The environmental health response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita--AEC to feature multiple sessions on the topic.
Those who have been anxious to hear about and learn from the experiences of the environmental health professionals who responded to hurricanes Katrina and Rita will get many insights at NEHA's Annual Educational Conference (AEC) & Exhibition. Twenty sessions at the conference will feature speakers reporting on...

Healthy schools: a major front in the fight for environmental justice.
I. INTRODUCTION II. HOUSING DISCRIMINATION SET THE FOUNDATION FOR TOXIC SCHOOLS A. Toxic Neighborhoods Lead to Toxic Schools III. HEALTH IMPACTS ON CHILDREN MUST BE A FACTOR IN SITING AND MAINTENANCE POLICIES A. Use of State Education Mandates as a Tool to Achieve Environmentally Healthy School Facilities B. San...

Environmental crimes.
I. INTRODUCTION A. Criminal versus Civil Penalties B. Enforcement C. Interaction with Other Criminal Violations II. GENERAL ISSUES A. Overview of Elements of Environmental Criminal Violations B. Liability 1. Corporate Liability 2. Individual Liability C. Common Defenses 1. Constitutional Defenses 2. Other Defenses D. Voluntary Compliance and Sentencing E....

Transboundary movement of hazardous wastes into Lebanon: Part 1. The silent trade.
Background The "silent trade" of hazardous wastes was recognized as a major environmental threat long before the 1989 Basel Convention, which set global rules for the international waste trade (Asante-Duah, Saccomanno, & Shortreed, 1992; Fry, 1989). Prior to that convention, countries around the world were becoming increasingly...

Environmental crimes.
I. INTRODUCTION A. Criminal versus Civil Penalties B. Enforcement C. Interaction with Other Criminal Violations II. GENERAL ISSUES A. Overview of Elements of Environmental Criminal Violations B. Liability 1. Corporate Liability 2. Individual Liability C. Common Defenses 1. Constitutional Defenses 2. Other Defenses D. Voluntary Compliance and Sentencing E....

JPEPA seen boosting exports to Japan.
Byline: EDU LOPEZ Philippine exports to Japan, particularly automotive parts, garments, furniture and semiconductor, are expected to be the main beneficiaries of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). These four product sectors were identified by Ambassador Donald Dee, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)...

Feminism and the grass roots: women and environmentalism in Nova Scotia, 1980-1983.
This paper is based on a case study of women's participation in a popular movement to oppose uranium mining in Nova Scotia in 19811983. We use the case study to bring into question recent literature on women's involvement in the American anti-toxics movement of the same period. The anti-toxics...

Quantifying the Exposure of Heavy-Equipment Operators to Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust.
Abstract Respirable-dust sampling was performed for two months during the excavation of a large disposal pit at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Solid Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility. The facility is located on a mesa formed through erosion of volcanic ash deposition. Three regulated silica polymorphs are naturally present...

Releases of Hazardous Substances in schools: data from the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance system, 1993-1998. (Features).
Introduction Hazardous substances emergency events occurring at schools in the United States have been reported mainly in general investigations of hazardous materials incidents (Burgess, Harter, Kovalchick, Kyes, & Thompson, 2000; Kales, Castro, & Christiani, 1996; Kales, Castro, Christiani, Goldman, & Polyhronopoulos, 1997a). The information about schools and...

Environmental crimes.
I. INTRODUCTION II. GENERAL ISSUES A. Liability 1. Corporate Liability and the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior 2. Individual Liability and the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine B. Common Defenses 1. Constitutional Defenses 2. Other Defenses C. Voluntary Compliance and Sentencing D. Current and Proposed Sentencing Guidelines III. CLEAN WATER ACT...