Environmental Medicine

Health Highlights: July 6, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

6 Jul 2008

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Ex-worker on crusade against chemical plant (San Francisco Chronicle)

6 Jul 2008

It was the dead birds that set Rita Smith off. Her husband, Steve, had been ill for years, with oozing sores on his skin, shortness of breath and mental confusion. She suspected that it all was tied to a Mojave Desert chemical plant where they both had...

Lloyd Alter: A Field Guide to the New Enviromentalists (HuffingtonPost)

6 Jul 2008

The price and availability of fuel has taken over. Peak Oil, Peak Food, Peak Everything are immediate concerns, while the climate crisis is sometime in the future.