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With Liberty and Healthy Environments for All

Feb 5, 2013Michael GreenChemical Policy, Environmental Justicechemical health threats, DuPont, environmental health rights, Human Rights Watch, mercury poisoning, mercury pollution, Minimata Bay, Minimata convention, Minimata treaty, PCBs, right to a healthy environment, toxic chemicals

Most Americans are taught in grade school about the Declaration of Independence and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But even those elitist Americans with a college education don’t learn anything about the concept of a human right to a healthy environment. So it is not surprising when news headlines completely overlook an

Can Preventing Pollution Also Prevent Diabetes?

(Guest blogger Sarah Howard is a CEH supporter and an environmental health advocate.) Diabetes is the quintessential “lifestyle” disease – or is it? There is growing scientific evidence that exposure to environmental contaminants may contribute to the development of diabetes. A provocative study of U.S. residents found that people who were obese but had very