USA: Hospital Embraces "Healthy Food in Health Care"
Health Care Without Harm US – The Cleveland Clinic Hospital and several of its affiliated regional hospitals now follow the ''Healthy Food in Health Care Pledge" program developed by Health Care Without Harm.  more

USA: Health Care Organizations Ask Congress to Support Chemical Regulatory Reform
Health Care Without Harm US – Two dozen organizations representing health care professionals, along with health sector businesses sent letters to Congress urging the passage of strong reform of the nation's chemical regulatory system in the US. Health Care Without Harm coordinated the letters from across the health care sector.  more

India: Five Ill After Exposure to Radioactive Medical Waste
Hindustan Times – Five people fell seriously ill after being exposed to some “radioactive material”, reportedly present in medical waste equipment at a scrap dealer’s shop in Mayapuri in west Delhi. more

India: No Agency to Monitor Radioactive Bio-waste
Indian Exoress – While the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has a mandate for monitoring hazardous substances, it does not include radioactive waste or material either.  more

USA: EPA Joins the FDA in Investigation of BPA
Plastictoday.com – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will add polycarbonate (PC) precursor bisphenol A (BPA) to its chemicals of concern list and require testing related to environmental effects as part of a new action plan.  more

UK: Babies Tainted by Many Toxins, Report Says
News Observer – A study conducted by the Environmental Working Group show that the umbilical cord blood of babies born today can have traces of industrial chemicals that were banned 30 years ago. Their bodies can absorb at least 287 toxic chemicals while they are still in the womb.  more

Australia: Climate Change Linked to Health Issues
smh.com.au – The effects of climate change are causing health problems for people living in some South Pacific islands, a conference has heard. Climate change is causing an unreliable power supply and a shortage of safe drinking water for residents in the Marshall Islands.  more

Nigeria: Legislators, Groups Step Up Climate Policy Actualisation
AllAfrica.com – As stakeholders gathered a couple of weeks ago in Abuja to explore modalities relating to the emergence of a National Climate Change Policy and Legislation, emphasis was laid on the fact that the document should adopt a development approach by indicating the activities that the country should engage in to reduce carbon-dioxide emission.  more

Africa: World Health Day theme "Development of Cities and Health"
AllAfrica.com – Speaking at the occasion advisor of the Minister of Health, Dr. Mismay Gebrehiwet, pointed out that air pollution from big industries and commercial cities isn't only inflicting environment pollution, climate change, global warm and other problems but also compromising the health of people.  more

New Delhi: Burnt E-waste Raises Health Alarm for Locals
The Times of India – Several tonnes of hazardous e-waste — discarded television sets, computers, photocopying machines and inverter batteries — were burnt in the fire in Mundka, posing a serious health concern for people living in the vicinity.  more

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