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CHEC dedicated to prevention of non-genetic childhood cancer and other environmentally caused childhood illnesses.
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Preventing Harm : A resource action center on children and environmental health. Focus on the many chemicals widely used by industry and commonly found at home are toxic to the developing brain and can cause developmental disabilities including behavioral and learning disabilities, hyper-activity, attention deficit, lower IQ and motor skill impairment.
Children's Environmental Health : Project of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Provides a summary of the medical and scientific information about environmental effects on health.
The Children's Environmental Health Institute : Committed to decreasing the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of environmentally related childhood diseases. CEHI identify, develop, and promote solutions to improve children's environmental health through scientific research, environmental education, and public policy.
Our Children's Earth Foundation : Work to protect the public, especially children, from the health impacts of pollution in California. Information on campaigns, events and news.
Center for Children's Health and the Environment : CCHE is the nation's first academic research and policy center to examine the links between exposure to toxic pollutants and childhood illness. Provides fact sheets, reports, conference and contact information.
Institute for Children's Environmental Health : The primary mission of ICEH is to mitigate environmental exposures that can undermine the health and well-being of children and to detoxify environments wherever children spend time.
Healthy Schools : Work to help Ontario school boards identify, prevent, and remediate indoor environment problems that could otherwise affect children's health and learning adversely. Provides news, searches, indexes and links.
Children's Environmental Health Information Resources for Public Health Professionals : National Network of Libraries of Medicine project to provide public health professionals with access to information resources.
Children's Environmental Health Network : The CEHN is a national multidisciplinary project whose purpose is to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
Enviro Health Action : Physicians for Social Responsibility brochures and resources focusing on toxic threats to child development.
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Canada set to miss modest emissions goals: watchdog
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Use of Ecstasy, Speed by Teens Tied to Later Depression
WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who use the party drugs ecstasy (MDMA) and speed (methamphetamine and/or amphetamine) appear to face a notably higher risk of depression afterward, new Canadian research suggests. |
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Farm group seeks US halt on 'dangerous' crop chemicals
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Pregnancy ups risk of heart attack, study says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pregnancy and hormonal changes that continue 12 weeks after giving birth increase a woman's risk of heart attack, researchers said. Although the likelihood of having a heart attack during pregnancy is very low -- just 1 in ... |
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Many Women Say No to Breast-Feeding for 6 Months: Survey
THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Current recommendations from experts urge new mothers to breast-feed their newborns for the first six months of life. But, a new survey out of Scotland suggests that for many women, this expectation just isn&... |
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Many Alcoholics Suffered Childhood Trauma: Study
THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A history of childhood trauma is common among people undergoing treatment for alcoholism and may be a factor in the development of the disorder, a new study indicates. |
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Zambia shuts polluting Glencore copper plant
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has closed a copper treatment plant belonging to Glencore International's Mopani Copper Mines for pollution violations, the state environmental agency said on Monday. Mopani Copper Mines said in a statement it was sur... |
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