…raised questions about a possible connection between climate change and economic losses from weather disasters. A 2011 metastudy by the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands,…
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…Chernobyl indicates that health concerns will persist for nearby residents for decades to come. A 2011 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, “I-131 Dose-Response for Incident Thyroid Cancers in Ukraine…
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…published in Environmental Health Perspectives, “Food Packaging and Bisphenol A and Bis(2-Ethyhexyl) Phthalate Exposure: Findings from a Dietary Intervention,” sought to measure the pattern of these chemicals as related to…
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…the authors note, the issue of congestion has significant public health and economic implications. More information on the issue can be found in a related study in Environmental Health Perspectives,…
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…cuts in personal and family energy consumption. A 2011 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Location Efficiency and Housing Type: Boiling It Down to BTUs,” compared annual energy outputs…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email As recently as the 1990s, larger body types had positive associations in many cultures. As the mass media has spread images of ultra-slim bodies, however…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email According to the Environmental Protection Agency, urbanized land in the United States increased by 48% from 1982 to 2003 and now covers more than 100…
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…actually increase the likelihood of intense fires in certain environments. It is “certainly possible for fuel treatments to increase fine fuel temperature and create a micro-climate that favors increased winds…
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…and “its alteration has a direct effect on eating behavior.” The report’s authors note that the preference of sweets by heavier subjects may originate from genetic and environmental factors, but…
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…“…successful [international] agreements are environmentally effective, cost-effective, incorporate distributional considerations and equity, and are institutionally feasible.” “There is high confidence that neither adaptation nor mitigation alone can avoid all climate…
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