2006 Persons of the Year: Bernie and Marie Kane
MetroWest Daily News, MA -
When Ashland High School science teacher Penny Ellis died in March 1998, "a lot of questions came up about her death," said Marie. "We started to take count of how many (people at Ashland High) had cancer. I remember I counted at least 14," including herself, she said.
2006-12-31
New scoring system for all food premises
Cumberland News, UK -
The Cumbria Food Liaison Group and the Cumbria Chief Environmental Health Officers Group have met and say there is ‘considerable’ merit in introducing the scheme early on rather than waiting to hear how the FSA’s pilot schemes work.
2006-12-29
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Health
Guardian Unlimited, UK -
You will come from an epidemiologic or occupational hygiene or cognate background, probably with an appropriate postgraduate educational qualification (MSc or similar), as well as a higher degree (PhD) with experience in exposure assessment and competency in conducting/analysing large scale epidemiological studies.
2006-12-20
Higher Occurrence Of Parkinson's Linked To Low LDL Cholesterol
Science Daily (press release) -
These findings led Huang to examine whether higher LDL cholesterol might be associated with a decreased occurrence for Parkinson's disease, and vice versa. "If my hypothesis was correct," she said, "lower LDL-C, something that is linked to healthy hearts, would be associated with a higher occurrence of Parkinson's." The results of Huang's study, published online Dec. 18 by the journal Movement Disorders, confirmed her hypothesis. "We found that lower LDL concentrations were indeed associated with a higher occurrence of Parkinson's disease," Huang said. Participants with lower LDL levels (less than 114 milligrams per deciliter) had a 3.5-fold higher occurrence of Parkinson's than the participants with higher LDL levels (more than 138 milligrams per deciliter).
2006-12-19
Cerro Gordo receives $100,000 to investigate environmental health
Mason City Globe Gazette, IA -
“We want to learn what the most important environmental issues are in Cerro Gordo County,” she said. “This will be a two-year process in which we will meet with many county residents, local officials, agency representatives and experts in various fields.”
2006-12-17
E-government & PARSOL vendor helps environmental health teams
Response Source (press release), UK -
Cintra is already well-known in the public sector for the Regalion family of products for licensing and regulatory services. IT Director Aidan Naughton comments, �There isn�t a national standard for publishing ratings, as yet, but the Food Standards Agency are monitoring a number of regional pilots with the potential for the introduction of a national programme. Even though many local authorities have already begun to publish information according to a number of different proprietary schemes, the last thing they want is to be left with a system that won�t comply with a future standard. For a nominal annual fee, Regalion Scores on the Doors gives local authorities the opportunity to publish information now, with the peace of mind that the same technology will be compliant should a nationwide initiative be introduced. Local authorities can also be assured that they deliver the service using their own branding and not that of a third party.�
2006-12-13
(PRN) - Born Free Partners With the Children's Environmental
Bolsamania.com, Spain -
Riverdeep Interactive Learning USA, Inc. Announces Receipt of Requisite Consents for Its Cash Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation of Certain Outstanding Notes of Houghton Mifflin Company and HM Publ
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