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1) LDDI's fall 2007 teleconference series. This seven-part teleconference series, entitled "Priming for Prevention", is based on the agenda of the conference, "Priming for Prevention: An Ecological Approach to Research, Education and Policy," that was to be held at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2007. Dial-in information will be sent to LDDI members in a separate email message before each teleconference. For more information on the background and context for this series as well as the full list of upcoming calls, links to call recordings and available materials for each call, please see the LDDI website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html Sponsors: 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 More Emerging Research Presenters:
Leading Learning and Developmental Disabilities Organizations: New Model Environmental Health Initiatives Presenters:
Innovative Approaches: What Do a Community-Based Researcher, an Environmental Design Analyst and a Chemist Have in Common? Presenters:
Updates and call materials are being posted on the LDDI website: http://www.iceh.org/LDDImeetings.html |
2) LDDI partners the National Association for the Dually Diagnosed and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, with others, are sponsoring the NADD 24th Annual Conference & Exhibit Show. Scheduled for October 24 - 26, 2007, at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown in Atlanta, Georgia, the conference will include presentations related to promotion of wellness, prevention of illness, common symptomology in physical and psychiatric disorders, environmental health, interdisciplinary collaboration, cross systems collaboration, Autism Spectrum Disorders and family issues, and skill building. The conference theme is "Physical & Mental Wellness: Promising Practices (ID/MH)." For more information, please visit http://www.thenadd.org/pages/conferences/24th/index.shtml or contact Conference Assistant Brenda Reuss: 800-331-5362 or breuss@thenadd.org
3) LDDI partner the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Environmental Health Initiative, with support from the John Merck Fund, will present a teleconference, "Environmental Health in School Settings" on Tuesday November 6, 2007, at 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. Stacey Gonzalez, coordinator of the Child Proofing our Communities Campaign at the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, will share with participants the health impacts posed to children from poor school-siting decisions, share some case studies from around the country of community groups that are fighting schools sited on toxic land, and share resources and ideas to help combat this problem. For more information, please see http://www.ehinitiative.org/Projects/tele_con.htm or contact Laura Abulafia, Laura@aaidd.org
4) Several chapters of LDDI partner the Learning Disabilities Association of America will hold their annual state conferences during October and November. Please see LDAA's calendar at http://www.ldaamerica.org/aboutld/calendar/index.asp or LDDI's searchable calendar at http://www.iceh.org/cgi-bin/searchevents.cgi for more information.
Thursday and Friday, October 25 - 26, 2007
San Francisco, California
at the Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin St
Our children, with or without medical needs, are faced with many challenges in this quickly changing and complex environment. Professionals who care for children and are involved in today's healthcare system will need to rely upon supportive, collaborative relationships for the purpose of healing the child. Integrative medicine is a holistic approach to this challenge. This is a multitrack integrative medicine program offered to all doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, clergy, complementary therapy practitioners, residents, students and others in health care training programs. The two-day program is designed for all those who care for children in therapeutic settings, and continuing medical education is available for physicians.
Price: see https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/CourseDetail.aspx?coursenumber=MMJ08004
Website: http://www.pangeaconference.com/
Contact: 415-476-5808 or info@pangeaconference.com
Friday October 26, 2007
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Yakima, Washington
Children's Village Community Room, 3801 Kern Road
Sponsor: Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility in collaboration with Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
This training is relevant to physicians, nurse practitioners, midwives, students and other health care professionals. It is also relevant as an educational tool for media, policymakers and laypersons concerned with links between toxic exposures, child development and health and public health. The training focuses on the relationship between environmental exposures and children's health. Four Hours of Category II CME continuing education credits will be offered through Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle.
Price: free
Contact: Nancy Dickeman, 206-354-2170 or nancyd@wpsr.org
Friday and Saturday, October 26 - 27, 2007
Hangzhou, China
Sponsor: Programme for Global Paediatric Research
PGPR's sixth symposium will be held in association with the Chinese Society of Pediatrics of the Chinese Medical Association. The sessions will focus on the effects of environmental pollution on foetal and child development. Particular emphasis will be placed on child health in developing countries. The symposium will be comprised of expert presentations providing an overview of the problems, issues and instances of work that is being done; oral presentations from selected abstracts on related issues; and structured panel discussions and open forums focused on determining research that is needed. Colleagues from throughout the world who are working in fields related to environmental pollutants and childhood development are invited to meet at this important symposium in order to examine the critical issues and establish clear plans for collaborative study. One of the goals of the symposium is to discern the next research steps that should be taken.
Price: see http://www.chinamed.com.cn/pgpr2007/content.asp?id=1111
Website: http://www.chinamed.com.cn/pgpr2007/content.asp
Contact: Yongzan Zhu, Chinese Medical Association, zhuyz@cma.org.cn
Friday through Monday, October 26 - 29, 2007
Beijing, China
Sponsor: the Pacific Basic Consortium for Environmental and Health Sciences
The primary objectives of the conference are to (1) present research related to characterization and sources of environmental pollutants, human exposure to pollutants, and the health effects of exposure; (2) describe the latest advances in reducing the generation of hazardous chemical pollutants, methods for destroying or capturing them, and technology for the remediation of contaminated soils, hazardous wastes and contaminated groundwater; (3) promote an understanding of the role of greenhouse gas emissions in causing climate change and periodic catastrophic events, methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with consideration of the health effects of global warming; (4) increase interdisciplinary and international cooperation in understanding and addressing threats to human and environmental health in the region, with a special emphasis on ensuring that lessons learned in the development process by industrialized countries are passed on to countries currently in the midst of rapid industrialization; (5) situate discussion of reducing risks to human and environmental health within a larger context which addresses issues of equity, poverty, development and sustainability; (6) encourage student participation in interdisciplinary sciences that contribute to the protection of health and the environment; and (7) offer training opportunities in areas related to protection of health and the environment to professionals in developing nations of the Pacific Basin.
Price: see http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/registration.html
Website: http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/2007ConferenceHome.html
Monday through Wednesday, October 29 - 31, 2007
Oakland, California
at the Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway
Sponsor: Preconception Care Council of California, March of Dimes California Chapter, California Department of Health Services, Sutter Health, University of California Berkeley, the Los Angeles Preconception Care Project and Alameda County Healthy Start program, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC Preconception Care Initiative Steering Committee
The content of this conference will build upon the work of the CDC and the Select Panel on Preconception Care, as well as the experience from the Preconception Care Council of California and the First National Summit on Preconception Care. There is widespread interest in and action toward implementation of the national recommendations for improving preconception health and health care. Key topics will include 1) strategies and tools for integrating preconception care into clinical practice; 2) promising practices from local public health departments and community-based organizations for integrating preconception health into public health systems; 3) research on preconception health promotion and education; 4) approaches for reaching underserved and hard-to-reach women of reproductive age; 5) state-level approaches for integrating preconception health into Title V MCH, family planning, WIC and other public health services and systems; 6) Medicaid and other public and private finance strategies to support and sustain preconception health and health care; and 7) strategies and tools for outreach to consumers on preconception health.
Price: $250 from September 15 - October 15, 2007. There will be no on-site registration.
Website: http://www.marchofdimes.com/california/4947_24789.asp
Contact: 415-788-2202 or CA608@marchofdimes.com
Tuesday October 30, 2007
4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
North Babylon, New York
at the North Babylon High School Auditorium, 1 Phelps Lane
Sponsor: Healthy Schools Network and others
Come hear, learn and contribute to a community forum about Greening our Schools for healthy children. Learn what you do to help your school save energy and be Healthy and Green. Learn about the Healthy and High Performance School to ensure a healthy learning environment for children, teachers and all school personnel. Please RSVP to the contact person listed below.
Price: unknown
Website: http://www.healthyschools.org/GreeningSchoolsHealthDate.pdf
Contact: Jennifer Sentar, 212-482-0204 or info@healthyschools.org
Wednesday through Friday, October 31 - November 2, 2007
Calgary, Alberta Canada
at the Telus Convention Centre
Sponsor: Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta
To ensure a high quality conference, we invite local, national, and international experts to discuss their innovative research, expertise, and strategies in the field of learning disabilities/ADHD. Keynote speakers this year are Dr. Mel Levine, Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, and Mr. Henry Winkler.
Price: $350; $200 for students
Website: http://www.ldaa.ca/conference.htm
Contact: 780-448-0360 or info@ldaa.ca
Friday through Monday, November 2 - 5, 2007
Beijing, China
at Peking University
Sponsor: Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment & Health Sciences
A major focus of this conference is to address issues related to the threats to human health from exposure to environmental pollutants in the Pacific Region, including how to reduce the production of such pollutants and remove or destroy them when they are produced. Specifically, the conference will explore how to monitor levels of exposure in human populations and how to evaluate the health consequences of these exposures. The conference will disseminate scientific information and analysis supporting the management of regional environmental problems, including exposure to metals such as mercury, arsenic, fluoride and lead; organic compounds such as persistent pesticides, PCBs and dioxins; and new toxic threats from e-waste, brominated flame retardants and perfluorinated surfactants. Participants will explore the relationships between air quality and asthma, between environmental contamination and breast cancer, and between mercury and neurobehavioral problems and present information on new technologies for hazardous substance remediation. Related conference sessions will involve participants with primary interests in toxicology, ecology, engineering and management of hazardous wastes. The conference will also include a poster session in which attendees from the region can present their results on issues ranging from environmental and ecosystem health and hazardous waste management and policy to climate change and disaster preparedness. A full half-day e-conference will be devoted to a workshop which deals with legislation and policies surrounding this issue.
Price: see http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/registration.html
Website: http://pbc.eastwestcenter.org/2007ConferenceHome.html
Contact: Jill Holdren, 808 944-7437 or pbc@eastwestcenter.org
Saturday through Wednesday, November 3 - 7, 2007
Washington, DC
at the Washington Convention Center
Sponsor: American Public Health Association
The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists and related health specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. The APHA Annual Meeting theme "Politics, Policy and Public Health" will explore the critical interactions between the political process and public health policy process, as tools to ensure the public's health.
Price: see http://www.apha.org/meetings/registration/reg_fees.htm
Website: http://www.apha.org/meetings/
Contact: see http://www.apha.org/meetings/contact/
Thursday and Friday, November 8 - 9, 2007
New York, New York
at Lighthouse International, 111 East 59th Street, between Lexington and Park Avenues
Sponsor: Birch Family Services
Honoree and keynote speaker will be Dr. Gary Mesibov, director of Division TEACCH and professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The conference will also feature Stephen Shore, Dr. Valerie Paradiz and Mary E. Van Bourgondien, PhD.
Price: before 10/1/07: $135 for professionals and $95 for parents or full-time students
Website: http://www.birchfamilyservices.org/
Contact: Tanya Santiago, 212-616-1858 or tanya.santiago@birchfamilyservices.org
Friday through Sunday, November 9 - 11, 2007
Tysons Corner, Virginia
at the Hilton McLean
Sponsor: Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental & Learning Disorders
The conference theme is "Critical Factors for Optimal Outcomes for Children with Autism and Special Needs." The conference is organized around plenary panels that bring together renowned speakers presenting the latest information on Autism Spectrum Disorders, including early identification and intervention, understanding and treating anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and attentional problems, and improving educational outcomes.
Price: see https://www.icdl.com/conference/
Website: http://www.icdl.com/staging/conferences/conferences/2007/index.shtml
Contact: 301-656-2667 or info@icdl.com
Sunday through Wednesday, November 11 - 14, 2007
San Antonio, Texas
at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk
The conference theme is "Environmental Etiologies of Neurological Disorders."
Price: see http://www.neurotoxicology.com/conf2007/registration.pdf
Website: http://www.neurotoxicology.com/conf2007/conference.htm
Contact: Dr. Joan Cranmer, Conference Chair, 501-364-2986 or CranmerJoanM@uams.edu
Sunday through Wednesday, November 11 - 14, 2007
Charlotte, North Carolina
at the Westin Charlotte
Sponsor: American College of Toxicology
Conference offerings include a wide variety of presentations, posters and continuing education courses.
Price: see http://www.actox.org/attmtg/28th/28ProgWeb.pdf
Website: http://www.actox.org/
Contact: Secretariat, American College of Toxicology, 301-634-7840 or ekagan@actox.org
Sunday through Thursday, November 11 - 15, 2007
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
at the Midwest Airline Center
Sponsor: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
The meeting theme is Urban Environmental Issues: Impacts on Ecological Systems. Tentative sessions will be in topics including biological contamination, ecotoxicology, environmental policy and management, human and ecological epidemiological integration, human health risk assessment, and life cycle assessment.
Price: see http://milwaukee.setac.org/registration/register.asp
Website: http://milwaukee.setac.org/home.asp
Tuesday November 14, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Sponsor: US Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, EPA Office of Research and Development and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry/National Center for Environmental Health/Centers for Disease Control
Check the website below for information.
Price: unknown
Website: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/events/#nov1407
Contact: Kara Belle, 404-562-8322
Online Calendar. Upcoming events extending more than one month in the future are listed in a searchable calendar: http://www.iceh.org/cgi-bin/searchevents.cgi
Most of the articles below come from Environmental Health News, http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
Homes turned into toxic zones. With more than 80,000 chemicals present worldwide, in everything from children's toys to furniture, and more than 1000 new chemical compounds introduced each year, individually assessing chemicals is no longer feasible. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 23 October 2007.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/homes-turned-into-toxic-zones/2007/10/22/1192940982112.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Tests reveal high chemical levels in kids' bodies. Most Americans haven't heard of body burden testing, but it's a hot topic among environmentalists and public health experts who warn that the industrial chemicals we come into contact with every day are accumulating in our bodies and endangering our health in ways we have yet to understand. CNN, 23 October 2007.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/22/body.burden/index.html
Earlier puberty raises health concerns. These days, girls get their first periods a few months earlier than girls did 40 years ago. And their breasts develop a year or two earlier, as well. What does that mean? Olympia Olympian, Washington, 23 October 2007.
http://www.theolympian.com/living/story/249983.html
U.S. agency says lead content tests worthless. Worried parents trying to get the lead out of their children's toy boxes have been taking matters into their own hands and buying home test kits. The problem, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, is test kits commonly available are not reliable. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pennsylvania, 23 October 2007.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07296/827687-28.stm
For our small fry the hazards are so much greater. Their tiny bodies work against them, absorbing more poison than adults do through a combination of increased exposure and decreased capacity to metabolise the pollutants. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, 22 October 2007.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/for-our-small-fry-the-hazards-are-so-much-greater/2007/10/21/1192940905067.html
Weighing toxic torts. Judges in toxic tort (personal injury) lawsuits don't always know how to weigh scientific evidence and sometimes fail to admit valid data, according to the author of a new book. Chemical & Engineering News, 20 October 2007.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/books/85/8542books.html
Union launches lead-testing drive. Outraged by the discovery and the millions of toys made in China that were recalled in the past few months, Anderson joined a nationwide United Steelworkers initiative designed to teach people how to test for lead and try to bring back home some lost manufacturing jobs. Erie Times-News, Pennsylvania, 20 October 2007.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071020/NEWS06/710200363/-1/NEWS
The smoking scourge among urban blacks. Even as antismoking campaigns have sharply reduced tobacco use in society at large, smoking has remained far more common among the poor of all races. New York Times, 20 October 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/health/20tobacco.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Harbor seals may help determine effect on humans of eating toxic fish. Harbor seals in San Francisco Bay are so contaminated with chemicals such as flame retardants and the pesticide DDT that scientists are studying whether the pollutants hurt the pups' chances of survival, data that can add to knowledge about the contaminants' effects on humans. San Francisco Chronicle, California, 19 October 2007.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/19/MN11SRS7D.DTL
Dioxin pollution leads to more baby girls: study. More girls than boys are born in some Canadian communities because airborne pollutants called dioxins can alter normal sex ratios, even if the source of the pollution is many kilometers away, researchers say. Reuters, 19 October 2007.
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-10-18T200543Z_01_N18363845_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-DIOXINS-COL.XML
School Health Policies and Programs Study released. Today CDC released the data from the 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS), a national survey conducted periodically to assess school health policies and programs at the State, district, school and classroom levels. SHPPS 2006 is a comprehensive nationally representative survey of states, school districts and schools on a wide range of school health issues. Comprehensive results from SHPPS 2006 are published in the Journal of School Health, Volume 77, Number 8, October 2007, are available free from the American School Health Association at the website listed here.
http://www.ashaweb.org/journal_schoolhealth.html#shpps
Toxic mercury comes from coal, and wildfire too. Mercury is a neurological poison that people can be exposed to when they eat fish from contaminated waters -- and contaminated water is everywhere, since mercury -- like acid rain -- falls from the sky in tiny quantities in each rainstorm. The Daily Green, 18 October 2007.
http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/10/18/toxic-mercury-comes-from-coal-and-wildfire-too/7911/
Green your Halloween without scary toxins. Toxic vinyl is the fabric of the month. Besides being eerily polluting to manufacture, vinyl, aka PVC, is often stabilized with lead or cadmium, and the pliable type has hormone-disrupting, liver-damaging phthalates. Now Toronto, Canada, 18 October 2007.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-10-18/goods_ecoholic.php
North America toxic waste levels drop: report. Canada and the United States are gradually cutting back their industrial toxic waste streams, says the NAFTA environmental agency -- thanks mainly to the good work of big, multinational industries. CanWest News, Canada, 18 October 2007.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/going_green/story.html?id=f0ded8c0-5d6b-4635-ba57-ce99dad598a3&k=23254
Concerns raised over use of chemicals in medical devices. Exposure to 'phthalates', a chemical component contained in some PVC-made medical devices, harms patients' health, an EU scientific committee concluded in a study. Euractiv, Belgium, 17 October 2007.
http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/concerns-raised-use-chemicals-medical-devices/article-167647
Bugs in the rules. A strict reading of state pesticide safety rules no doubt is why a state administrative law judge says that Ag-Mart, the giant farm produce company, shouldn't be fined for 352 alleged rules violations. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina, 17 October 2007.
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/739427.html
Environmentalists target iPhone for lawsuit. Environmentalist lawyers are threatening to sue Apple in 60 days if the iconic US company doesn't make iPhones greener or warn buyers of toxins in the devices. Associated Press, 17 October 2007.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Environmentalists-target-iPhone-for-lawsuit/2007/10/17/1192300780500.html
Who lives next door to your waste? Have you ever wondered what it must be like to live next to other people's trash? Do you ever stop to think, when you put out your garbage, if maybe you are contributing to injustice in Nova Scotia? Halifax Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia, 16 October 2007.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/966220.html
No criminal charges over Teflon chemical. The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to bring criminal charges against the DuPont Co. for its handling of a chemical used to make Teflon cookware and coatings for thousands of other products. Wilmington News Journal, Delaware, 16 October 2007.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/BUSINESS/710160337/1003
A nationwide toxic toy ban likely to follow state lead. One day after California became the first state to ban toys containing phthalates, supporters of the measure announced plans Monday to help at least nine other states -- and perhaps even Congress -- enact similar laws. San Francisco Chronicle, California, 16 October 2007.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/16/MNT0SQDJV.DTL
Web site aims to help parents detect early signs of autism. What's so unusual about a baby fascinated with spinning a cup, or a toddler flapping his hands, or a preschooler walking on her toes? Associated Press, 16 October 2007.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/14/AR2007101401279.html
U.S. agencies stick to pregnancy fish-eating limits. The U.S. government said on Monday it was holding firm to its recommendations that pregnant and breast-feeding women limit how much fish and other seafood they eat and avoid certain types with high levels of mercury. Reuters, 16 October 2007.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1534732620071015?sp=true
Clear smoking link to cot death. Almost nine out of ten mothers who lose a baby to cot death smoked while pregnant, say researchers. BBC, United Kingdom, 16 October 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7045230.stm
J.C. Penney, other firms recall 90,000 toys. More than 90,000 children's products, most imported by J.C. Penney Co. Inc., were recalled Thursday for containing dangerous levels of lead, a government safety group announced. Associated Press, 12 October 2007.
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071012/BIZ/710120355/1005
An ugly discovery: Lead in lipsticks a concern. Here's one more thing to worry about: lead in lipstick. More than half of 33 top-brand lipsticks recently tested contained detectable levels of lead. Houston Chronicle, Texas, 12 October 2007.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5207412.html
Toxics release inventory rule assailed. Many facilities that now can provide less information about their chemical releases due to a recent EPA rule are located in minority and low-income communities, triggering environmental justice concerns. Chemical & Engineering News, 11 October 2007.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/85/i42/8542news5.html
Forget about lighting up with children in the car. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed legislation banning smoking in vehicles carrying children but vetoed a bill that would have required 6- and 7-year-olds to be secured in back-seat booster seats. Sacramento Bee, California, 11 October 2007.
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/426453.html
Lead found in toys and backpacks in stores. A Curious George doll bought at Toys "R" Us was found to be tainted with 10 times the legally-allowed lead level, and vinyl lunch boxes and backpacks also had high amounts of lead, the nonprofit group Center for Environmental Health said on Wednesday. Reuters, 11 October 2007.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1023090320071010
Breathing easier. Air-pollution reductions that American Electric Power must make at 16 of its coal-fired power plants will save $32 billion a year in health costs, the federal government estimates. Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, 10 October 2007.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/10/10/aep.ART_ART_10-10-07_A1_IM853O6.html?sid=101
Environmental literacy: Knowledge for a healthier public. Programs are being implemented to help people of all ages more fully understand how everyday decisions affect the environment and how people’s surroundings in turn affect their health. Environmental Health Perspectives, October 2007.
http://www.ehponline.org:80/docs/2007/115-10/focus-abs.html