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Living on Earth: Is Fracking Making People Sick?
loe.org — “Some Pennsylvania residents who live near Marcellus Shale gas wells believe natural gas drilling is contaminating their water and making them sick. But others point to the economic benefits of fracking and say there’s little scientific evidence that exposure to drilling activities causes illness. Reid Frazier of The Allegheny Front reports.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on March 26, 2012 at 4:39 pm By:
Chuck Moran Health Social Media
Living on Earth: Is #Fracking Making People Sick?: http://t.co/v0rVwotd #Pennsylvania #papolitics #npr #health #mdchat
Living on Earth: The Dose Doesn’t Always Make the Poison
loe.org — “Many common household products contain chemicals that could be hazardous to human health. Now, a new report finds that for some chemicals, a very small dose can have a very large health effect. Host Bruce Gellerman talks to Laura Vandenberg, a researcher at Tufts University Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, about how exposure to small amounts of chemicals can act like hormones and have adverse health effects on humans.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on March 19, 2012 at 5:22 pm By:
Pamela Toronto, BSc, ND Naturopathic Doctor, Active Health Library, and CAM
Living on Earth: The Dose Doesn’t Always Make the Poison http://t.co/zd5MtlYi
Living on Earth: Disposal of Fracking Wastewater Polluting PA Rivers
loe.org — “Bromide has been found in rivers in Pennsylvania and scientists are scrambling to find out whether it’s associated with hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on January 22, 2012 at 3:16 pm By:
Living on Earth: Disposal of Fracking Wastewater Polluting PA Rivers #greenreads http://t.co/PAJZI7BV
Living on Earth:
loe.org — “This week's Living on Earth, PRI's environmental news and information program. Full transcript with streaming and downloadable audio available.” View full resource at loe.org
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Living on Earth:
loe.org — “This week's Living on Earth, PRI's environmental news and information program. Full transcript with streaming and downloadable audio available.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on September 5, 2011 at 2:13 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: Amazon Forest as a Source of Carbon Dioxide http://t.co/SE77YUF nb did you know about drought conditions in the Amazon?
Living on Earth:
loe.org — “This week's Living on Earth, PRI's environmental news and information program. Full transcript with streaming and downloadable audio available.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on August 28, 2011 at 3:48 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: Human Waste in the Wild http://t.co/ydvHung nb hiker poop and what to do with it #WagBags
Living on Earth:
loe.org — “This week's Living on Earth, PRI's environmental news and information program. Full transcript with streaming and downloadable audio available.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on August 28, 2011 at 3:47 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: The Big Uneasy http://t.co/eSw6FaS nb interview w Harry Shearer re Katrina aftermath....
Living on Earth: Atomic Sunflowers
loe.org — “Scientists have discovered that sunflowers can pull radioactive contaminants out of the soil. Researchers cleaning up the Fukushima site in Japan are putting the flowers to the test. Soil scientist Michael Blaylock tells host Bruce Gellerman how this clean-up-by-plant works.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on July 31, 2011 at 1:02 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: Atomic Sunflowers http://t.co/7iFlBy4 nb removing soil radiation via Sunflowers
Living on Earth: Cancer Alley Case Gets Surprising Support
loe.org — “Mossville Louisiana sits in the shadow of 14 petrochemical refineries. When residents felt the US Government wasn’t protecting their right to a healthy environment, they reached past the American regulators, legislators and courts to take their case to the highest human rights court in the western hemisphere. Now candid approval from the highest U.S. environmental regulator appears to have boosted their petition. Living on Earth and Planet Harmony’s Ike Sriskandarajah reports.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on July 31, 2011 at 12:58 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: Cancer Alley Case Gets Surprising Support [From Lisa Jackson EPA chief] ihttp://t.co/qvWRTcX #EnvironmentalJustice
Living on Earth: Fair Trade Phones
loe.org — “A group of Dutch entrepreneurs has hang-ups about where the minerals in your phone come from. From Deutsche Welle Radio’s Living Planet, Cintia Taylor reports on the push for phones produced without minerals from conflict areas.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on July 31, 2011 at 12:44 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: Fair Trade Phones http://t.co/iNYz96X nb great story #fairtrade
Living on Earth: The Secret Life of Lead
loe.org — “This week's Living on Earth, PRI's environmental news and information program. Full transcript with streaming and downloadable audio available.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on May 21, 2011 at 11:59 pm By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: The Secret Life of Lead: http://t.co/6FA7Z0S
Living on Earth: Breakthrough Discovery For Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
loe.org — “Ten years ago, a team of scientists set out to identify the Red Tide toxins that wreak havoc on Florida wild life and residents. Along the way they discovered an antitoxin that is proving to be a promising new treatment for the debilitating pulmonary diseases cystic fibrosis. Dan Baden, lead scientist on the Red Tide study, gave host Steve Curwood all the details.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on April 3, 2011 at 1:32 am By:
P. Mimi Poinsett MD Pediatrician, Physician, and Doctor
Living on Earth: Breakthrough Discovery For Cystic Fibrosis and COPD Treatment: http://bit.ly/fsqrv1 #RedTideAntitoxin
Living on Earth: Chemical Review
loe.org — “Forty-five million different chemicals are commercially available around the world --" and many of these chemicals go untested. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Professor Patricia Hunt from Washington State University who wrote a letter in the journal Science, calling for more stringent review of chemicals. Her letter was co-signed by scientific societies representing 40,000 researchers and clinicians.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on March 13, 2011 at 8:11 am By:
Living on Earth: Chemical Review http://ow.ly/1s9Tlq
Living on Earth: Sex and Endocrine Disruptors
loe.org — “Scientists are continuing to sound the alarm about some common chemicals, including the herbicide atrazine, and link them to changes in reproductive health and development. Endocrine disrupting toxic chemicals have been found to feminize male frogs and cause homosexual behavior. Ashley Ahearn reports on how these substances may be affecting human development and behavior.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on January 8, 2011 at 7:35 pm By:
Safer Chemicals Health Organization
Living on Earth: how chemicals affect reproductive health & sexual preferences http://cot.ag/eOuADZ
Living on Earth: Genetics and the Environment
loe.org — “There's been a paradigm shift in the field of genetics. Instead of relying solely on DNA and inheritance, the field of epigenetics now demonstrates how environmental factors can also determine diseases in our future, and in our children and grandchildren's future. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with epigeneticist Michael Skinner, a professor at Washington State University.” View full resource at loe.org
Most Recently Shared on October 23, 2010 at 2:29 pm By:
Robyn O'Brien Health Executive
Genetics & the Environment: The field of epigenetics now demonstrates how environmental factors can determine diseases http://bit.ly/9IXmd4
