Mexico Outbreak Traced to 'Manure Lagoons' at Pig Farm.

The first known case of swine flu emerged a fortnight earlier than previously thought in a village where residents have long complained about the smell and flies from a nearby pig farm, it emerged last night.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6182789.ece

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Chemical Sensitivity 2009: Melbourne's first fragrance-free event
http://www.seekingmedia.com.au/news.php?newsid=624&g=-1

Chemical sensitivity woes need to be discussed
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/letters/6214781.html

Chronic Fatigue/ME and Fibromyalgia

Dr. Cheney on oxygen toxicity theory of ME/CFS & cell therapy results
http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=14496

Fundraiser aims to give supporters a chance to "Walk in the Shoes" of a loved one with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and other Chronic Pain Illnesses
http://www.pr-inside.com/fundraiser-aims-to-give-supporters-a-r1201641.htm

Health News

Testing the toxicity of nanomaterials
http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=8819&codi=49137&idproducttype=8&level=0

Lawsuit Accuses Health District of Mold Poisoning
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10231848

Reports of wind farm health problems growing
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090422/wind_farms_090422/20090422/?hub=TorontoNewHome

The Judgment on Vaccines Is In???
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-carrey/the-judgment-on-vaccines_b_189777.html

The Piven principle: Mercury from fish can pose health risk
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/621211

Deadlier thyroid cancers more common after radiation exposure, study suggests
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/20/thyroid-cancer-radiation.html

Moldy mattress creates a nightmare for couple
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1492622.html

Agent Orange exposure increases veterans' risk of aggressive recurrence of
prostate cancer
https://my.mcg.edu/portal/page/portal/News/archive/2009/Agent%20Orange%20exposure%20increases%20veterans%27%20risk%20of%20aggressive

Letters: End mercury injections
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090420/VOICES09/904200316/1052/OPINION01

Powerful Worries: Parents say moving high voltage lines could hurt students
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x77787223/Powerful-Worries-Parents-say-moving-high-voltage-lines-could-hurt-students

Proof is in the poison: PCB toxins are hazardous to humans
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090419/GPG0101/904190612/1207/GPG01

Indiana: High rates of autism, toxic pollution
http://www.bloomingtonalternative.com/node/9928

Parkinson's partially linked to pesticides
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/04/parkinsons-partially-linked-to-pesticides.html

Cabin air chemicals far more toxic than previously believed, says toxicologist
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/17/325243/cabin-air-chemicals-far-more-toxic-than-previously-believed-says.html

Some Hair Dyes a Danger to Your Health
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=139721

Child Obesity Is Linked to Chemicals in Plastics
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/child-obesity-is-linked-to-chemicals-in-plastics/?hp

EPA Warns about Spot-on Flea Meds for Pets
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=162005

Misc....

Scientists invent germ-killing wall paint
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNewsMolt/idUKTRE53M56S20090423

The precautionary principle
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005125772

Bugs, cornstarch replace pesticides today
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/622246

Some skip commercial cleaners for those made from pantry
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2009-04-21-green-cleaning_N.htm

Chinese-Made Drywall: A Family's Nightmare
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/15617/

6 companies to add pollution gear
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705298169/6-companies-to-add-pollution-gear.html

Non-toxic paints gaining in popularity
http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/618770

The Dark Side Of CFLs
http://www.greenmuze.com:80/blogs/guest-bloggers/1031-the-dark-side-of-cfls.html

Germany to ban cultivation of Monsanto GMO maize
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LE218443.htm

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue / ME

Autonomic Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia Assessed by the Composite Autonomic Symptoms Scale (COMPASS).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/19342959

Correlations between autonomic dysfunction and circadian changes and arrhythmia prevalence in women with fibromyalgia syndrome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/19357052

Prediction of outcome in patients presenting with fatigue in primary care.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19341545

Mold

Lawsuit says Kanawha school board ignored mold problem
http://www.wvrecord.com/news/218397-lawsuit-says-kanawha-school-board-ignored-mold-problem

Sick Building Syndrome: Floods, Mold, Cancer, and the Politics of Public Health
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/30-9

Flood mold forces Albany man to go camping
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=10197641&nav=menu37_3 b

Health News

Novel Disease Paradigm Produces Explanations for a Whole Group of Illnesses (Martin Pall)
http://www.thetenthparadigm.org

Cases of oral allergies to fruit and vegetables are rapidly increasing, according to a British specialist.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/7988483.stm

Lyme disease motivates local woman to save others
http://www.isanticountynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5837&Itemid=1

Is water linked to illnesses?
http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_105222428.html

Tobacco and pot smokers three times more likely to develop lung disease.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Tobacco%20smokers%20three%20times%20more%20likely%20develop%20lung%20disease%20study/1492937/story.html

Study links swimming pool chlorine to asthma
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0417/1224244902389.html

Vitamin deficiency asthma 'link.'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8000821.stm

Researchers look to make 'messy' nanotech production 'clean and green.' Nanotechnology's image is sleek, modern and clean. But that's not its reality. Can green chemistry help?
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/04/13/13greenwire-nows-the-time--to-make-this-stuff-clean-and-gr-10512.html

Genes show limited value in predicting diseases.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/health/research/16gene.html

EPA will test pesticides' effect on endocrine system.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041501960.html

Female rats exposed to estrogenic compounds through their mothers while in the womb had greater reactions to pain as adults, according to a study by Italian researchers.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/prebirth-exposure-to-ee-heightens-pain-sensitivity/

Volatile organic compounds and formaldehyde as explaining factors for
sensory irritation in office environments.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19184725?ordinalpos=12&itool=Email.EmailReport.Pubmed_ReportSelector.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Induction of metallothionein in mouse cerebellum and cerebrum with low-dose
thimerosal injection.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19357975?ordinalpos=1&itool=Email.EmailReport.Pubmed_ReportSelector.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Diet alters BPA's effects on mouse egg chromosomes
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/Diet-alters-BPAs-effects

When farm sprays go astray
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25314432-23289,00.html

Terrific story on epigenetics
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/blog/terrific-story-on-epigenetics

Triazine herbicides linger for twice as long as experts expected
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25318889-30417,00.html

Tufts researchers study health risks highways may pose in neighborhoods
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/04/12/road_hazard/

City air pollution 'shortens life'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7946838.stm

New sofas to blame for rash of allergies
http://www.smh.com.au/national/new-sofas-to-blame-for-rash-of-allergies-20090411-a3e2.html?page=-1

Unhealthy weather: A physician and meteorologist have created an
early-warning system for when weather patterns are likely to trigger health
problems.
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090413/LIVING/904130308

Gulf War syndrome linked to chemicals
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/04/13/Gulf-War-syndrome-linked-to-chemicals/UPI-18561239674043/

Flame retardants pose health risks to recyclers
http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/04/flame-retardants-health-risk-recyclers.html

Wind turbines causing health problems, some Ont. residents say
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/14/tech-090414-wind-turbines.html

Rise in multiple allergy patients
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7985616.stm

Students, staff allege toxic conditions at school in 500M lawsuit against city
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/04/14/2009-04-14_students_staff_allege_toxic_conditions_at_school_in_500m_lawsuit_against_city.html

Researchers identify how PCBs may alter in utero, neonatal brain
http://www.sciencecodex.com/researchers_identify_how_pcbs_may_alter_in_utero_neonatal_brain_development

Asthma plus traffic equals poor lung function
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE53D6T120090414

EPA To Begin Testing Pesticides for Endocrine Disruption
http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/oscpendo/

Alzheimer's: New findings resolve long dispute about how the disease might
kill brain cells
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/uom-anf041509.php

Mechanism of Compound Neurotoxicity Identified Polychlorinated biphenyls may
act through calcium ion channels
http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Pathology/Mechanism-of-Compound-Neurotoxicity-Identified/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/593636?contextCategoryId=40137

Does modern life cause allergies?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7989873.stm

Teen and young adult cancer rates rising
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wcancer0416/BNStory/Front/home

Children face 'cancer timebomb' from asbestos in schools.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6106680.ece

Eating fish during pregnancy: what's the right approach?
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/diet-fitness/2009/04/16/eating-fish-during-pregnancy-whats-the-right-approach.html

Pesticides and birth defects.
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=09-P13-00016&segmentID=1

Valley fever blowin' on a hotter wind. Harsher weather conditions - hotter temperatures and more intense dust storms fueled by global warming - are spreading the transmission of valley fever, a fungal disease endemic to the southwestern United States.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/valley-fever/Valley-Fever-blowin2019-on-a-hotter-wind

Stomach bug crystallizes an antibiotic threat. The public health community has been sounding the alarm for years about the overuse of antibiotics and the emergence of "superbugs". But the C. difficile problem shows that the threat is not generalized or hypothetical, but immediate and personal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14well.html

Lead fragments from police firing range found in school sandbox.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lead14-2009apr14,0,2037192.story

Drug agency slammed over slow reaction to toxic talc.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/04/14/200904140056.asp

Health Canada makes it official: BPA is health hazard.
http://www.canada.com/Health/Health%20Canada%20makes%20official%20health%20hazard/932205/story.html

Food and Agriculture

A lofty idea is blossoming in cities around the world, where acres of potential green space lie overhead.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/05/green-roofs/klinkenborg-text

The globalisation of the food chain, which has seen more and more food that is grown in one part of the world but processed and consumed in others, means that a disease outbreak or food scare in one country can quickly be felt elsewhere.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d4c3bf6-29ed-11de-9d01-00144feabdc0.html

A new study examining halogenated contaminants in farmed fish shows that fish low on the food chain carry lower levels than fish high on the chain.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es900970a

Antibiotic use in livestock questioned
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090411.ANTI11ART2048/TPStory/National

Sickening numbers in food safety study. One in six Torontonians - 437,000 each year - is sickened by food laced with bacteria, such as salmonella and listeria, according to a groundbreaking study of food-borne illness in the city.
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/619941

Local, state agencies lack resources to ensure food safety.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041604389.html

Misc....

Yikes, bedbugs! EPA looks to stop resurgence. With the most effective pesticides banned, the government is trying to figure out how to respond to the biggest bedbug outbreak since World War II.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jW1gCMUfuDA6vJiJISF07lBu5pOQD97IG2E80

Decision scientists are trying to figure out why it's so hard for us to get into a green mind-set. Their answers may be more crucial than any technological advance in combating climate change and other environmental challenges.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19Science-t.html

Eco-friendly labeling? It's a lot of 'greenwash'
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/619936

Who's afraid of the White House garden?
http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/04/whos-afraid-of-the-white-house-garden.html

Super-Strong Paint Kills Superbugs
http://www.webmd.com/news/20090416/super-strong-paint-kills-superbugs

Attention shoppers: beware of false eco-claims
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/15/greenwashing.html

Multifaceted Approach to Assess Indoor Environmental Quality
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/blog/

The Precautionary Principle
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102969622

Non-toxic paints gain popularity
http://www.mlive.com/homeandgarden/index.ssf/2009/04/nontoxic_paints_gain_popularit.html