by Admin | Jun 18, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Earlier this week, an environmental group said that it is sending its emergency response team to document it claims are health-related illnesses caused by the lingering chemical odor in the air at St. Rose in New Orleans. Parish officials at St. Charles have started...
by Admin | Jun 16, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
The Chilean government rejected an $8 billion dam proposal to meet the country’s growing energy demands. The decision came form Chile’s highest administrative authority, the Committee of Ministers, and cancelled an environmental permit to build five dams on the Baker...
by Admin | Jun 11, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Exposure to environmental pollution may cause brain changes that make people more vulnerable to developing autism or schizophrenia, according to a new study published in Environmental Heath Perspectives. The study showed that the inflammation in the brains of the mice...
by Admin | Jun 9, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) sued the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in federal court this week over the district’s allowance of a billion-dollar modernization project at Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and...
by Admin | Jun 4, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Since humans first walked the earth, the question of why people age at different rates has always been a forefront question. Is it all health? Is it genes? Recently a trio of scientists from the University of North Carolina argued that more work need to be done on...
