Philippines: HCWH and Other Environment and Health Groups Warn Public on Toxic Materials
MB.com.ph – HCWH and other environmentalists vowed to monitor the illegal recycling and disposal of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or electric transformers’ oils nationwide to ensure that none of the toxic materials will endanger human health and environment. fromoughout the region.  more

Philippines: Becoming Mercury-free
Manila Standard Today – The focus of this year’s Asian Regional Conference on Mercury-Free Health Care meeting has decidedly veered away from the dangers of mercury and whether or not to phase such devices out. The issue now is about how alternatives are being introduced, how people receive these alternatives, as well as how the phased-out devices would be stored in the short and long term. more

Italy: Implements EU Ban on BPA in Baby Bottles all Products With BPA Immediately
Chemical Watch – A Decree issued by the Italian Ministry of Health published in Italy's Official Gazette on 18 March has implemented the EU Directive that restricts the level of bisphenol A in polycarbonate baby bottles. The decree bans the manufacture of plastic food contact materials and objects that do not meet comply with the Directive from 1 March 2011, and prohibits their placing on the Italian market from 1 June 2011. more

Alaska: Warmer Arctic Could Increase Threat of Disease
Alaska Newspaper – According to a paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks, climate change in the Arctic could change the balance of power between humans, animals and the germs or pathogens that make them both sick. The rates of predicted climate change for the Arctic could spell disaster for this longstanding host-pathogen balance. A warmer Arctic could increase survival of organisms that carry disease and decrease survival of the animals they infect – including animals used as subsistence food by people living in the Arctic.  more

US: Local Hospitals Find Ways to Go Green
Cleveland News – Hospitals across the nation are striving to meet new environmental standards for building construction, internal functions and patient care. Three local healthcare systems are making efforts to “go green” and reduce their negative impact on the planet. more

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