environmental health and reproductive justice
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
State Legislative Trends in 2010: Abortion Restrictions Once Again Dominate
by Rachel Gold and Elizabeth Nash, Guttmacher Institute
January 7, 2011 - 10:44am (Print)
Even as state legislators were largely preoccupied by ongoing budget crises in 2010, issues related to reproductive health and rights nonetheless garnered significant legislative attention.
Tampon Safety and Our Monthly Affair with Toxins
While BPA (bisphenol A) is now receiving a lot of attention from environmental and reproductive health advocates, another chemical affecting women's reproductive health is sliding under the radar: Dioxin.
Half the Man His Father Was?
Studies are showing dramatic drops in sperm counts and rising rates of reproductive health problems for men throughout industrialized countries. Are environmental contaminants partially to blame?
A 21st Century Right to Choose
We need comprehensive reform of the federal chemicals policy, so chemicals are proven safe before they are put into the products we use every day.
Preserving Ovaries, Preserving Health
by Alison Ojanen-Goldsmith, Full Spectrum Doulas
May 12, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
A Cleaner, Greener Planet
by Aparna Krishnaswamy and Elizabeth Arndorfer, Reproductive Health Technologies Project
April 22, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Abstinence Causes Breast Cancer! Or, How to Distort Facts to Suit Your Own Agenda
reader diary by Miranda Spencer
April 13, 2009 - 9:58am (Print)
Can Chemical Abortions Be Linked to Midwestern Agriculture?
by Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow
April 8, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
Overlooking Evidence: Media Ignore Environmental Connections to Breast Cancer
March 2, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Research is finding that the causes of breast cancer may include timing and pattern of exposure to certain chemicals. You won't find that in the headlines.
