Archive for January 2013
The Toll of Alaska’s Coal: Health Impacts of Coal Export
http://akaction.org/Tackling_Toxics/Alaska/CHE-AK_Info_Pages/2013/1_23_2013.html
Read MoreThank you for your action changing “the law that polluted the world”
NOW: Let’s Fix the Toxic Substance Control Act Please take one more minute to ask Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski to co-sign the Safer Chemicals Act when it is introduced by Senator Lautenberg this year. Call her: 1-877-829-6030 or visit her web site to send your comments. Why do we need to change the Toxic Substance…
Read MoreCalifornia Technical Bulletin 117:
Change the Law that Polluted the World. Have you ever noticed tags (such as the one in the image to the right) on pillows, couches, chairs, and basically anything containing foam? Those tags and the toxic chemicals in that item were put there by a 1975 furniture flammability standard in California called Technical Bulletin 117.…
Read MoreAlaska Stands in Solidarity with Idle No More Global Day of Solidarity January 11th 2013
Idle No More Movement Catches Fire in Alaska Alaskan Native Peoples and allies join the Idle No More Movement day of Global Action Anchorage, AK, January 10, 2013 – Indigenous people and allies from across Alaska will gather in Town Square on Friday in solidarity with the Idle No More Movement for indigenous sovereignty sweeping across…
Read MoreCommunity-based participatory research projects and policy engagement to protect environmental health on St Lawrence Island, Alaska
This article synthesizes our collaborative community-based research results, interventions and policy engagement for St Lawrence Island, Alaska, during the years 2000-2012.The research team conducted exposure assessment studies that investigated sources from military contamination as well as long range transport.
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