#environmental-health

#environmental-health

The MTA says residents in Bushwick need not worry about donning masks while crews strip toxic lead paint from the elevated tracks at Myrtle Avenue. But some commuters through the century-old structure aren't convinced. The agency insists the work, which involves blasting away layers of paint more than 100 years old and recoating the steel structure, is being done inside airtight containment tents, with monitoring at "dozens of different points" around the site. Officials told amNewYork the tests so far show no cause for concern.

"Over time, the body will get rid of the mercury," Moline said.

Martha Stewart recommends using paper towels to soak up cooking oil before disposal, preventing blockages in drains caused by solidified oil.

The industrial economy has created more than 100 million novel entities, or chemicals not found in nature, with somewhere between 40,000 and 350,000 in commercial use and production.

Benefield remembered the white dust that covered her father's clothes when he got home from work, and she learned later that the whole family had been exposed to asbestos.

Environmental health officers from Havering have visited local businesses to ensure compliance with hygiene regulations set by the Food Standards Agency, focusing on cleanliness and food safety management.

We are seeing dramatic variations in the concentration of the pollen in different parts of Miami-Dade County, as well as different species of pollen.

"It's going to a real loss," said deputy editor Dana Boyd Barr, a professor at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. "I didn't think that environmental health was going to be something that was targeted for decreased funding."

It's reducing the ability for people to have good information that can be used to make good decisions.

The fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery could have been prevented if the company acted on its internal safety recommendations about a corroded pipe.

"It seems to correspond with low [water] flows [and] the warmer water temperatures," Brent Bellinger, conservation program supervisor with the Watershed Protection Department, said.

Long-term exposure to ethylene oxide has been linked to increased cancer risks, yet storage facilities are often situated near residential areas, posing health hazards.

"The concentrations were so high that touching only one receipt with BPS for 10 seconds resulted in exposure above the safe harbor level which requires a clear and reasonable warning to consumers," Mihir Vohra, science lead at CEH, said in a statement about the findings.