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Health Care
Posts in this category are about Health Care as it relates to the environment. The health of people and the ecosystems upon which they depend is inextricably linked. What we do to ecosystems, we ultimately do to ourselves. New policies must encourage economic activities that are conducive to the health and vitality of current and future residents of the community, and foster access to affordable health care.
(Adapted from ConservationEconomy.net)
Oregon's suicide headache tree
The scent of Oregon myrtle foliage can trigger an excruciating headache in susceptible people. Researchers studying the weird effect think it could lead to a better understanding of mysterious cluster headaches.
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(0)16 Cities Sue Atrazine Maker for Contaminating Their Water
Atrazine (the most common herbicide on Earth) has been clogging the news waves lately with a recent study that showed it caused male frogs to become female. Atrazine was outlawed in the EU for its possible links to cancer and has been found in levels above EPA regulations across the Midwest where it is commonly [...]
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ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Green Areas to the Highest Bidder
MEXICO CITY, Mar 8 (IPS) - Activists in Mexico complain that the deforestation
threatening the environmental health of Mexico has been
accentuated by the granting of public areas to private companies.
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