public health

On World Water Day, as on every other day, some 2.5 billion people are "doing their business" somewhere other than in a toilet or latrine. Thatis not a statistic many people want to examine too closely, but it is crucial data for efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals on improving global sanitation and reducing child mortality.

Sen. Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,  and other Senators respond to White House editing of the testimony given by Dr. Julie Gerberding, on the health effects of climate change on public health.

Water and Sanitation Needs in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies is an excellent series of MP3's of lectures by Leslie Roberts (who led the civilian deaths in Iraq study).

I found this series extremely interesting (entertaining even) and informative.

This is the hearing featuring CDC chief Dr. Julie Gerberding, the testimony of whom was censored by the Bush administration. The video includes information in the Q&A which the administration hoped to avoid exposing.

Experts Say Safety Standards For Electromagnetic (EMF) Radiation Are Too Low