozone-depleting substances 10 years ahead of schedule is a "pivotal moment" in the fight against global warming, Canadian Environment Minister John Baird said on Saturday. Reuters, 23 September 2007.
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-09-22T184843Z_01_N21423045_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CLIMATE-OZONE-COL.XML
Study of epigenetics seeks to control genes' functions. A new science is turning the medical world on its Darwinian ear. Epigenetics is about the factors that turn genes on and off, including contaminants. Worldwide, interest is booming. Kansas City Star, Missouri, 23 September 2007.
http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/277128.html
Food for thought. Junk food is unhealthy and many parents avoid feeding it to their kids. But can the combination of colourings and preservatives added to all sorts of food harm children, making it harder for them to concentrate and to learn? Economist, 21 September 2007.
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9794915
Health alert study for air freshener chemicals. A study of more than a dozen common household air fresheners found that most contain chemicals [phthalates, allergens, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as well as cancer-causing chemicals such as benzene and formaldehyde] that may affect hormones and reproductive development, particularly in babies. Miami CBS 4, Florida, 21 September 2007.
http://cbs4.com/health/local_story_263165404.html
Industry says kids' jewelry needs lead to be cheap. The shiny tiaras and bracelets that little girls love to wear need to contain lead despite its dangers to keep the cost down for consumers, the Fashion Jewelry Trade Association told a congressional committee on Thursday. Reuters, 21 September 2007.
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=industry-says-kids-jewelr&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters
New methods to detect pesticides, antibiotics in water, natural food developed. Researchers from Granada have developed new methods to achieve sensitive detection of pesticides and antibiotics in water and natural food. Asian News International, South Asia, 19 September 2007.
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/175311.php/New-methods-to-detect-pesticides-antibiotics-in-water-natural-food-developed
Working together, we can reduce exposure to toxics. We can minimize benzene in the air we breathe easily: Limit idling car motors to 20 seconds, and stop topping off gas tanks. Eugene Register Guard, Oregon, 19 September 2007.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/09/18/ed.col.arkin.0918.p1.php?section=opinion
Breast cancer and your environment. The most common invasive malignancy among women around the world, breast cancer's rates during the last several decades have nearly tripled in the United States. A multidisciplinary team identified 216 chemicals pervasive in our environment that cause breast tumors in animals. MSN, 19 September 2007.
http://health.msn.com:80/centers/breastcancer/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100170477
Pesticide exposure tied to asthma in farmers. Exposure to several commonly used pesticides appears to increase the risk of asthma, US researchers report. Reuters, 18 September 2007.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKCOL76062320070917
Sex education: A primer on chemicals, fertility, and reproduction. Around 12 percent of American couples reported having a hard time conceiving a child and bearing it to term in 2002, up 20 percent from the 6.1 million couples reporting such "impaired fecundity" in 1995. one major factor may be nonstop exposure to low-level environmental pollutants like pesticides, dioxins, and phthalates. Daily Grist, 18 September 2007.
http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/09/18/chemicals/index.html
An Attack on Cancer Research: Industry's Obstruction of the National Toxicology Program. Over the past five years, industry has repeatedly misused the Data Quality Act to suppress important cancer-related information being analyzed and published by the National Toxicology Program. OMB Watch, 17 September 2007.
http://ombwatch.org/article/articleview/3964/1/192?TopicID=5
State of Lung Disease in Diverse Communities: 2007. Certain communities of color have higher prevalence and death rates from some of the most common respiratory illnesses, such as asthma, and most often reside in high-pollution areas. American Lung Association, 17 September 2007.
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=317197
Plan touts 'no child left inside'. Not only is the outdoors regarded as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic, but getting close to nature also could be key in diminishing childhood learning disorders, advocates say. Sacramento Bee, California, 17 September 2007.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/383188.html
Stay in school? Not sugary sodas. The nation's largest soda makers are on their way to eliminating full-calorie soft drinks from school vending machines, student lounges and lunchrooms, according to a report issued Monday. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia, 17 September 2007.
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2007/09/17/kidcokes_0917.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab
Health, environmental issues slow dash to build artificial playing fields. A small group of allies have come together to oppose what some call progress -- a growing wave of installations of artificial turf throughout the western suburbs. They argue there are too many health and environmental questions around fake grass. Boston Globe, Massachusetts, 15 September 2007.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/13/grass_roots_uprising/
More bad air days for U.S. cities. Study: 10 U.S. cities will have increase unsafe air days if global warming continues unabated. Associated Press, 15 September 2007.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/14/national/main3261153.shtml
Early puberty in girls troubling. American girls are entering puberty at earlier ages, putting them at far greater risk for breast cancer later in life and for all sorts of social and emotional problems well before they reach adulthood. Sacramento Bee, California, 15 September 2007.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/380508.html
[Editor's note: Please see information about three related presentations on this topic by Sandra Steingraber in the Events section above.]
Implications for human health of adding fluoride to municipal water systems. Ted Schettler, science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, is interviewed on the topic of adding fluoride to water. KEXP, Seattle, Washington, 15 September 2007.
http://www.kexp.org/programming/progpage.asp?showID=7&1413=39348.25-1&96=39348.25-1&20=39348.25-1&256=39348.25-2#recent (Sustainability Segment September 15th)
Scientists do the numbers. Coffee is good for you -- no, it's bad. A scientific approach used in many human studies often leads to findings that are flat-out wrong. Los Angeles Times, California, 15 September 2007.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-epidemiology17sep17,1,7970471.story?ctrack=5&cset=true
Environmental illnesses: stepping up the fight. While it is not exciting to know that many toxins affect our health, it was exciting to see "An Inconceivable Truth: The Link Between Infertility and the Environment" in Vogue magazine. Edmonton Journal, Canada, 15 September 2007.
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/letters/story.html?id=c496f7f0-fc84-42a0-b939-3eccf2a8a57b
Roadside diesel pollution poses heart danger -- study. Air pollution reduces blood flow and interferes with the body's natural ability to break up blood clots, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that may help explain why pollution can cause heart attacks. Planet Ark, 14 September 2007.
http://www.planetark.org:80/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=44334
submitted to this bulletin by Jim DiPeso
Ozone treaty, rare global success, fetes 20-year mark. The 186-nation treaty that protects Earth from the Sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays fetes its 20th anniversary Sunday, with the US and Europe poised to call for an accelerated timetable for banning ozone-depleting chemicals still in use. Agence France-Presse, 14 September 2007.
http://www.terradaily.com/2007/070914014352.n28ydxja.html
Pollution: dangerous to joggers. Tiny particulates in the air have always been a risk for the lungs, setting off respiratory illness like asthma and emphysema, and researchers from Scotland now report that the heavily contaminated air in urban areas could also be hazardous to the heart. Time Magazine, 13 September 2007.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1661313,00.html
Toy woes may result in more power for safety agency. Senators are prepared to boost the Consumer Product Safety Commission's budget and legal authority so it can better keep unsafe toys and children's jewelry off store shelves, Sen. Richard Durbin said Wednesday. USA Today, 13 September 2007.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2007-09-12-mattel-congress_N.htm
China agrees to lead paint ban in U.S. toy exports. Toy industry experts and retailers viewed China's agreement to ban the use of lead paint in toys exported to the United States as a step toward ensuring toy safety. New York Newsday, New York, 13 September 2007.
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzchin0913,0,6014119.story
Are people's PBDE uptake patterns changing? Researchers don't know why the PBDE uptake patterns in Spanish infant placentas resemble those from electronics recycling workers--and not those of their parents' blood. Environmental Science & Technology, 13 September 2007.
http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/sept/science/kb_pbde.html
Cancer deaths higher among less educated. Less educated people in the US are more than twice as likely to die from cancer as their better-educated counterparts, according to a new study. Financial Times, England, 13 September 2007.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c88d722-60bf-11dc-8ec0-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F0c88d722-60bf-11dc-8ec0-0000779fd2ac.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.environmentalhealthnews.org%2Farchives.jsp%3Fsm%3Dfr13%3Bhumhealthcond17%3B5Childrens_health17%3BChildren%27s+health
Playing with danger. For weeks, the public has fretted over imported toys that exceed federal lead standards. What's equally important, some experts say, is not whether the U.S. is properly enforcing the limits that are in place, but whether government standards are strict enough. Baltimore Sun, Maryland, 13 September 2007.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-to.hs.lead13sep13,0,866974.story
Breast-feeding does not protect babies from asthma. Breast-feeding does not protect children against developing asthma or allergies, a study suggests. A large trial involving more than 13,000 women and children found no evidence of a protective effect. London Times, England, 12 September 2007.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2434723.ece
Port rethinks dumping of PCBs. PCB-contaminated mud dredged from a Washington Superfund site may be headed to a landfill rather than being dumped into the open waters of Elliott Bay as planned. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington, 12 September 2007.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/331350_port12.html
Is your beauty regime damaging your health? We have become adept at reading food labels, but close scrutiny of the ingredients in our toiletries and cosmetics (which companies are required to list in full) is far less common. London Guardian, England. Opinion, 12 September 2007.
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,,2166552,00.html
Pollution blamed for fall in Arctic baby boys. Twice as many girls as boys are being born across much of the Arctic because of pollution from industrialised countries, scientists have found. London Times, England, 12 September 2007.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2434582.ece
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer'. Using the contraceptive pill cuts the overall risk of a woman developing cancer, research suggests. BBC, United Kingdom, 12 September 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6987889.stm