Health – Worth Knowing
- • Radiation Risk to Humans Differs Between GSM and CDMA Cell Phone Technology: Jan. 6, 2011, The Council of Europe’s recent resolution on the need to reduce exposures to electromagnetic fields focused on cell phones with “continuous pulse waves”, the kind emitted by GSM phones (e.g. AT&T & T-Mobile) but not by CDMA (Verizon, Sprint), says Joel Moskowitz, PhD, Director, Center for Family and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley...
- • Chromium-6 Is Widespread in US Tap Water: Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) have detected hexavalent chromium, the carcinogenic “Erin Brockovich chemical,” in tap water from 31 of 35 American cities. The highest levels were in Norman, Okla.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Riverside, Calif. In all, water samples from 25 cities contained the toxic metal at concentrations above the safe maximum recently proposed by California regulators...
- • Sustainability Roadmaps for Hospitals: Today’s health care leaders are approaching sustainability with many different priorities, opinions, and perspectives. Every hospital has a different mix of drivers and motivators for taking on sustainability as a goal. For some, being in compliance in a high-risk regulatory environment is a driver. Others are responding to external pressure to address environmental issues like climate change or resource conservation...