environmental health

Reported Toxic Chemical Releases Surge by 20% as Reduction Strategy Takes Shape

In 2010, 18 million pounds of toxic compounds were released by 271 facilities across Oregon
January 11, 2012 -- New data detailing a surge in toxic chemical releases in Oregon and nationwide went public last week, even as state regulators try to streamline efforts to manage industrial emissions that may be harmful to human health.  Read More >>

Dr. Catherine Thomasson Speaks Out on Chemical Exposures, Nuclear Power Plants

Thomasson has become executive director of the national organization Physicians for Social Responsibility
January 5, 2012 -- When it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, Dr. Catherine Thomasson is convinced that public policy and public health play a far greater role than medical care. Read More >>

Public Health Will Benefit from New EPA Rules on Restricting Mercury

At the same time, we’re getting very close to the point of no return on climate change and global warming
OPINION:  January 5, 2012 – The EPA took a long-overdue action that Grist’s Dave Roberts compared to “an advance on par with getting lead out of gasoline” on December 21. The new EPA rules restrict mercury, one of the deadliest by-products of burning coal for electricity. Read More >>

Foundry Neighbors Make Good, Agree on Air Toxics Reductions

Deal avoids litigation over ESCO emissions but exposes concern about statewide air quality regulation
December 8, 2011 -- Cutting down on toxic chemicals is nice, but a coalition of environmental health advocates and the historic industrial operation they challenged to slash cancer-causing emissions are congratulating themselves for avoiding a situation that's toxic in a different way: years of acrimonious litigation. Read More >>

Toxic Emissions Impact People Living in West Eugene

A survey conducted by the Oregon Toxics Alliance finds that residents can detect air pollution which is causing respiratory and cardiovascular problems
Dec. 1, 2010 -- Oregon Toxics Alliance (OTA), a Eugene-based environmental health advocacy organization, recently surveyed 329 families, of whom 11 percent were Latino about the health effects of living in a heavily industrial area of Eugene. Read More >>

Eight Tanning Bed Owners that Didn’t Pay Their Fees

Proposed legislation in 2011 could strengthen regulation, increase fees
March 10, 2010 -- State regulators that oversee tanning salons plan to ask the Oregon legislature next year to increase fees and enhance their enforcement tools. Read More >>
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