In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2012 |
''Could Rising Healthcare and Utility Bills Get Kentucky Off Coal?'' "The Health Impact Assessment on Coal and Clean Energy Options in Kentucky, prepared by the Kentucky Environmental Foundation collates all the available peer-reviewed reports on the health impacts of both coal production and various types of renewable energy production, in an attempt to encourage legislators who have historically ignored the environmental impact of coal to take a look at the health impacts associated with various energy production decisions." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Feb 11, 2012 | "Between April and November, about 30 Americans will get seriously sick and about 15 will die after eating raw oysters or other shellfish contaminated with deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria." | Food Hazards |
| Dec 9, 2011 |
Congress Weakens USDA’s Plan to Improve School Meals In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a plan to update school meal nutrition standards for the first time in 15 years. The proposal would ensure schools serve more fruits, vegetables and whole-grains while limiting calories, salt and fat. Some members of Congress raised concerns with two key provisions. |
School Food |
| Nov 15, 2011 |
Commentary: ''N.Y. has to really study gas drilling impact'' "When Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would let science and health concerns drive his decision about issuing permits for hydraulic fracturing natural gas wells, we were encouraged. When we read the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, however, that encouragement evaporated." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''Clark County bike-walk plan earns national award for fighting obesity'' "In a press release, Clark County Public Health announced it received Active Living Research’s 2012 Translating Research to Policy Award for its Health Impact Assessment of the Clark County Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Apr 17, 2012 |
''Citing contamination, FDA aims to shut down 2 state fish processors'' "Government health and food safety officials are seeking to close down two fish processing plants in California, citing concerns over the spread of bacteria and toxins in contaminated products." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
''Childhood Obesity Best Battled in Schools, Research Finds'' "Australian researchers examined 55 interventions in previous studies and concluded that school-based programs were key in getting kids to healthy weights, and there was little evidence that these programs would have a negative effect on young students' self-images." |
School Food |
| Nov 1, 2012 |
Chicago Public Schools: Serving Meat Raised Without Antibiotics This November, the Chicago Public School System celebrate the one-year anniversary of the announcment that it would begin serving chicken raised without antibiotics to students in its 473 schools. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 23, 2012 |
Chefs Highlight Need to End Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production Celebrity chefs and restaurateurs Suzanne Goin and Mary Sue Milliken, who serve only antibiotic-free meat in their establishments, came to Washington, D.C., on May 15 to tell the Administration and their representatives in Congress to rein in the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 20, 2011 |
''Change Your Neighborhood, Improve Your Health'' "When a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offered a program in the 1990s to move families out of poor neighborhoods, it created a unique opportunity not only to improve people’s day-to-day lives, but also to study how a change in environment might impact their health over the long term." |
Health Impact Assessment |
