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Reversal Haunts Federal Health Agency
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | 30 minutes ago
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Earlier this month, a federal health agency backed away from its earlier findings that decades of explosive detonations by the Navy on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques posed no health hazards to residents. It was the second time this year that the...
Tags: toxic substances, substances agency, public health, health risk, Vieques, Congressional, superfund sites, Navy, health assessments, Charlotte, Environment, Health Medical Pharma, FEMA trailer, Vieques Puerto Rico, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States environmental law, Superfund, Social Issues, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Formaldehyde, Disaster Accident, Pollution
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Shanghai :: China | 6 days ago
Credibility Drywall from China linked to corrosion The federal government said it has found a "strong association" between imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, which supports complaints by thousands of homeowners in the last year...Consumer...
Tags: Consumer Product Safety Commission, hydrogen sulfide, metals corrosion, health problem, U.S, China, Shanghai, Chinese drywall controversy, Health, Drywall, Corrosion, Formaldehyde, Construction, Cook County Illinois, Will County Illinois, Credit history, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Google, Credit, Personal finance, Credit card, Business Finance, Passive fire protection, Strontium, Environment, Knauf, Disaster Accident, Occupational safety and health, Building biology, Pollutants, Sulfide
Funeral industry workers at greater leukemia risk
Bethesda :: MD :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Researchers at the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., who conducted the study, reached the conclusion after investigating the relation of mortality to work practices and formaldehyde exposure...
Tags: Bethesda, Leukemia, Epidemiology, Formaldehyde, Cancer, Embalming, Occupational safety and health, Death customs, Blood disorders, Health Medical Pharma, Human Interest, Hematology, Funeral director
Surgery postponed following chemical leak (Newstalk ZB)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 10 days ago
Credibility Some non-urgent surgery at Wellington Hospital has been postponed following a chemical leak today. A worker accidentally cut a chemical pipe this morning, causing a formalin leak in a staff area at the hospital's clinical services building. Spokesman...
Tags: Wellington Hospital, chemical leaking, clinical services, New Zealand, Auckland, Emergency department, Emergency medicine, Leak, Plumbing, Disaster Accident, Health Medical Pharma, New Zealand Press Association, Aldehydes, Formaldehyde, Occupational safety and health
This Purifier Removes TOXIC Chemicals From The Air...
It won the 2008 "Inventions" Award and it will soon be on the market... While other purifiers can remove odors, and allergens - the Andrea Air Purifier goes a step further and removes Benzene and Formaldehyde from the air... Using fans that move...
Tags: Andrea, Air Purifier, Benzene, Formaldehyde, Allergens, Odors
Allergic to Wal-Mart
So my mother decided to take me and my sister out grocery shopping. We did the usual health-food store sweep, then decided to go to Wal-Mart, where my sister was determined to find better prices for the things that she needed. Being the social...
Tags: walmart, economy, obesity, formaldehyde
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