Blogposts tagged 'Health Impacts'

The true cost of coal and the men making you pay it

Posted by jossc - 28 November 2008 at 3:31pm - 0 Comments

Greenpeace activists tell major global polluters in Poland to "Get Serious, Quit Coal".

If we're to avert catastrophic climate change the world must quit coal. But the industry and the powerful forces which rely on it won't go down without a fight. Yesterday, in Warsaw, Greenpeace provided them with two reminders of why we all need to quit coal.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, coal, energy, fossil fuels, health impacts, pollution

The Chernobyl catastrophe - consequences on human health

Publication date:  18 April, 2006

Summary

In the past twenty years it has become clear, that nuclear energy conceals dangers, in some aspects, even greater than atomic weapons: the ejecta from this one reactor exceeded the radioactive contamination caused by the nuclear weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by one hundred times.

It has become clear that one nuclear reactor can contaminate half of the Earth and that no longer, not in one single country, could citizens be assured that the state will have the forethought and wisdom to protect them from nuclear misfortunes.

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Article tagged as: chernobyl, health impacts, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radioactivity, reactor safety, reports, russia

Arrested development - the impacts of pesticides on children's mental health and development

Publication date:  1 December, 2003

Summary

A greenpeace study conducted in six states of India in collaboration with Dharamitra, ICRA, SEWA, Janachetana, SIRPI, Kheti Virasat, SYO and YMC.

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Article tagged as: health impacts, pesticides, reports

Greenpeace supports radiation and health conference

Posted by bex - 5 May 2004 at 8:00am - 0 Comments
Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Article tagged as: health impacts, nuclear power, radiation, reactor safety

Chemical legacy - contamination of the child

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Publication date: October 2003

Summary
Many chemicals used routinely in consumer products are also present in the human body, including prenatal and newborn children. These chemical pollutants are likely to be having a detrimental effect not only on the health of adults, but also on young children, who are particularly at risk.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, health impacts, toxics

Toxic childrenswear by Disney

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Publication date: April 2004

Summary
This report shows that chemicals which may represent a long-term hazard to human health are present in Disney childrenswear. Disney garments, including pyjamas, T-shirts and underwear, were bought at retail outlets in 19 countries around the world and the printed logo section analysed for chemicals by the Danish independent laboratory, Eurofins.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, health impacts, reports, toxics

Christmas Turkeys stuffed with dangerous chemicals

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Publication date: 23rd December 2003

Summary
Independent laboratory tests carried out on the meat and the wrapping from products sold at Tesco, Sainsbury, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose and Asda. All but one revealed the presence of phthalates and nonylphenol, toxic chemicals which can cause liver, kidney and testicular damage, interfere with human DNA and affect sperm production in mammals.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, health impacts, reports

Hazardous Chemicals in Consumer Products

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Results of products tested by TNO

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Article tagged as: chemicals, health impacts, reports, toxics

Human impacts of man-made chemicals

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

A Greenpeace Report

Publication date: September 2003

Summary
Research published in peer-reviewed scientific journals has reported possible links between commonly used chemicals and a range of health problems.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, eu chemicals policy, health impacts, reports

Chemical Legacy

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Contamination of the child

Publication date: October 2003

Summary
This report completes the loop of chemical exposure. It illustrate that chemicals found in consumer products are likely to be having a detrimental effect on the health of children and the population at large.

In addition to the Chemical Legacy report (download by clicking on the title above), you can download the test results here.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, eu chemicals policy, health impacts, reports
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