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June 28, 2012 | Journal Article
This paper examines how emotional reactions about climate change differ depending on whether audiences perceive the issue as an environmental problem, a public health problem, or as a matter of national security.
November 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Among the impacts of the East Coast’s Hurricane Sandy have been tens of thousands of uprooted trees, contaminated water and tons of compromised food. A recent article in the Journal of Environmental Health Natural recommends that environmental healt ...
October 19, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In a new interview with Ramona Trovato, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NewPublicHealth continues its conversation series about the National Prevention Strategy. The strategy was released last year by Sur ...
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
An ideal population health outcome metric should reflect a population's dynamic state of physical, mental and social well-being. On the basis of a review of outcomes metrics currently in use and the availability of data for at least some U.S. counties, this study makes recommendations for population health outcomes.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: Tulare Count, Calif., residents monitored the air at homes situated near orange groves where the pesticide chlorpyrifos had been used. In addition, urine samples from 34 participants were analyzed for chlorpyrifos metabolite.
August 14, 2012 | Story
Study tests possible 'frames' for making the case for action on greenhouse gas emissions.
May 1, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Increases Risk of Chronic Diseases in Older Adults Older adults may be at increased risk of being hospitalized for lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes after long-term exposure to fine-particle air polluti ...
April 25, 2012 | New Public Health Post
US Confirms Single Case of “Mad Cow” The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow from central California. The USDA says the animal wi ...
April 20, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting people to write six-word “micro essays” about Earth in observance of Earth Day this Sunday. Many of the micro-essays will be featured on the EPA home page and on the EPA’s social media channel. EPA Adm ...
April 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Department of the Interior has released the "Environmental Justice Strategic Plan 2012-2017." The plan sets forth goals, strategies and measures to help the Interior Department work more effectively with disadvantaged communities to reduce envir ...