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- Garden Mosaics projects promote science education while connecting young and old people as they work together in local gardens.
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- In August 2002, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board voted to ban soft drinks from all of the district’s schools
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Rachel's Democracy & Health News #842 -- Can Regulation Succeed?
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February 16, 2006Abstract:
The story of Erin Brockovich centered around chromium pollution, and it seemed to tell of a great victory for people who had been harmed. But underneath that story lies a deeper tale of the systematic corruption of science for the purpose of undermining the U.S. system of chemical regulation...Read/download:
Rachel's Democracy & Health News #842 -- Can Regulation Succeed?, (HTM, 64 KB)Rachels Democracy & Health News #833
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December 15, 2005Abstract:
{*} AP: MORE BLACKS LIVE WITH POLLUTION {*} THE 14 'MOST WANTED' CORPORATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS OF 2005 {*} $20B IN DOUBT FOR GREAT LAKES FIX {*} WORLD HEALTH BODY LINKS ECOSYSTEM INJURY TO HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS {*} 'CLEAN COAL' DIRTY, GROUPS SAY...Read/download:
Rachels Democracy & Health News #833, (HTM, 86 KB)Fish [are] 'capable of feeling pain'
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April 30, 2003Abstract:
Reports scientific studies showing that fish have pain receptors in their mouths and that they are capable of feeling pain or 'prolonged discomfort' when hooked. Until now, the common assumption has been that fish feel nothing. This information means that 'catch and release' fishing amounts to lit...Read/download:
Fish [are] 'capable of feeling pain', (HTM, 3 KB)Analyzing the Ignored Environmental Contaminants
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April 1, 2002Abstract:
Describes a survey of contaminants in U.S. surface waters conducted by U.S. Geological Survey....Read/download:
Analyzing the Ignored Environmental Contaminants, (PDF, 398 KB)OECD Environmental Outlook
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June 15, 2001Abstract:
A survey or environmental problems, and projections for the next 20 years, by the Organization for Cooperation and Development (OECD)....Read/download:
OECD Environmental Outlook, (PDF, 3445 KB)Neighborhood Knowledge
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January 15, 2002Abstract:
Describes the development and use of "environmental indicators" as a way for residents of Oakland to measure how their community is doing, year by year....Read/download:
Neighborhood Knowledge, (PDF, 1476 KB)Full Report: The Characterization of Tentatively Identified Compounds...
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March 10, 2003Abstract:
Full Report, titled "The Characterization of Tentatively Identified Compounds (TICs) in Samples from Public Water Systems in New Jersey dayed March 2003....Read/download:
Full Report: The Characterization of Tentatively Identified Compounds..., (PDF, 1143 KB)The Characterization of Tentatively Identified Compounds (TICs) in Water Samples...
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March 10, 2003Abstract:
N.J. Department of Environmental Protection research project summary titled, "The Characterization of Tentativelky Identified Compounds (TICs) in Water Samples Collected from Public Water Systems in New Jersey" dated March, 2003....Read/download:
The Characterization of Tentatively Identified Compounds (TICs) in Water Samples..., (PDF, 268 KB)NJDEP Discussion Paper on the Concept of Requiring Granular Activated Carbon Treatment...
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September 16, 2003Abstract:
In the summer of 2003, N.J. Department of Environmental Protectaon discovered some 600 poorly-understood synthetic organic chemicals in various municipal drinking water supplies. The Department is considering a precautionary remedy for this problem, and circulated this paper seeking public comment....Read/download:
NJDEP Discussion Paper on the Concept of Requiring Granular Activated Carbon Treatment..., (PDF, 377 KB)Integrating Public Health into Land Use Decision-Making
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October 9, 2003Abstract:
Describes a project of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to integrate public health principles into land use planning....Read/download:
Integrating Public Health into Land Use Decision-Making, (PDF, 50 KB)