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Sustainable management slowly adapted in the Dutch social housing sector
Sustainable management has not occupied a major place in the social housing sector in The Netherlands. Cost is the primary reason for the slow implementation of sustainable building in daily practice. Large housing associations are more active than their smaller counterparts in sustainable management. The real threat to sustainable building,... view more... (2002-08-01)
Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance
Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. view more (2009-11-13)
Public support for environmental protection on the decline
Public support for environmental protection in the United States as a federal government priority has dropped substantially since 2001. view more (2006-01-19)
Tobacco Smoke and Alcohol Harm Liver Worse as Combo
Exposure to second-hand smoke and alcohol significantly raises the risk of liver disease, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). view more (2009-02-04)
Health care accounts for 8 percent of US carbon footprint
The American health care sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint. view more (2009-11-11)
Charles Clarke opens 'green, joined-up thinking' research centre
Secretary of State for Education, Charles Clarke MP, will visit the University of East Anglia (UEA) today (Thursday 4 September) to officially open the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research. The Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER), within UEA's internationally-acclaimed School of Environmental... view more... (2003-09-01)
U.S. needs nearly $200 million more on climate-related health research
A recent commentary suggests that the U.S. should spend roughly $197 million more than it currently does to research the impact of climate change on public health. view more (2009-09-28)
Coordination needed to support green-fingered youths
The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), found that many young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and felt they were being punished for being disruptive or naughty at school. view more (2009-08-13)
Cigarette use may explain asthma epidemic in children, says Mailman School of Public Health study
The rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century may explain the asthma epidemic in children according to a study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health. The study is published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). view more (2007-05-22)
Expert urges FDA to take action to reduce BPA exposure
In the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers report a significant relationship between urine concentrations of the environmental estrogen bisphenol A (BPA) and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and liver-enzyme abnormalities. view more (2008-09-17)
Drug used to treat skin conditions is a marine pollutant
Clotrimazole is a common ingredient in over-the-counter skin creams. Recent results from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, now show that it is associated with major environmental risks. view more (2009-03-24)
Firefighters face increased risk for certain cancers
University of Cincinnati (UC) environmental health researchers have determined that firefighters are significantly more likely to develop four different types of cancer than workers in other fields. view more (2006-11-10)
New insights into health and environmental effects of carbon nanoparticles
A new study raises the possibility that flies and other insects that encounter nanomaterial "hot spots," or spills, near manufacturing facilities in the future could pick up and transport nanoparticles on their bodies, transferring the particles to other flies or habitats in the environment. view more (2009-08-06)
Case links woman's death to environmental tobacco smoke, MSU prof says
A young asthmatic woman who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for her shift as a waitress at a bar may be the first reported death to be reported nationally from acute asthma associated with environmental tobacco smoke. view more (2008-02-11)
Pollution, everyday allergens, may be sources of laryngitis
Everyday exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, allergens, and air pollution may be the root of chronic cases of laryngitis, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL. view more (2008-09-22)
Study highlights burden of environment on child health in Europe (p 2032)
Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET are calling for urgent governmental action across Europe to tackle childhood disease and deaths associated with poor environmental conditions in Europe. The study-supported by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome Office-serves as the basis for the... view more... (2004-06-16)
A unique twin study on the increased cardiometabolic risk in obesity
Obesity and its many related health hazards have become a serious and growing problem worldwide. While environmental and lifestyle factors play a key role in the development of obesity, genetic variation may determine an individual's susceptibility to weight gain and to the rise of obesity-related health risks. view more (2007-02-14)
Mouse genome will help identify causes of environmental disease
Research on the DNA of 15 mouse strains commonly used in biomedical studies is expected to help scientists determine the genes related to susceptibility to environmental disease. view more (2007-07-30)
Yale journal identifies products that cause greatest environmental damage
Cutting-edge research identifying the types of products that cause the greatest environmental damage is the focus of a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology. view more (2006-10-26)
Airborne mold spores increase kids' risk for multiple allergies
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers say exposure to a certain group of fungal spores—abundant in the air that we breathe every day—can make young children more susceptible to developing multiple allergies later in life. view more (2006-06-14)
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