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9/10/07: EnviroHealth News
Asthma goes back to school. In LA, 63,000 students battle breathing problems caused by air pollution and moldy buildings. Can they carry their inhalers at school? Nobody seems sure.
FEMA trailer victims moved to hotels. After concealing information about formaldehyde gas in trailers provided to Katrina victims, FEMA has invited 60,000 people to move out of the contaminated housing and into hotels -- if they're worried about their health. Of course, FEMA's still not convinced that breathing in formaldehyde is a problem; they're assessing the situation.
Nicotine in breast milk shortens baby's naptime. Babies of mothers who smoked 1 to 3 cigarettes before a feeding slept only two-thirds as long as the control group.
Deodorants may be linked to breast cancer. Wait, this is news?
Composting in North Jersey. Northern New Jersey may be one of the most densely populated places in the country, but that doesn't stop residents from spending some time playing in the dirt.
Legislation: Green Chemistry Act passes House Gingrey's bill would fund green chemistry research. A step in the right direction, sure, but a little toothless. All companies should be researching and implementing green chemistry. We're funding research when really there should just be laws in place.
Editorial: The world's a dirty place when you're poor. "[S]ome Americans are clearly more equal than others, especially when it comes to the environment." Because environmental health is a social justice issue.