Rachel's Democracy & Health News #839

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Rachel's Democracy & Health News #839

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Rachel's Democracy & Health News #839

"Environment, health, jobs and justice--Who gets to decide?"

Thursday, January 26, 2006

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Featured stories in this issue...


In 2005 the Wheels Came Off the U.S. Chemical-Regulation System

In 2005 the Wall Street Journal blew the whistle on the U.S. system
for regulating chemicals, showing that it is based on scientific
assumptions that are simply wrong, and that the system is allowing all
of the nation's babies and children to be exposed to combinations of
industrial poisons that no one even knows how to evaluate for safety.


New Report: Half of All Breast Cancers May Be Tied to Environment

A review of 350 studies of breast cancer concludes that exposure to
chemicals and radiation may be contributing to half of all new cases,
or 106,000 breast cancers each year.


One Third of All Americans Are Endangered by Air Pollution
If you are one of the ninety-six million Americans who are exposed
to excessive fine-particle air pollution (from diesel engines, coal-
fired power plants and automobiles) you might be forfeiting 14 years
(or more) of your life, says a new study by U.S. Public Interest
Research Group. The good news is, this pollution is absolutely
preventable -- all it requires is the political will to toughen our
standards and develop clean alternatives.


World Bank Says Climate Change and Pollution Are Killing Millions

The World Bank says almost 20% of all ill health, worldwide, plus
millions of deaths each year, are caused by global warming and by
pollution. Furthermore, pollution is holding back economic
development.


Philanthropy and Democracy: A View from the U.S.

"Democracy is in crisis in the so-called advanced countries of the
world and in the so-called developing countries. Here I will reflect
mainly on the United States because I know it best. In other countries
the issues of democracy will differ. In most cases with which I am
familiar the differences will be matters of degree. But the
obligations of the philanthropic sector are the same."
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