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Two weeks ago someone mentioned the term “slow money” to me as if I knew what they were talking about. Not having a head for finance I just thought it was a term they teach you in business school that I really don’t care about. However, I was very wrong. Slow money is something very [...]  With so much attention focused on the ecological and economic aspects of the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, it is worth reviewing some of the other potential human health impacts of this disaster. In addition to those discussed previously in this space, an excellent article about occupational hazards associated with the response to [...] How many times do you go into a restaurant without checking its sanitation record? I am definitely guilty of this and have to admit that I don’t even think about it. If a restaurant is dirty once I go in I will leave but I never check beforehand what their violation history is. The NY [...] Posting about the World Cup a few days ago has left me thinking about the many ways in which sports, particularly professional sporting events, can impact the environment or public health. Leaving aside the many health issues associated with performance-enhancing drugs, and the health impacts of evolving protective equipment (football helmets and concussions, for example), [...] Perhaps you have seen this story about Chinese iPhone workers who have been committing suicide. As an environmental health specialist the first thing that came to my mind was that these workers were being exposed to chemicals that was altering their brain chemistry. I assumed that these chemicals were causing the workers to be depressed [...] Like much of the world I have been glued to and enthralled by the spectacle unfolding in South Africa that is the 2010 World Cup. Like all of the world however, I will also be feeling the effects that the Cup has imposed on the planet. According to a study conducted by the South African [...] I was listening to the BBC World News service this morning, because news always sounds better with a British accent, and they had a cute little piece about how men are switching from bars of soap to body wash. They said that the problem with this is that body wash comes in a plastic container [...] It didn’t take long for the oil spill to become an occupational health issue, it just happened it a way that I am not sure many would have expected. The FEMA trailers that were considered unsafe for emergency housing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina have resurfaced – as housing for oil spill cleanup workers. [...] This weekend I overheard two people bemoaning the new tax as they were buying their cigarettes. The New York State Legislature passed a new measure increasing the already very high cigarette tax. Smokers in New York City will be hardest hit because the city imposes their own taxes on cigarettes as well. The people in [...] In a tough defeat for health policy today, a penny-per-ounce tax proposal on sugary beverages has been abandoned by the New York state legislature. The NY Times claims that the biggest puncher in this fight has been the anti-tax lobby, and from an anecdotal standpoint, I can agree. Over the past several months, on an [...] |
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