Environmental Health
Articles and slide shows covering an array of topics in environmental health.
Slide Shows:
*Environmental Degradation and Social Injustice
Slide show covering causes and consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice – the most comprehensive slide show on the phsj website
*Environmental Degradation and Social Injustice – short version
Short version of above slide show covering causes and consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice
Environmental toxins
Slide show on environmental toxins
*General Electric – New York-Presbyterian Alliance: A Critique
Slide show re troubling agreement between corporate polluter and human rights-abusing company and large hospital system, with an historical and contemporary overview of General Electric’s activities antithetical to human and environmental health and human rights
Housing and Health.ppt
Slide show on housing and health – by Koreishi and Wickham
*Minimata Disease and the Photography of W Eugene Smith
Slide show on Minimata Disease, mercury toxicity, W Eugene Smith’s photography, and famous photographs relevant to public health and social justice
Pseudoscience, Greenwash and Scientific Ignorance
Overview of pseudoscience, corporate greenwash, and the extent of scientific ignorance in the U.S., with suggestions for action
*Public Health, Environmental Health, and Activism
Slide show on the relationship between public health and environmental health and the role of activism
*Symbols of Love – Flowers, Diamonds, Gold
Slide show on adverse health and environmental consequences of flowers, gold, and diamonds
Articles:
Air Pollution and Asthma – Oregonian op ed 8-11
Op-ed covering link between air pollution and asthma in Oregon, with call for EPA and state action
*Bottled Water: Health and Environmental Risks – Portland Tribune
Letter re costs and health and environmental risks of bottled water
Breast cancer awareness week, cosmetics, solicitation, and pinkwashing
Comments for Spirit of 1848 listserv, October, 2011
Climate change – overview and solutions – Thomasson
Handout on climate change – by Catherine Thomasson
Coal Power Plant, PGE, Boardman, OR – Background
Background re PGE’s Boardman, OR Coal Plant from the Sierra Club, 6-10
Coal Power Plant, PGE, Boardman, OR – Talking Points
Talking points for Public Utilities Commission re closing PGE’s Boardman, OR Coal Plant, 6-10
Coal Power Plant, PGE, Boardman, OR – Testimony for PUC
Testimony for Public Utilities Commission re closing PGE’s Boardman, OR Coal Plant, 6-10.
*Combating corporate control of public health – Z Magazine
Article examining corporate control of public health, education, the media, legislators, etc., including examples and solutions
Corporate Front Groups & Abuse of Science – Z Mag
Article describing corporate front groups and the abuse of science, focusing on ACSH
*Corporate Front Groups and Abuse of Science – Z Mag – with background and references
Article describing corporate front groups and abuse of science, focusing on ACSH, with background and references
destruction of smallpox stores
Call for destruction of smallpox virus stores from AJPH
ELCAP-Vector-Cornell COI bioethics listserv posts 4-08
Posts to bioethics listserv re conflict of interest disclosures relevant to ELCAP study re CT screening for lung cancer
*Environmental Degradation and Social Injustice – Soc Sci Med
Article on health consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice
EPA Library Closures LO Review 5-07 with Update 9-08.doc
Editorial re EPA library closures by Bush administration
EPA Library Closures Oregonian 12-06 with Update 9-08.doc
Editorial re EPA library closures by Bush administration
*GE Healthcare – Most Admired Company or Foe of Public Health – Social Medicine
Article written with Claire Robinson on the history and current activities of GE and GE Healthcare, from Social Medicine
GE – NY Presbyterian Hospital Agreement – Synthesis Regeneration
Article discussing troubling arrangement between corporate polluter and human rights-abusing company and large hospital system (earlier version of above article)
Global Warming & Health PSR Brochure.pdf
PSR brochure re global warming
Global Warming I Medscape.doc
Part I of two-part article on global warming
Global Warming II Medscape.doc
Part II of two-part article on global warming
*Global Warming – World Affairs Journal
Complete article on global warming from Medscape (updated)
Hair and Nail Salon Health Risks:
See http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/croet/emerging-issues-and-alerts.cfm for articles, health alerts, and presentations related to health risks of hair and nail salons, courtesy of OHSU’s Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology
*Health professionals, environmental degradation, and social injustice: education and activism – Monash Bioethics Review
Article on the roles and responsibilities of health professionals in confronting the health consequences of environmental degradation and social injustice: education and activism
*Indoor air pollution from biomass cooking stoves – Medscape.doc
Article on health effects of indoor air pollution from biomass cooking stoves
lead & intellectual impairment – NEJM lte.doc
Letter re lead and intellectual impairment
lead & renal dz – NEJM lte.doc
Letter re lead and renal disease in developing world
Mercury EPA – Oregonian lte.doc
Editorial re EPA position on mercury exposure
OR phthalates bill testimony fu ltr 4-07.doc
Follow-up letter re testimony before Oregon legislature on bills to eliminate phthalates in children’s toys
OR Phthalates bill testimony 4-07.doc
Letter re testimony before Oregon legislature on proposed bill to eliminate phthalates in children’s toys
OR phthalates cosmetics bill testimony 5-07.doc
Testimony re proposed Oregon state measure to outlaw phthalates in cosmetics
Nestle and privatization of Columbia River Gorge water op-ed
Op-ed with Julia DeGraw of Food and Water Watch opposing privatization by Nestle of Columbia River Gorge water, December, 2010
PDBEs-flame retardants fact sheet-psr.doc
PSR fact sheet re health risks of PDBEs (flame retardants)
*Precautionary Principle.doc
Brief description of the precautionary principle
Public Health Effects of Global Warming in Oregon – Thomasson
Handout on public health consequences of global warming for Oregon – by Catherine Thomasson
Review of Third Chimpanzee – Am J Med.doc
Review of Jared Diamond’s The Third Chimpanzee
*shark cartilage – Ann Int Med lte 4-07.doc
Letter re use of shark cartilage for arthritis and effects on shark species
shark cartilage – JAMA lte.doc
Letter re use of shark cartilage for arthritis and effects on shark species
sierra mag nader ltr.doc
Letter criticizing Sierra Club for failing to support presidential candidacy of Ralph Nader
State Agencies and Bottled Water
Op-ed arguing using tap water will save money, reorder priorities for Oregon’s state legislature – with Barbara Willer
External Links:
African American Environmentalist Association: http://www.aaenvironment.com/
Allergykids.com: http://www.allergykids.com/
Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry: http://coeh.berkeley.edu/greenchemistry/
Beyond Pesticides: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/
Breast Cancer Action: http://bcaction.org/
Business-Managed Democracy (Environment Page): http://www.herinst.org/BusinessManagedDemocracy/environment/index.html
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: http://www.cape.ca/
Cancer Prevention Coalition: http://www.preventcancer.com/
Carbon counter – Fight Climate Change: http://www.carboncounter.org/
Catalog Choice – Eliminate Unwanted Catalogs: http://www.catalogchoice.org
Cell phone recycling: http://www.rbrc.org/call2recycle/
Center for Critical Environmental Global Literacy:http://www.ccegl.org/
Center for Earth Leadership: http://earthleaders.org/
Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School: http://chge.med.harvard.edu/
Center for Health, Environment, and Justice: http://chej.org/
Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), OHSU: http://wwwcroetweb.com
CGH Environmental Strategies: http://www.cghenvironmental.com/
Change.org Environment Page: http://environment.change.org/
Climate Hot Map (from Union of Concerned Scientists): http://www.climatehotmap.org/
Collaborative on Health and the Environment: http://database.healthandenvironment.org/
Consortium for Conservation Medicine: http://www.conservationmedicine.org/
Container Recycling Institute: http://container-recycling.org/
Convention on Biological Diversity: http://www.cbd.int/convention/default.shtml
Cornucopia Institute: http://cornucopia.org/pasture/index.php
Culture Odyssey: http://cultureodyssey.com/
Cumulative Impacts Project: http://www.cumulativeimpacts.org/
Doctors for the Environment Australia: http://www.dea.org.au/node
Doctors and Scientists for Sustainability and Social Justice: http://www.d3sj.org/index.html
E Magazine: http://www.emagazine.com/index.php
E Magazine Directory of Products and Services: http://www.emagazine.com/directory/viewlink.php
Earthjustice: http://www.earthjustice.org/
Earthworks: http://www.mineralpolicy.org/
Earth Institute Columbia University: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sections/view/9
Earth Island Institute and Journal: http://www.earthisland.org/
Earth Science Literary Initiative: http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/index.html
Ecologist: http://www.theecologist.org/home.asp
EHP Environmental Health Perspectives: http://www.ehponline.org/
EHP (Environmental Health Perspectives) Science Education Program: http://www.ehponline.org/science-ed-new/
Environmental Health (APHA): http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/default.htm?id=1379
Environmental News Network: http://www.enn.com/
Environmental Working Group: http://www.ewg.org/
EPA Superfund Site: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/
Fair Trade Certified: http://www.transfairusa.org/content/WhereToBuy/
Focus the Nation (Global Warming Initiative): http://www.focusthenation.org/main.php
Food and Water Watch: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/
Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org/
Global Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org/
Global Footprint Network: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/gfn_sub.php?content=footprint_overview
Global Health, University of Arizona: http://www.globalhealth.arizona.edu
Global Health Education Consortium: http://www.globalhealth-ec.org/
Global Stewards: http://www.globalstewards.org/index.htm
Green Health Center, University of Nebraska: http://www.unmc.edu/green/index.htm
Greenhouse gas emissions map for U.S. (EPA): http://ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do
Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/
Green Charter Schools: http://www.greencharterschools.org
H2O Conserve: http://www.h2oconserve.org
Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health and the Environment: http://chge.med.harvard.edu/
Health Care Without Harm: http://www.noharm.org/
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment: http://www.h2e-online.org/
Humane Society of the US: http://www.hsus.org/index.html
Institute for Social Ecology: http://www.social-ecology.org/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/
International Society of Doctors for the Environment: http://www.isde.org/
Keep Antibiotics Working: http://www.keepantibioticsworking.com/new/index.cfm
Military Toxics Project: http://www.miltoxproj.org/
National Environmental Health Association: http://www.neha.org/index.shtml
Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/
Natural Resources Defense Council Climate Maps (state by state analysis of effects of climate change): http://www.nrdc.org/health/climate/
Neighbors for Clean Air (Portland, OR air pollution): http://www.whatsinourair.org/
Neil Arya’s website and course syllabi covering global health, environmental health, and war and peace: http://environment.uwaterloo.ca/ers/faculty/narya/index.html
Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment: http://www.nihe.org/
No Dirty Gold: http://www.nodirtygold.org/
Northwest Earth Institute: http://www.nwei.org/
Oregon Center for Environmental Health: http://www.oregon-health.org/
Oregon Environmental Council: http://www.oeconline.org/
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility: http://www.oregonpsr.org
Oxfam America: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/
Pesticide Action Network of North America: http://www.panna.org/
Physicians for Social Responsibility: http://www.psr.org
Planet Ark: http://www.planetark.org/index.cfm
Preemption and Movement Building in Public Health: http://www.preemptionwatch.org/
Rachel’s Democracy and Health News: http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=1
Rachel’s Precaution Reporter: http://precaution.org/
Recycling (African American Environmentalist Association): http://www.aaenvironment.com/environmental-concerns-recycling.htm
Recycling Appliances and Electronics: http://www.partselect.com/JustForFun/Guide-to-Recycling-Appliances-and-Electronics.aspx
Riverkeeper: http://www.riverkeeper.org/
Science and Environmental Health Network: http://www.sehn.org/index.html
Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/
Sierra Club, Oregon Chapter: http://oregon.sierraclub.org/
Sierra Club, Oregon Chapter, Beyond Coal Campaign: http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/or/
SOIL (Sustainable Organice Integrated Livelihoods): http://www.oursoil.org/
Story of Bottled Water: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-bottled-water/
Story of Cosmetics: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-cosmetics/
Story of Electronics: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-electronics/
Story of Stuff: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-stuff/
Student Conservation Association: http://www.thesca.org/
Student Physicians for Social Responsibility: http://www.psr.org/chapters/student-chapters/
Synthesis/Regeneration (a magazine of green social thought): http://www.greens.org/s-r/
Tackling malaria, by Claire Panosian, MD: http://www.science.org.au/nova/011/011print.htm
Union of Concerned Scientists: http://www.ucsusa.org/
(50 States) United for Healthy Air (Earthjustice, PSR, ANA, United Council of Churches, Hip-Hop Caucus): http://earthjustice.org/50states
United Nations Development Programme: http://www.undp.org/
United Nations Environment Program: http://www.unep.org/
United States Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
Veriflora Cut Flower Certification System: http://veriflora.com/
Washington Toxics Coalition: http://www.watoxics.org/
Wiser Earth: http://www.wiserearth.org/
Women’s Voices for the Earth: http://www.womensvoices.org/
Worldwatch Institute: http://www.worldwatch.org/