Archive of health documents
- Review of air pollution issues associated with oil and natural gas operations by Ramon Alvarez in AWMA’s EM Magazine. Contact awma.org for reprints.
- Out of Control and Close to Home: Mercury Pollution from Power Plants Type: Report
Date: November 20, 2003
Local mercury emissions in the United States are important contributors to local mercury hot spots, leading to contaminated water. - Mark MacLeod, Director, Special Projects, Environmental Defense Fund
- Presented by Mandy Warner, Climate & Air Policy Specialist, Environmental Defense Fund
- Clean Air Act rules to save country $82 billion in health care costs over next decade, according to new analysis Type: Report
Date: November 17, 2011
Analysis finds that four major rules of the Clean Air Act will yield billions in health care savings for America through 2021. - There They Go Again: AEP Seeks Delay in Health Protections for Children and Elderly Type: Fact Sheet
Date: October 4, 2011
AEP is seeking to delay new clean air protections that will save thousands of lives each year. There they go again. - Too Easy Bein’ Green? Type: Link External link source:
Source: City Hall NewsDate: October 17, 2011
New York City’s buildings, long the city’s biggest pollution sources, are slowly being cleaned up by an array of new initiatives. - Testimony on EPA’s Proposed Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Sector Type: Testimony
Date: September 27, 2011
Testimony of senior economic policy analyst Susanne Brooks at EPA public hearing on oil and natural gas standards. - A brief history of lead poisoning in the United States
- Unraveling America’s Protections for Human Health and the Environment.
- Letter template New York City residents can use to ask your building manager to switch from dirty heating oil to cleaner fuels.
- How the dirtiest heating oil pollutes NYC air and harms our health.
- Highlights and comparisons of TSCA reform legislation.
- A national program to lower pollution from today's diesel engines will have extensive human health benefits that overwhelm the costs by at least 12 to
- Executive summary of report showing how a better, more modern system of handling New York City's garbage can cut the truck miles driven by more than h
- Environmental Life-Cycle Comparisons of Recycling, Landfilling, and Incineration Type: Report
Date: September 17, 1996
Annual Reviews article reviews and analyzes the major recent North American studies that have compared on an environmental basis the major options use - Shows how big buyers and retailers of seafood can choose from a wide variety of high quality, reasonably priced and environmentally responsible produc
- Why health professionals should care about sustainable fisheries.
- A Breath of Fresh Air: Reducing Diesel Pollution Inside Texas School Buses Type: Report
Date: April 1, 2006
Texas’ fleet of more than 35,000 school buses is dirtier than it has to be. - Lists the most contaminated fish, and how much can safely be eaten each month based on guidance from the Environmental Protection Agency and the lates
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