Environmental Health

Local briefs (The Journal News)

17 May 2008

The Putnam legislature's Health, Social, Educational & Environmental Committee has approved a resolution that would give unmarried residents the opportunity to enroll in a domestic partner registry.

Health officials confirm three whooping cough cases in Oconee public schools (Anderson Independent-Mail)

17 May 2008

Health department, Oconee officials notify students, parents

New Study Links Fate Of Personal Care Products To Environmental Pollution And Human Health Concerns (Science Daily)

16 May 2008

People's concern in maintaining germ-free homes has led to the widespread use of anti-bacterial soaps and cleaning agents. But the active ingredients of those antiseptic soaps have come under scrutiny due to environmental and human health concerns. Now, researchers have shown that antimicrobial ingredients used a half a century ago persist today in estuarine sediments into which New York City ...