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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Our Bodies, Our Environment
This new report from the EPA explores how the built environment affects the natural environment and human health. It reviews hundred of studies published since 2001 (when EPA first did such a technical review) that track the interactions between land use, … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, climate change and health, environmental health, EPA, public health
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Senator Frank Lautenberg, environmental public health advocate
Senator Lautenberg, who has figured so prominently in this blog for the past week, died this morning. He was 89. A five-term senator from New Jersey, he came to public service after a career in business, at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in carcinogens, chemical safety regulation, congress, environmental health, environmental health law, environmental justice, government, precautionary principle, public health, public health law, synthetic chemicals, TSCA, vulnerable populations
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