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Rachel's Democracy & Health News #843: Expanding the Movement
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February 23, 2006Abstract:
Health and Environmental Health: Expanding the Movement We "environmental health" activists could appeal to a larger segment of the public if we based our work on all three environments that determine human health: the natural, the built, and the social. Diane Wilson Released from Jail Diane...Read/download:
Rachel's Democracy & Health News #843: Expanding the Movement, (HTM, 96 KB)Rachel's Democracy & Health News #838: Pets and Children
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January 19, 2006Abstract:
Are Children Dogs Without Fur? The super-rich are using their tax breaks to buy their dogs bottled water, organically-grown beef, fake-mink beds, braces for their teeth, and Prozac for the nerves while "Increasing numbers of young American children are showing signs of serious malnourishment...Read/download:
Rachel's Democracy & Health News #838: Pets and Children, (HTM, 74 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)Alternatives to Quantitative Risk Assessment for Decision-Making (Draft 2)
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July 10, 2005Abstract:
Offers 7 criticisms of quantitative risk assessment and offers several alternative ways of gathering information for, and approaching, decisions affecting public health and the natural environment....Read/download:
Alternatives to Quantitative Risk Assessment for Decision-Making (Draft 2), (DOC, 55 KB)Fear of Speaking Out About Public Health Issues
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April 8, 2005Abstract:
Paper prepared for a conference of public health students, giving examples of public health professionals afraid to speak out, speculating why the "powers that be" might want to intimidate public health officials, and suggesting steps that young professionals could take to reduce the likelihood of b...Read/download:
Fear of Speaking Out About Public Health Issues, (DOC, 53 KB)Pew Environmental Health Commission Summer 1999 Update
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July 15, 1999Abstract:
Newsletter of the Pew Environmental Health Commission Summer 1999; contains the Commission's defintion of "enviromental health" and reveals survey data showing widespread support for efforts to improve public health....Read/download:
Pew Environmental Health Commission Summer 1999 Update, (PDF, 194 KB)NACCHO Resolution 00-07 Supporting Environmental Justice
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November 12, 2000Abstract:
Resolution 00-07 Supporting Environmental Justice adopted Nov. 12, 2000 by the National Association of County and City Health Officials...Read/download:
NACCHO Resolution 00-07 Supporting Environmental Justice, (TXT, 6 KB)The Evolution of Environmental Health from Antiquity to the Present
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October 1, 2003Abstract:
Vincent Lafronza, "The Evolution of Environmental Health from Antiquity to the Present," undated, published by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) at http://www.naccho.org/general34.cfm...Read/download:
The Evolution of Environmental Health from Antiquity to the Present, (PDF, 44 KB)NACCHO Resolution 99-13 to Support the Integration of Environmental Health and Public Health Practice
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November 7, 1999Abstract:
Resolution 99-13 to Support the Integration of Environmental Health and Public health Practice adopted Nov. 7, 1999 by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)...Read/download:
NACCHO Resolution 99-13 to Support the Integration of Environmental Health and Public Health Practice, (TXT, 1 KB)NACCHO Resolution 01-10 on Human Rights
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June 27, 2001Abstract:
Resolution 01-10 on Human Rights adopted June 27, 2001 by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)...Read/download:
NACCHO Resolution 01-10 on Human Rights, (TXT, 2 KB)