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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.
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Fires and Smoke near Moscow
Acquired July 28, 2010, this natural-color image shows fires east of Moscow blanketing the region in thick smoke.
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(0)EPA Relies on Industry-Backed Studies to Assess Health Risks of Widely Used Herbicide
Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are using to assess the herbicide's health risks, records of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show. Many of these industry-funded studies, which largely support atrazine's safety, have never been published or subjected to an independent scientific peer review. [More]
United States - Drinking water - United States Environmental Protection Agency - Herbicide - Health
Smoke over Moscow
Acquired July 27, 2010, this natural-color image shows haze over Moscow as fires burn in the east-southeast.
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