environmental health
Addressing Family Planning, Health, and Coastal Resources in The Philippines
"Sixty-percent of Filipinos live in the coastal areas," said Joan Castro, executive vice president of PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc., in an interview with ECSP, and dwindling fish stocks are an issue across the archipelago. "With increasing population, the food that goes on the table for a lot of families in these coastal communities was an issue, so food security was the theme of the IPOPCORM project."
IPOPCORM (standing for "integrated population and coastal resource management") was started in 2000 and ran for six years. It sought to address population, health, and the environment (PHE) issues together in rural, coastal areas of the Philippines.
Read the full post on The New Security Beat: http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/01/watch-joan-castro-on-resource.html
A Chemical Blowout: Frizz, Formaldehyde and Infertility
March 20, 2011 - 9:29pm (Print)
Formaldehyde used in a Brazilian Blowout hair treatment is a known carcinogen, and studies have linked it to miscarriage, stillbirth, menstrual disorders, and female infertility.
The Oily Logic Of Right-Wing ‘Family Values’
by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network
May 25, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
As the Gulf oil catastrophe unfolds, little is being said about its effects now and later on human health, especially on reproductive health and on the health of children.
The Battle Over BPA
by Amie Newman
April 22, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
Think the US Government is protecting against those invisible toxins in the air, in our water, in the food we eat, in the containers that store the food and beverages we consume? Think again.
Toxic Chemicals: Neglected Threats to Health and Reproduction
by Jennifer Rogers, Reproductive Health Technologies Project
April 12, 2010 - 5:45pm (Print)
Despite the introduction of thousands of new chemicals into the products we use every day, the Toxic Substances Control Act has undergone no revisions since 1976.
Miscarriage is Not a Pro-Life Issue
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
April 7, 2009 - 9:33am (Print)
A chemical that’s damaging to reproductive health is everyone’s concern.
Toxic Pollution Reporting Weakened
by Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check
January 9, 2008 - 8:57am (Print)
When does saving multibillion dollar companies a few bucks supersede the public's right to know about toxic emissions? The EPA, with a kick in the pants from the president's budget office, thinks it knows -- and it's now.
Reproductive Health Goes Environmental
by Carole Joffe, University of California
October 2, 2007 - 7:07am (Print)
Both the reproductive health and the environmental justice communities operate in a political climate in which the integrity of science is under attack.
