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Adverse Health Effects Defined

Health effects from exposure to air contaminants that may range from relatively mild temporary conditions, such as minor eye or throat irritation, shortness of breath, or headaches, to permanent and serious conditions such as birth defects, cancer, or damage to lungs, nerves, liver, heart, or other organs

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Stormwater a Major Concern in New EPA Climate-Water Strategy

Published October 5, 2008, 11:47 pm, Environment News Service

, October 6, 2008 (ENS) - More intense storms will threaten water infrastructure and increase polluted stormwater runoff as climate change impacts water resources across the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warns in a proposed climate and water strategy issued Thursday.

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Failure to fight ozone pollution 'puts lives in danger'

Published October 5, 2008, 2:13 pm, Times Online

Human health and food production are being damaged because too little is being done to control worldwide ozone levels, a report by the Royal Society says.

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Critical Health Risks From Plastic Revealed By 6 Environmental Research Studies

Published October 5, 2008, 11:06 am, Medical News Today

Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. A special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Research, "A Plastic World" provides critical new research on environmental contaminants and adverse reproductive and behavioral effects.

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COPD Landmark Trial UPLIFT Proves Tiotropium Sustains Lung Function Improvements Over Four Years and Improves Survival ...

Published October 5, 2008, 5:27 am, FinanzNachrichten

Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results of 5,993 Patient Study UPLIFT (Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium) Presented Today ...

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COPD Landmark Trial UPLIFT Proves Tiotropium Sustains Lung Function Improvements Over Four Years and Improves Survival ...

Published October 5, 2008, 5:18 am, Presseportal

Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - - Results of 5,993 Patient Study UPLIFT (Understanding Potential Long-term Impacts on Function with Tiotropium) Presented Today at European Respiratory Society Annual Congress - Not for U.S. Media Results of the UPLIFT trial, presented today at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress, demonstrated that tiotropium (SPIRIVA) administered to Chronic ...

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Influenza 101: What you need to know

Published October 5, 2008, 1:07 am, Belleville News-Democrat

What is the flu? How would scientists make vaccines against it? Why do we need a flu shot every year? And, what can you do to treat or, better yet, try to prevent the flu this winter? Those are just a few of the questions recently fielded by Robert Belshe, director of the Center for Vaccine Development at St. Louis University and a national expert on infectious diseases; Dr. Robert Poirier, ...

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Healing with Ayurveda

Published October 4, 2008, 5:39 pm, The Star

An ancient system of medicine shares its immense healing potential with the rest of the world as it goes global.

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Burning opponents cite health concerns

Published October 4, 2008, 9:15 am, The Argus-Press

Editor's Note: The following is the second in a series examining the open burning issue in Owosso. Part I, “Stoking the Flame,” ran Thursday, Sept. 25. The next installment will focus on the opinions of city council members and other officials in Owosso.

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The health effects of the border commute

Published October 3, 2008, 1:54 pm, La Prensa San Diego

Sitting inside your car for a couple of hours everyday can have effects in your physical health. Ruben Maldonado knows this very well. He’s one of thousands of commuters that make the daily exodus of crossing the border through the two ports of entry in the San Diego-Tijuana region.

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State files petition against Desert Rock

Published October 3, 2008, 11:50 am, The Gallup Independent

WINDOW ROCK — The state of New Mexico filed a petition Thursday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board claiming EPA’s decision to issue the Desert Rock air permit was legally and technically flawed.

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