Environment and Human Health, Inc. — along with just about every health organization in CT – as well as a lot of very dedicated individuals — worked to pass a ban on tanning bed use for minors. CT legislators did not want to ban tanning beds for all minors – and so a compromise Bill
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A compromise tanning Bill ban has just passed the CT Senate — and it passed unanimously. Environment and Human Health, Inc. — along with just about every health organization in CT - as well as a lot of very dedicated individuals — worked to pass a ban on tanning bed use for minors. CT legislators
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A tan isn’t worth teens increasing their risk for skin cancer. The General Assembly should send that unequivocal message by passing a proposed ban on the use of indoor tanning devices for those under the age of 18.
In an effort to head off legislation, the Indoor Tanning Association said Thursday that it will implement new procedures for use of their sunbeds by teenage clients. Click on this environmental headline for more from CT News Junkie.
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is urging federal officials to “impose greater control” over the manufacture and distribution of tanning beds, citing an elevated risk of cancer from their use. “Indoor tanning beds are not safe and not appropriately regulated,” ACS Deputy Chief Medical Officer Len Lichtenfeld, M.D., wrote to Sebelius.
(AP) Federal regulators are launching a pilot study of cancer risks in populations around six nuclear power plants in the United States, including the Millstone Power Station and decommissioned Haddam Neck site in southeastern Connecticut. For more on this story, visit: Cancer risks studied near 2 Conn. nuclear plants – Times Union.
Do we need another nuclear plant in the state, or are the risks too great? Should we reduce our reliance on nuclear power? What other sources of energy should we invest in? Our guests include David Talbot, chief correspondent for Technology Review magazine at MIT, who wrote an article called “The Great German Energy Experiment”
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A Connecticut goat that made headlines in 2006 after visiting the state Capitol on a mission to inform officials about nuclear radiation has died. Katie was diagnosed with inoperable cancer after living near the Millstone Nuclear Power station. Her death at her home in Redding on Sunday was announced in a news release. For more
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Do you like to eat strawberries grown without cancer-causing fumigants? You do! Well then, have we have some news for you!
City officials and neighborhood groups have been investigating environmental pollution in North Stamford since May 2009, when a federal Environmental Protection Agency report in late 2008 revealed the 18-acre Scofieldtown Park, located on a former dump, contained soil contaminants in amounts exceeding levels recommend by the EPA. Further investigation revealed the well water of many
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Among the 1.2 million American citizens living in mountaintop removal mining counties in central Appalachia, an additional 60,000 cases of cancer are directly linked to the federally sanctioned strip-mining practice, Jeff Biggers of Common Dreams reports.
More than 30 states regulate indoor tanning by minors, with some banning children younger than 14 or requiring parental permission.
Health researchers in the U.S. have discovered that after two to four years or more of wear and tear, some artificial grass can begin to release lead dust.
