{"id":12123,"date":"2014-06-06T09:51:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress144\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2014-06-06T09:51:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:51:41","slug":"che-ak_02_15_2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/news\/che-ak_02_15_2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal\u2019s Assault on Human Health with Dr. Alan Lockwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-content\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/Tackling_Toxics\/Alaska\/CHE-AK.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltrt alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CHE_ACAT_02.gif\" alt=\"Alaska Collaborative on Health and the Environment\" width=\"187\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a>Coal&#8217;s Assault on Human Health with Dr. Alan Lockwood<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, February 15, 2012<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CHE-AK_02_15_2012_Lockwood.mp3\"><strong>Call Recording<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"style1\">\n<li><a title=\"About the call\" href=\"#About_Call\">About the call<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Presenters\" href=\"#Presenters\">Presenter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Background information\/Resources\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CHE-AK_02_15_2012_Lockwood.mp3\">Listen to call recording<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dr. Lockwood's presentation slides\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CHE-AK_02_15_2012_Lockwood_Slides.pdf\">Presentation Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Background information\/Resources\" href=\"#Resources\">Background information\/Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Related Events\" href=\"#Events\">Related Events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><a id=\"About_Call\" name=\"About_Call\"><\/a>About the call:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CHE-AK_02_15_2012_Lockwood.mp3\">listen<\/a> to a discussion with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.verticalresponse.com\/501503\/a33a8d4b39\/1476557503\/91d336099f\/#presenters\">Alan H. Lockwood, MD<\/a>\u00a0on the growing body of medical evidence linking coal development to human health risks.<\/p>\n<p>At every stage \u2013 from mining, transportation, storage, combustion, and disposal of post-combustion wastes \u2013 coal development threatens human and environmental health. Pollutants from coal damage all major organ systems in the human body and contribute to four of the five leading causes of death in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lockwood is the principal author of the PSR medical report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psr.org\/resources\/coals-assault-on-human-health.html\"> &#8220;Coal&#8217;s Assault on Human Health&#8221;<\/a> which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. This report looks at the cumulative harm inflicted by those pollutants on three major body organ systems: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join this call to learn more about:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>How coal development impacts human health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"Presenters\" name=\"Presenters\"><\/a>Guest Presenter:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr. Alan Lockwood<\/strong>, Professor of Neurology at the University of Buffalo, is a member of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psr.org\">Physicians for Social Responsibility<\/a> and is principal author of the PSR medical report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psr.org\/resources\/coals-assault-on-human-health.html\"> &#8220;Coal&#8217;s Assault on Human Health&#8221;<\/a>; which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"Resources\" name=\"Resources\"><\/a>Resources:<\/h3>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psr.org\">Physicians for Social Responsibility<\/a> medical report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psr.org\/resources\/coals-assault-on-human-health.html\"> &#8220;Coal&#8217;s Assault on Human Health&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Information about the Health Hazards of Coal Development\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/Coal_Development.html\">Information about the Health Hazards of Coal Development<\/a> at Alaska Community Action on Toxics.\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Fact Sheet: Coal Ash in Alaska\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Coal_Ash_in_Alaska_Feb_2011.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Coal Ash in Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fact Sheet: Coal Mining, Transportation and Health\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Coal_Mining_Transportation_and_Health.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Coal Mining, Transportation and Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fact Sheet: Coal Ash and Health\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoalAsh_Health.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Coal Ash and Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fact Sheet: Coal Mercury and Health\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CoalMercury_Health.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Coal Mercury and Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fact Sheet: Mercury: Coal's Toxic Trade Map\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Toxic_Trade_Map_poster_mercury_final_8x10.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury: Coal&#8217;s Toxic Trade Map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Alaska has 1\/8th of the world&#8217;s coal reserves which is 1\/2 of the reserves in the United States. Coal development projects have been proposed in much of Alaska.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal.html\">Groundtruth Trekking<\/a>: Information from the ground on Alaska Coal. Learn more about active coal projects in Alaska:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/WesternArcticCoalDeposits.html\">Arctic Coal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/BeringCoalDeposit.html\">Bering River Coal Field<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/ChickaloonCoalMine.html\">Chickaloon Coal Leases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/ChuitnaCoalMine.html\">Chuitna Coal Prospect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/FairbanksCTL.html\">Fairbanks Coal-to-Liquids (CTL)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/HealyCoalPower2.html\">Healy Clean Coal Plant (HCCP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/JonesvilleCoalMine.html\">Jonesville Coal Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/Linc-Energy-UCG-Leases-AK.html\">Linc Energy UCG leases in AK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/Nanushuk-Coal-Prospect.html\">Nanushuk Coal Prospect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/StoneHornRidgeUCG.html\">Stone Horn Ridge UCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/TyonekCTL.html\">Tyonek Coal-to-Liquids (CTL)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundtruthtrekking.org\/Issues\/AlaskaCoal\/WishboneHillCoalMine.html\">Wishbone Hill Coal Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matvalley.org\">Matanuska Valley Coalition (www.MatValley.org)<\/a>: local citizens concerned about proposed coal mines at Wishbone Hill, Jonesville, and Chickaloon all located in the Matanuska Moose Range near Palmer.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Castle Mountain Coalition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.castlemountain.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castle Mountain Coalition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuitna.org\">Chuitna Citizen&#8217;s Coalition<\/a>: concerned about coal development of the Chuitna watershed in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"Events\" name=\"Events\"><\/a>Related Events<\/h3>\n<h4>Toxic Threat: Coal and Your Health<\/h4>\n<p>Local presentations with Dr. Alan Lockwood.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Facebook Event Invitation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/100935943368612\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anchorage: 2\/14\/12<\/strong>, 6:30 reception, 7pm Presentation @ Out North Theater, 3800 DeBarr Rd, Anchorage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Facebook Event Invitation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/248269991917529\/?context=create\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fairbanks: 2\/15\/12<\/strong>, 6:30 reception, 7pm Presentation @ Wood Center Ballroom, UAF, 505 South Chandalar Drive, Fairbanks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Facebook Event Invitation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/309411595771052\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Palmer: 2\/16\/12<\/strong>, 6:30 reception, 7pm Presentation @ Palmer Train Depot, 610 South Valley Way, Palmer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Link to Facebook Event Invitation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/264733163596371\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Homer: 2\/17\/12<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/264733163596371\">, 6:30 reception, 7pm Presentation @ Alaska Islands &amp; Ocean Visitor Center, 95 Sterling Hwy, Homer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Check out our <a title=\"calendar!\" href=\"Take_Action\/Events.html\">calendar<\/a> for upcoming events!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Get Involved with CHE-Alaska!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@akaction.org\">Join our CHE-Alaska listserve<\/a> send an email to <a href=\"mailto:info@akaction.org\">info@akaction.org<\/a> to be notified of upcoming teleconference seminar topics and speakers and to receive environmental health bulletins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/CHE-AK.html#Calls\">Listen to other CHE-Alaska calls<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/akaction.org\/Tackling_Toxics\/Alaska\/CHE-AK_Info_Pages\/CHE-AK_02_15_2012.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,22,23,24],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akaction.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}