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Think They'll A-Peel? Latin American banana farmers sue U.S. companies over pesticides		11 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Think They'll A-Peel? Latin American banana farmers sue U.S. companies over pesticides A pesticide designed to eradicate worms from Latin American banana trees may have had a detrimental effect on workers' ... oh, how to put it ... bananas. At least 5,000 agricultural laborers from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama have filed five lawsuits in the U.S., claiming that exposure to th ...
Topics: agriculture, health, industrial ag, litigation, news (all these topics)

Who Needs Aspirin? Study finds organic tomatoes contain more heart-healthy antioxidants		06 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Who Needs Aspirin? Study finds organic tomatoes contain more heart-healthy antioxidants Could organic fruits and veggies be better for you? A study of samples collected over 10 years found that organic tomatoes contained far higher levels of flavonoids -- antioxidants that reduce high blood pressure and have also been linked with reduced rates of some cancers and dementia -- than conven ...
Topics: agriculture, food, health, news, organic food, scientific research (all these topics)

Ka-Boom On fireworks	Umbra Fisk	02 Jul 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Our family has always lit a fair amount of fireworks for our 4th of July celebration. I would like to encourage my family and friends to find other ways to celebrate due to the CO2 emissions that will result. However, I don't really know how much carbon is emitted. I already have to deal with the fact that many in my family are not taking climate change seriously, so I want to be knowledgeable when I state my case. Donna Elk Grove, Cali ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, green living, health (all these topics)

Another great benefit of global warming Especially for dermatologists	Andrew Dessler	27 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, health (all these topics)

Spit on Polish Community advocates focus on dangers of nail salons		27 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Spit on Polish Community advocates focus on dangers of nail salons They say a rising tide lifts all boats, and the rising tide of eco-awareness is now lifting ... nail salons. The fume-filled shops are getting attention from groups eager to expose their health risks, which can include cancer and birth defects. The U.S. EPA has given two Seattle-area nonprofits a $100,000 grant for a three-year "Toxic Beau ...
Topics: green living, health, news, Seattle, toxics (all these topics)

Johnson Stiffens Smog Rules Current U.S. ground-level ozone standard deemed insufficient		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Johnson Stiffens Smog Rules Current U.S. ground-level ozone standard deemed insufficient Smoggy air could get cleaner if a new U.S. EPA standard passes muster. Agency head Stephen Johnson has proposed lowering the allowable amount of ground-level ozone from 80 to 84 parts per billion to 70 to 75 ppb, since "the current standard is insufficient to protect public health." But the agency will hold a 9 ...
Topics: air pollution, health, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Don't Drink the Water and Don't Breathe the Air Feds misled Manhattan residents about post-9/11 health effects, says report		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Don't Drink the Water and Don't Breathe the Air Feds misled Manhattan residents about post-9/11 health effects, says report The U.S. government misled New Yorkers about residential asbestos levels after 9/11, says, um, the U.S. government. In a report released this week, the Government Accountability Office takes issue with the U.S. EPA's claims that only a "very small" number of indoor air sampl ...
Topics: health, Hillary Clinton, New York, news, toxics (all these topics)

Drugs busted Communities taking action for clean water	Erik Hoffner	22 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: green living, health, toxics, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Pun in the sun EWG takes a look at how sunscreens stack up	Kate Sheppard	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: green living, green products, health, toxics (all these topics)

OK, We're Moving to Iceland World Health Organization ranks countries' environmental health		14 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
OK, We're Moving to Iceland World Health Organization ranks countries' environmental health To those who think environmentalism is all about prioritizing starfish over humans, read on: Cleaning up the globe's air and water could save 13 million lives every year, according to the World Health Organization. Yesterday, WHO released a country-by-country analysis of health issues in 192 nations ...
Topics: air pollution, health, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics)

Tim Lambert ...	David Roberts	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: books, environmental movement, health, toxics (all these topics)

Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Pesticide-Free Garden Pesticide exposure increases risk of Parkinson's disease, study says		01 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Pesticide-Free Garden Pesticide exposure increases risk of Parkinson's disease, study says A new study from researchers at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland concludes that pesticide exposure increases the risk of getting Parkinson's disease, a degenerative condition affecting the nervous system. Patients from five European countries participated in the study, published in the Journal ...
Topics: agriculture, health, news, toxics (all these topics)

The Beak In Review West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study		18 May 2007	Daily Grist
The Beak In Review West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study The West Nile virus soldiers on, declares a report published yesterday in Nature. Eight years after the virus left the West Nile and made its way to the U.S. Northeast, chickadee populations in the region have dropped 53 percent, while Eastern bluebird populations have been diminished by 44 percent. American crows have been hit the harde ...
Topics: green living, health, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Not On My Botch -- Uh, Watch Katrina refugees say FEMA trailers making them sick		17 May 2007	Daily Grist
Not On My Botch -- Uh, Watch Katrina refugees say FEMA trailers making them sick As states in the Southeastern U.S. brace for this year's hurricane season, new Federal Emergency Management Agency head David Paulison has a promise: "You won't see what happened with Katrina happen again in this country.'' Paulison assured a crowd of emergency responders in Florida that the &q ...
Topics: climate, environmental justice, green living, health, news, severe weather (all these topics)

Trouble With a Capital B Chemicals play a big role in breast-cancer cases, says report		15 May 2007	Daily Grist
Trouble With a Capital B Chemicals play a big role in breast-cancer cases, says report You know how Tammy Wynette said sometimes it's hard to be a woman? Well, it just got harder: a new report finds a potential link between breast cancer and 216 chemicals, including 35 common air pollutants and 73 food or consumer-product ingredients. Racking up evidence from hundreds of existing lab tests, researchers concluded that en ...
Topics: green living, health, news, toxics (all these topics)

Care and feeding at 35,000 feet When is pizza not a turkey sandwich?	Carl Flatow	15 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, green living, health, travel (all these topics)

Fat rats may be evidence that we're all doomed Are our standards for exposure to toxics all wrong?	Kate Sheppard	12 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: green living, health, toxics (all these topics)

The denialist deck of cards A video you simply must see	David Roberts	11 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, green living, health, lying liars (all these topics)

Oxy Frontin Indigenous tribe sues oil company over pollution in Peru		11 May 2007	Daily Grist
Oxy Frontin Indigenous tribe sues oil company over pollution in Peru A group of indigenous tribe members from Peru has filed suit against Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum in a U.S. court, claiming that the company's operations in the Amazon from 1975 to 1999 contaminated their food and water supplies, hurt their health, and led to the death of a child. The company -- known as Oxy to friends and foes alike -- & ...
Topics: Big Oil, business, health, news, Peru (all these topics)

Speaking of fake 'butter' and industrial corn ... Orville Redenbacher must be stopped	Tom Philpott	11 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, green living, health, insanity (all these topics)

Good As Gold -- No, Better Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine, activists for indigenous health in Suriname, answer readers' questions		11 May 2007	InterActivist
Could you say more about the indigenous people of Suriname with whom you have been working so closely? How many different groups or ethnicities are there? In what kinds of environments do they live? How do they relate to the plants and animals of their environment, which are as threatened as they are by the toxic pollution caused by the mining operations? ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview, mining, Suriname (all these topics)

Just because it's awesome	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, green living, health (all these topics)

Bien Suriname Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine, activists for indigenous health in Suriname, answer Grist's questions		07 May 2007	InterActivist
Dan Peplow and Sarah Augustine. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? We are co-directors of the Suriname Indigenous Health Fund. What does your organization do? Our organization supplies technology and support to indigenous communities that are impacted by gold mining. The communities we work with live in the rainforest deep in the interior of Surina ...
Topics: health, InterActivist, interview, mining, Suriname (all these topics)

I Believe the Children Are Our Lab Rats Pesticides could make kids dumb, diesel emissions make them sick		07 May 2007	Daily Grist
I Believe the Children Are Our Lab Rats Pesticides could make kids dumb, diesel emissions make them sick You know how we say we shouldn't wreck the planet for "future generations"? Turns out we're wrecking them too! A study from Indiana University says children conceived in the summer score lower on tests in school, and suggests that in-womb pesticide exposure may be to blame. "To recognize that what w ...
Topics: green living, health, news, parenting (all these topics)

Pollan continues to fail to ever write anything less than awesome The new NYT piece does not disappoint	David Roberts	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: food, green living, health, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

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