BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

Free seminars are offered using web and telephone technology through the following units. Webinars, in real-time, require the participant to be available at the time of the lecture. On-demand webcasts can be viewed/heard anytime via the internet.

Real-time Seminars (Webinars)

Seminar	Details
UBC’s School of Environmental Health	Throughout the academic year, UBC’s School of Environmental Health (SOEH) hosts a weekly research seminar open to all members of the University community and to the public. Invited speakers include visiting faculty, researchers, and policy makers from other institutions and organizations in Canada and abroad; SOEH faculty and students (presenting on completed research projects); and faculty from other UBC departments. SOEH now uses Live Classroom - state-of-the-art technology that provides an interactive online learning experience. Be a part of our virtual classroom wherever you are located! The seminars are open to the general public - no registration is required. Information for certified industrial hygiene/safety professionals can be found on the SOEH website. Calendar of SOEH Seminars Details: SOEH website
UBC’s School of Environmental Health	Beginning September 1, 2009, UBC School of Environmental Health presents an on-demand, online course on Outdoor Air Quality and Health and the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI). This free of cost web-based course has multimedia content and text developed in consultation with our air pollution and health experts, with hyperlinks to online resources (e.g. Canadian and US government publications and websites), other resources (e.g. references to online peer-reviewed literature), as well as to the Glossary in the course. A discussion forum is available for interaction between learners and a subject matter expert. An "Ask an Expert" feature enables learners to explore topics and questions further. Details: SOEH
UBC Department of Health Care and Epidemiology	Seminars (Rounds) are held during the academic year Fridays from 9:00 - 10:00. Please join us for the Grand Rounds. If you are unable to attend in person, please join us remotely through our website www.healthcare.ubc.ca and simultaneously via conference call. Dial in: 1-866-596-5278 Conference ID: 7347312# If you do join us via conference call, please note that phones will be muted until the discussion period. Please be aware that others will be able to hear you during the discussion period. For this reason, please put your phone on mute as sounds like voices, shuffling papers, typing, etc. can be highly distracting for other remote listeners. **Presentations are the property of the presenter(s) and permission must be obtained before copying or distribution of presentation occurs. Presentations for rounds from the website are for viewing purposes only.** Seminars (Rounds) are held during the academic year Fridays from 9:00 - 10:00. Calendar of HCEP Rounds Remote listeners follow along with the presentation by clicking through the presentation (.pdf) posted on the HCEP website (www.healthcare.ubc.ca) while listening to the presentation over the teleconference system.The change of slides is indicated to remote listeners by a short beep. To connect to the audio portion of the seminar, dial: Within BC: 1-866-596-5278 When prompted, enter the conference code 7347312# Connectivity to the audio conference as well as the web presentation will be available approximately 10 minutes prior to the actual start time, and left available until approximately 30 minutes after the seminar ends. For further information on the rounds series contact Sylvia Froese at sylvia.froese@ubc.ca.

Seminars available on the Internet (On-Demand Webcasts)

Seminar	Details
AllerGen	Ethics Workshop: Challenges of Multi-Site, Multi-Jurisdictional Ethics Approval View the 11 sessions of the workshop held at Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto on December 17, 2009.
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)	Providing advice of interest to students and new investigators (navigate to Page 15): Careers in Molecular Epidemiology From the Annual Meeting: Apr. 1-5/06
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)	AACR Virtual Conferences   AACR Meetings have an impact on science long after they’re over. AACR is making available a series of webcasts in the past few years. These webcasts highlight the most significant talks and sessions from AACR meetings to ensure that the content is available worldwide to scientists, members of the media and the lay public. You do not have to be an AACR member to view these free webcasts. Details: AACR webpage
American Diabetes Association (ADA)	57th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course Free Webcasts from the ADA meeting held on February 5-7, 2010 in San Francisco presenting cutting-edge clinical research in diabetes treatment and management.
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHce)	AIHce presents a series of podcasts  Details: AIHce webpage
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)	ASCO delivers a variety of oncology audio podcasts on the latest presentations, news and commentary from the 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium Presentations – subscription required. Details: ASCO webpage
Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)	Carbon: Sustainability, Strategy, and Solutions A discussion of the multi-dimensional perspective required to address carbon within a governance context; including: • Leveraging existing governance structures to address carbon; • Integrating sustainability into corporate strategy; and • Aligning your operating model to ensure success. Date: August 22, 2010 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST
Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)	Join the Air & Waste Management Association and presenter Thomas M. McGowan, president and founder of TMTS Associates, for “Renewable Biomass Energy: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Saving on Fuel Costs” to get the information you need to choose and implement an environmentally-friendly energy system designed to meet your organization’s needs. Date: January 14, 2010 at 2:00pm EST Details: AWMA
Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)	Webinar Event: Air Quality Modelling – Fundamentals of AERMOD On October 15, 2009 at 2:00PM EDT, join the Air & Waste Management Association for “Air Quality Modeling – Fundamentals of AERMOD,” to address the fundamentals and procedures for using the popular dispersion model AERMOD to calculate air quality impacts and manage air resources. Details: AWMA
Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)	Life Cycle Assessment: A Comprehensive Environmental Management Tool Monday, March 22, 2010 – 2:00pm – 4:00 pm EST Sustainability and other environmental professionals are invited to join the Air & Waste Management Association for this exciting Webinar to learn more about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a standardized tool that considers all the human health and ecological impacts of a product from cradle to grave. Find out how LCA can help to create more environmentally sound and better products by taking a holistic view of environmental interactions, from the extraction of raw materials from the Earth and production and distribution of energy, through the use, and reuse, and final disposal of a product.
Air & Waste Management Association (AWMA)	Upcoming Webinar: Sustainability and Climate Change: From Compliance to Opportunity Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:00 PM EST “Sustainability and Climate Change: From Compliance to Opportunity” will be a series of four (4) webinars discussing sustainability and climate change. The first and second installments of this series will discuss mandatory and voluntary reporting programs/ initiatives, respectively, to provide a feel for the regulatory and policy landscape. The third webinar will discuss strategies for compliance with existing programs, to assist with governance in the short term. Finally, the fourth webinar will take a longer-term view, looking at ways to leverage compliance requirements into opportunities for improving organizational efficiencies and corporate reputation.
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)	Podcasts: 2009 Managing Water Resources and Development in a Changing Climate - Anchorage, Alaska 2008 Annual Conference - New Orleans, LA Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers - Working at the Water’s Edge - Virgina Beach, VA GIS and Water Resources V - San Mateo, CA 2007 Annual Conference - Albuquerque, NM Emerging Contaminants of Concern in the Environment - Vail, CO Third Water Resources Policy Dialogue - Arlington, VA
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)	Climate Change & the Global Water Cycle: Recent Regional Experiences The Domestic Public Health Impact of Climate Change: U.S. Perspective on Waterborne Disease Transmission Health Effects of Exposure to Extreme Heat Climate Change and Vector-Borne/Zoonotic Diseases Climate Change and Public Health  Details: ASTHO webpage
British Occupational Hygiene Society(BOHS)	BOHS has been running Webinars which offer a very cost-effective and easy-to-attend means of updating yourself on a range of hot topics widely relevant to occupational health professionals. Details: BOHS website
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	Preventing and Enforcing Musculoskeletal Hazards in the Workplace webinar held on June 17, 2009, discussed how Ontario’s health and safety system has engaged its partners to coordinate their efforts to implement an MSD prevention strategy that includes access to prevention resources such as the MSD Prevention Guideline for Ontario and sector specific materials, integration into WSIB prevention services and enforcement by the Ministry of Labour.   Details: CCOHS webpage
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	CCOHS produces monthly podcasts on a wide variety of topics related to workplace health and safety. Each episode is designed to keep you current with information, tips and insights into the health, safety and well-being of working Canadians. Healthy Workplaces Bridging the Generations at Work Help Prevent the Spread Working in the Heat: How Hot is Too Hot? Keeping Young Workers Safe Planning for Influenza National Day of Mourning Details: CCOHS
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)	CCOHS is recognized worldwide for providing programs, services, and knowledge that help organizations raise awareness, assess risks, implement prevention programs, and improve the health, safety and well-being of workers. Promoting Health & Safety Through Social Media Preventing and Enforcing Muskuloskeletal Hazards in the Workplace Evaluating MSDS First Aid Advice Mentally Healthy Workplaces: Strategies for Success Journey to a Healthier Workplace Participatory Ergonomic Interventions: Process and Implementation
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)	NASA’s Applied Sciences Program is now available for Internet viewing. It is entitled “Geospatial Science Forum with NASA”. You will become informed about the NASA Public Health Initiative and NASA’s approach to geosciences architecture, interoperability and practice. CDC currently is considering new approaches to institutional geospatial science leadership in public health. From a May 25, 2007 presentation. Healthy Places Leading to Healthy People: Community Engagement Improves Health for All Originally aired May 11, 2007 Details: CDC website
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)	Recommendation for Exploratory Spatiotemporal Analysis and Cartographic Presentation of Environmental Hazard, Exposure and Health Outcome Data for the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Linda Pickle, Ph.D., Principal and Chief Statistician, StatNet Consulting, LLC, will review general principles of visualization design and their past application to the design of disease atlases and web sites for dissemination of cancer statistics. Based on this theoretical foundation and practical experience, recommendations are given for the design of a public web portal for the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. These recommendations are illustrated by specific designs for birth defects rates, blood lead levels among children and domestic well water quality. Originally aired: June 2, 2008 Details: CDC webpage
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)	Podcasts: Clostridium difficile in Humans and Food Animals Details:CDC webpage
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)	Workplace Safety and Women : This women’s health podcast aired on May 11, 2009, focused on four important issues for women at work: job stress, work schedules, reproductive health, and workplace violence.
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)	Metabolic Syndrome: At the Crossroads of the Western Disease Cluster Join CHE on Thursday, May 7, at 10:00 AM Pacific/ 1:00 PM Eastern for an important call on metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions occurring together that elevate a person’s risk of developing certain chronic diseases such heart disease, stroke and diabetes and its intersection with what is being called the Western Disease Cluster. Featured speakers will include:  • Bruce Blumeberg, Ph.D, Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California • David R. Jacobs, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health, University of Minnesota • Jill Stein, MD, co-founder of the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities and board member of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility.  Details: CHE webpage
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)	Known for her book High Tech Trash, an expose of the electronic waste industry, Elizabeth Grossman’s new book, Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry, reveals the dangers and the extent of the chemicals that are found in everyday products such as BPAs, perfluorinated compounds, brominated flame retardants, and phthalates, and offers up hope for a future without them. Join CHE Director, Elise Miller, for a conversation with Grossman on Tuesday January 19, 2010 at 11 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern.
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)	Report from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: Implications for Human Health January 28, 2010 at 10 AM PST / 1 PM EST According to the United Nations Framework Convention in Climate Change in Stepping up International Action on Climate Change: The Road to Copenhagen, “Climate change is today widely recognized as one of mankind’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. If left unchecked, climate change can seriously harm economies, societies and eco-systems all around the world, especially in developing countries.”
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)	2008 Educational Webinars – PDFs available for the following: ·         Joint CSTE – NIOSH Educational Webinar ·         Exposure Surveillance using OSHA’s Integrated Management Information System ·         NHIS 2010 Occupational Health Supplement ·         Surveillance of Hearing Loss and Occupational Noise Exposure using NCHS Data ·         Analysis of Mental Health Outcomes in Minority Farm Operators ·         Analysis of California Cancer Registry Data Details: CSTE website
CTRC - AACR	Webcasts from the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - the first Symposium presented by the CTRC, AACR, and the Baylor College of Medicine. Details: SABCS webpage
Environmental Health Perspectives(EHP)	Join host Ernie Hood as he talks with some of environmental health science’s foremost researchers in EHP’s new podcast series, The Researcher’s Perspective. Hear about the motivation and vision behind the research as well as the implications for human health—all direct from the source. EHP Presents: The Researcher’s Perpective
European Respiratory Society(ERS)	Webcasts from the Lung Science Conf. - Lung Injury, Repair and Remodeling, Estoril 2008. Topics: • Trigger mechanisms of lung injury • Cellular responses to lung injury • Resolution of lung inflammation • Extracellular matrix dynamics and remodelling Details: ERS webpage
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)	Webcasts: IMPACT Breast Cancer Conference – Brussels, Belgium May 7 – 9, 2009
GeoConnections	WebEx Presentation: Aboriginal Community Land and Resource Management Geospatial Data Needs Assessment GeoConnections is pleased to invite you to a web presentation concerning the Aboriginal Land and Resource Management Data Needs Assessment. GeoConnections is working to facilitate the use and exchange of location-based or "geospatial" data to help support land and resource management by Aboriginal organizations. The presentation is scheduled for October 28, 2009 at 1:00 PM EDT. Details: GeoConnections
GeoConnections	WebEx Presentation: Guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data Monday, March 25, 2010 – 1:00pm – 2:00 pm EST GeoConnections is pleased to announce the availability of a guide to Best Practices for Sharing Sensitive Environmental Geospatial Data. This publication supports programs, services, businesses and/or applications related to the environment and sustainable development. It was developed in consultation with organizations from across Canada, including practitioners from government, NGOs, industry and academia who provided invaluable input and feedback.
Harvard Medical School	HMS scientists tackle a variety of important questions, ranging from how neurons work to which genes play a role in particular diseases. This podcast features important aspects of this work, providing context and highlighting the latest trends in medical education and biomedical research.    Details: HMS website
International Commision on Occupational Health (ICOH)	Upcoming Virtual Seminar Workers at Risk: Toxic Environments in Healthcare Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:00 AM EST Dr. William Buchta will present Workers at Risk: Toxic Environment in Healthcare. Dr. Buchta was originally trained in family practice however, for the past 22 years his primary practice has been occupational health. Dr. Buchta is board certified in occupational medicine and public health. Since 1992 he has focused on medical center occupational health and has worked at the Mayo Clinic since 2001. Dr. Buchta became an ICOH and HCW Health Committee member in 2006, attending triennial meetings in Milan and Capetown. In 2007 Dr. Buchta attended the Vancouver meeting sponsored by the committee for which he was on the program and scientific committee.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement(IHI)	As part of an ongoing effort to accelerate health care improvement throughout the world, IHI will be transmitting a live satellite broadcast of the 21st Annual National Forum presentations on December 8 – 9, 2009. The real-time and tape-delayed broadcasts include four keynote and five mini keynote sessions. The broadcast is available in English only.
International Myeloma Foundation(IMF)	The 2009 ASCO Annual Meeting was a forum for cutting-edge scientific and educational developments in oncology with a focus on personalizing cancer care. The webcast overviews presentations provided by Drs. Durie, Rajkumar and Anderson, as well as a number of interviews with scientists who presented their results at the conference. Details: IMF webpage
LGMA	Respectful Workplace - Behavioral and Generational Issues Date and Time: June 21 – 23, 2010, Noon – 1:00pm In this session we will be exploring what is meant by "respectful workplace" and how generational issues impact organizations. We will be discussing whether different standards of behavior are appropriate depending on the workgroup (e.g. Inside or outside staff ), and what individual employees can do to support the development of a respectful workplace. This session will also discuss the unique challenges of working with and leading different generational styles, with specific practical suggestions. Details: here
Michigan Centre for Public Health	Symposium 2006: Human Health and Animal Disease: An Epidemiologic Collision? Presented live January 24, 2006 at the University of Michigan.
NCRI	The NCRI Cancer Conference is the major forum in the UK for showcasing the best British and international cancer research. The podcasts feature a compelling mix of high-quality plenary speakers, symposia and parallel sessions, including focused satellite meetings and workshops. Details: NCRI webpage
Netsmart Technologies	Netsmart Technologies Leverage GIS in Public Health to Improve Decision Making Details: Netsmart Technologies Website
PICS	Pacific Climate Seminar Series: An Outside-the-Box Approach to Climate Change Negotiations Wednesday, April 28: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Presented by Dr. Barry Carin, Associate Director, UVic Centre for Global Studies and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Research Channel	Contaminants and Human Health in the Arctic The Arctic Council, a high level forum of the eight circumpolar nations and indigenous peoples organizations, met in Fairbanks, Alaska in April 2000. Council members participated in a University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted panel discussion about contaminants and human health in the Arctic. Control of Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases Discussion of novel and not-so-novel approaches for control of resurgent vector-borne diseases. Vector-borne diseases are resurgent in many parts of the world. The reasons for this are multifactorial, and the prognosis for these diseases is bleak. Epidemic dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever and shock syndrome in the Americas are used to illustrate the importance and causes for resurgence of vector-borne diseases. Approaches to control the dengue that focus upon the vector, Aedes aegypti, are presented. Dangerous Business: Workplace Hazards, Part 1 A myriad of causes lead to environmental illness. Some 100,000 chemicals are commonly used in the workplace today. University of Washington School of Medicine professors Drs. Joann G. Elmore, Hugh M. Foy, Christopher H. Allan and Matthew Keifer explain how workplace hazards are identified and what solutions are available to prevent or reduce injuries and health concerns. Also explore the most common of occupational injuries – carpal tunnel syndrome – and its related disorders. Dangerous Business: Workplace Hazards, Part 2 In the second half of this two-part program, continue to learn about dangers in the workplace. University of Washington School of Medicine professors Drs. Joann G. Elmore, Hugh M. Foy, Christopher H. Allan and Matthew Keifer explain how workplace hazards are identified and what solutions are available to prevent or reduce injuries and health concerns. Also explore the most common of occupational injuries – carpal tunnel syndrome – and its related disorders.
Research Channel	Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise Tackling the complex causes of epidemics, Dr. Donald Ganem explains how mutations in genes and changes in the environment and human social behavior can give rise to new infectious diseases. He cites the influenza virus as an example of genetic changes that have led to epidemics and pandemics. He also shows the impact of weather on a 1993 outbreak of Hanta virus, describes the effect of human migration on the spread of smallpox, and examines what happened when the myxoma virus was introduced in Australia in the 1950s to control the rabbit population. Details: here   Future Plagues: Evaluating and Responding to Natural and Man-Made Epidemics How should we approach the prospect of widespread communicable disease with substantial social, political and economic consequences? This speech by Paul Ewald, Ph.D. brings an evolutionary perspective, integrating evolutionary explanations for disease with traditional mechanistic understandings of pathogens and human susceptibilities. Details: here
Research Channel	Emerging Infections: How Epidemics Arise Tackling the complex causes of epidemics, Dr. Donald Ganem explains how mutations in genes and changes in the environment and human social behavior can give rise to new infectious diseases. He cites the influenza virus as an example of genetic changes that have led to epidemics and pandemics. He also shows the impact of weather on a 1993 outbreak of Hanta virus, describes the effect of human migration on the spread of smallpox, and examines what happened when the myxoma virus was introduced in Australia in the 1950s to control the rabbit population. Future Plagues: Evaluating and Responding to Natural and Man-Made Epidemics How should we approach the prospect of widespread communicable disease with substantial social, political and economic consequences? This speech by Paul Ewald, Ph.D. brings an evolutionary perspective, integrating evolutionary explanations for disease with traditional mechanistic understandings of pathogens and human susceptibilities. Globalization and the Politics of Public Health This episode explores the complex relations between globalization and public health, running the gamut from bioterrorism and thermonuclear tests to the connections between wealth and health. The program includes interviews with doctors and nurses, academics, political analysts, journalists and people whose failing health is directly impacted by globalization. Healthy Cities, Healthy Lives: The Built Environment and Public Health Environmental planning scholar Tim Beatley explores ways in which community planning and design influence public health, and presents ideas and strategies for paying attention to and positively promoting public health through planning and design. Drawing upon the experiences of North American and European cities that are striving to be "green" and sustainable and at the same time healthier environments for their residents, Professor Beatley examines the relationship between urban sustainability and public health and, from this, argues that sustainable, green cities are indeed essential for healthy communities and healthy lives.
United Nations Environment Program	Podcasts: Governments Give Green Light for Greening Global Economy From: February 27, 2008 UNEP’s Climate Neutral Network From: February 21, 2008 Global Ministerial Environment Forum From: February 16, 2008
University at Albany, Centre for Public Health Preparedness	In September 2000, CDC partnered with the Association of Schools of Public Health, state and local public health agencies and other academic and community partners to develop a national network of Centers for Public Health Preparedness. Who Should Attend: National audience of professionals and their partners. There is no charge to attend. Topics include, but are not limited to: Public Health Preparedness & Leadership in Crisis Situations; Risky Business: Communication During Crisis; Epidemiology and Surveillance of Emerging Infections; and Water Contamination Events: Lessons Learned from Katrina. Visit the U Albany website for details.
University of Illinois at Chicago: School of Public Health, Centre of Excellence in Environmental Health	Through the Center of Excellence we strive to develop curricula for the Great Lakes environmental health workforce in exposure assessment and toxicology. The objectives are to: increase awareness among local health department workers to the role of local health departments in addressing environmental health issues; develop, implement and evaluate an online training program that addresses the fourteen competencies and ten essential environmental health services for local public health department workers; improve communication and interaction between environmental health experts and local health department practitioners; and develop, implement and evaluate advanced course work in environmental health for local public health workers responsible for environmental health. Topics include, but are not limited to: West Nile Virus; Cancer Clusters; Mold & Fungi; Agricultural Safety; Pest Management; Lead Poisoning; Radon; Brownfields; and taking Environmental/Occupational Histories. Visit the UIC website for details.
US Department of Health and Human Services	US Department of Health and Human Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provide the following free webcast: Helping the Labor Movement Embrace Recovery Produced: May 3/06, 1hour Visit the webcast’s website and click on "View Multimedia"
US National Institutes of Health Videocasting	Special NIH events, seminars, and lectures are available to viewers on the Internet from the NIH videocast web site. Videocasting is the method of electronically streaming digitally encoded video and audio data. Streaming files are not downloaded, but rather are broadcast in a manner similar to television broadcasts. NIH videocast website.
West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Office for Public Health Practice	Asbestos in Buildings and Health Effects Alan M. Ducatman, MD, MSc Chair, Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, WVU From Grand Rounds held November 30, 2006 Other topics also available.
Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars	Scientists Set Five Grand Challenges for Nanotechnology Risk Research Fourteen top international scientists in the field of nanotechnology have identified Five Grand Challenges for nanotechnology risk research that must be met if the technology is to reach its full potential. Their findings are the subject of a major paper published in the November 16th issue of the journal Nature. The paper’s lead author is Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Chief Science Advisor Andrew Maynard. Co-authors (see below) are among the world’s foremost nanotechnology risk and applications researchers from universities, government, and industry in the United States and Europe. Three of the paper’s authors—Dr. Maynard, Dr. Martin A. Philbert of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Dr. Sally Tinkle of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences— discuss their recommendations. From a live broadcast held November, 2006.

Hello BCEOHRN Members!

In 2008 I was involved with BCEOHRN to conduct a gap analysis for its Mentorship Program. I am pleased to be on board as the Mentorship Program Coordinator and continue the progress of this resource for BCEOHRN’s members.

The BCEOHRN Mentorship Program will focus on reaching all of its student and junior members at different academic levels and build relationships between peers and colleagues. The program will be delivered through a variety of approaches, some of which have already been implemented, and others to be established.

These include:
-Connecting mentors or mentees through the mentorship database
-BCEOHRN Special Interest Groups
-Providing mentorship and professional development resources through the BCEOHRN website

Further goals for the program in the upcoming year include:

-Offering workshops and seminars for professional development
-Providing opportunities for students to share and present their research
-Developing an internship branch of the program

I welcome any input or suggestions and look forward to further developing the BCEOHRN Mentorship Program.

Regards, Joann Yuan

Contact me at: mentorship @ bceohrn.ca.

Mentorship Initiatives

Gap Analysis

The BCEOHRN Mentorship Program Gap Analyis was carried out in the summer, 2008. The report is available here.

Online Database

The BCEOHRN members’ database is an online searchable tool that provides both mentors and mentees the capacity to locate one another. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a looking for a mentor, please edit your record to indicate so, or let us know and we can do that for you. Mentorship could take the forms of grant reviews and scholarship application reviews, with relationships being developed across the province. Visit the BCEOHRN members’ database.

BC University Mentorship Programs

Some BC universities offer mentoring programs. For a list of available programs, please refer to the BC University Mentorship Programs page.

Resources for Developing Mentoring Programs

If you are interested in developing a program for your unit or institution, a selection of online resources is available at the Resources for Developing Mentoring Programs page.

BCEOHRN Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Special Interest Groups have been established to bring together members in several areas of interest. These groups are small, comprised of both senior and junior members, or groups of peers, and are flexible in terms of participants and guidelines. Mini-networks arising from this initiative could be of real benefit to members, including new grant proposals. Groups meet via WebEx/teleconference to address issues of interest to the group members across the province.

More information on these Special Interest Groups can be found at the links below.

• Special Interest Group on GIS (GIS SIG)
  Leader and Contact person: Ian Parfitt, UBC
• Special Interest Group on Water (Water SIG)
  Leader and Contact person: Corinne Ong, Ryerson
• Special Interest Group on Injury Prevention (Injury Prevention SIG)
  Leader and Contact person: TBA
• Special Interest Group for Students and New Professionals (SNP SIG)
  Leader and Contact person: Cheryl Peters, UBC
• Special Interest Group on Workplace Bullying
  Leader and Contact person: Diane Rodgers, BullyFree BC

If you, as a BCEOHRN member, are interested in starting your own SIG, or would like to have a Group started in a particular environmental/occupational health area, please contact us.

Annual Report on SIGs (formerly Peer-to-Peer/Mentoring Groups)

At the 2006 BCEOHRN Scientific Exchange and Annual General Meeting, Dr. Corinne Ong, Chair, reported on the Mentoring Program Working Group, which was struck at the November 2005 AGM. View PowerPoint presentation (.pdf).

Thank you for your interest in BCEOHRN. You will be contacted shortly with further information. BCEOHRN is interested in hearing from members — you are encouraged to provide feedback: Hugh.Davies@ubc.ca

 

Capitalizing on the unique opportunity to learn from the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games being held in Vancouver and Whistler (February 12-28 and March 12-21, 2010), BCEOHRN facilitated and convened environmental and occupational health research and educational activities, partnering with other interested groups and stakeholders.

Details: Spring Workshop Page (May 29/09).

News stories coming out of the workshop are available here.

Newsletter coming out of the workshop available here. (.pdf)

Research Project Funding:

At the May 29, 2009 workshop participants were invited to form new or join existing research projects. BCEOHRN provided a limited number of research capacity development grants for such projects.

Archived information:

A Working Group of interested groups and individuals  developed the activities around this initiative.

Timeline

Summer 2008: Canvassing the research community in BC to solicit project ideas, feedback about possible collaborators and funders (see below: "Your ideas")

Fall 2008: A meeting for researchers/students to plan projects/applications.

May 29, 2009: The BCEOHRN annual Spring workshop for all members/stakeholders to highlight the studies carried out in Beijing, including invited speakers and a discussion of projects being developed in Vancouver.
Details: Spring Workshop Page

Throughout this period: grant-writing assistance is available (see below: "Grant-writing assistance")

Interested in being involved? There are a variety of ways to do so:

1. Participating in planning these events as a Working Group member
2. Participating in developing research projects
3. Presenting at the March workshop

Involved organizations

 

A number of organizations are involved or are being invited to collaborate / participate in these initiatives. The list is available here.

Potential Projects

Project ideas are being solicited and will be added to a growing list.

Potential Funders

Some examples of potential sources of research funding are available here.

What’s in the news?

Want to know more about occupational / environmental news around the Beijing or Vancouver games? See the news page.

Olympic Games Impact Baseline Report

This report is available here.

Beijing studies underway

European Athletes in Asthma Study at Beijing Olympics
Sponsored by the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network, an EU-funded research network

Scientists Study Beijing’s "Olympic" Air Pollution

Pollution Trials

 

First Nations and the 2010 Games:

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be held on the traditional and shared traditional territories of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. For more information see:

• Four Host First Nations Society

• VANOC and Four Host First Nations

• Lil’wat Nation

• Musqueam Nation

• Squamish Nation

• Tsleil-Waututh Nation

 

Grant Writing Assistance is Available!

Are you planning to develop a research project related to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games? Grant writing assistance is now available to support teams working on this initiative. Contact Dr. Tanya Wahbe for assistance with any aspect of the grant-writing process including: building a strong research team, formulating research hypotheses, navigating grant application forms, and more!

Building a Research Team? Consider these potential collaborators.

 

 

Greetings BCEOHRN Members!

In June 2008, I joined BCEOHRN as the new Research Capacity Development Officer (RCDO). My educational background is in applied conservation ecology and I am currently engaged in Aboriginal health research on environmental contaminants through my position as Research Associate in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Highlights of my background are available through BCEOHRN’s member database.

While the majority of my energy will focus on seeking new funding to support BCEOHRN’s mandate and events, I am also available to assist Network members in your grant writing activities. I can offer you my assistance with such activities as:

• Identifying grant opportunities related to team objectives

• Forming linkages to create strong teams of co-applicants and collaborators

• Refining objectives, hypotheses and outcomes of proposed research

• Planning and facilitating grant writing workshops

• Developing relationships with Aboriginal communities, including research ethics

• Developing budgets and budget justification

• Completing grant forms, including the Common CV and contributions

These are only a few examples of how I can help you improve your chances in grant competitions. I look forward to working with many of you and contributing to the success BCEOHRN has enjoyed.

I also welcome your comments and suggestions so please do not hesitate to contact me at any time.

Kind regards,

Tanya Wahbe, PhD

 

BCEOHRN underwent significant performance review from 2005-2010. Following is documentation of these activities.

 

Dear BCEOHRN Members,

In the Spring of 2007 the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) convened an External Review Panel to review the progress of the eight Health of Population Networks. We are pleased to inform you that we were adjudicated to have demonstrated “excellent” performance, using CIHR’s rating scheme, and received funding increases for the remainder of 2007 and for 2008. We are pleased to share the Panel’s comments and recommendations with you, below. At this time we are seeking input from our members on the Network’s future direction.

Sincerely,
Dr. Henry Harder, Scientific Director, UNBC

Update - April 2009: Funding has now been extended and will end on March 31, 2010. Details available at msfhr.org.

Documents

• BCEOHRN Final Report to MSFHR (.pdf) March 2010
• BCEOHRN Year 4 Progress Report (.pdf) May 2009
• BCEOHRN Year 4 Activity Table (.pdf) May 2009
• External Review Panel - HoPN General Comments (.pdf) March 2007
• BCEOHRN External Review (.pdf) March 2007
• BCEOHRN Year 2 Progress Report (.pdf) January 2007
• BCEOHRN Year 1 Progress Report (.pdf) May 2006
• BCEOHRN Formative Review Report (.pdf) December 2004
• BCEOHRN Implementation Plan (.pdf) November 2004

Surveys

BCEOHRN Members’ Satisfaction Survey Report (.pdf) March 2008

MSFHR Health of Population Network Client Satisfaction Survey (.pdf) August 2008

We’d love to hear from members! Contact us:

Hugh.Davies@ubc.ca

~This program is closed and information is included here for archive purposes.~

The Rapid Response Program will assist BCEOHRN members in applying for grants.

 It involves three steps:

1. scanning incoming Requests for Applications,
2. identifying relevant opportunities, and
3. inviting the membership to participate in research teams to work on letters of intent and full proposals.

* BCEOHRN provides the funds to bring the team together to develop the proposal.

 

~ This program is closed and material here is for archived purposes. The Policy Makers Roundtable culminated in the Spring 2010 Conference. ~

Policy Makers Roundtable

Who should participate?
Policy makers, research users, decision makers and researchers to discuss issues of mutual interest.

Why should you participate?
- To identify new research questions
- To disseminate research results
- To develop strategies for facilitating these in an ongoing manner

Interested in participating? Contact us.

Background

The Roundtable was formed in late 2008 with BCEOHRN members coming together to discuss ways in which research users and researchers could collaborate and build new initiatives. Meetings are held via WebEx as a forum for the group.

The group identified the following themes:

From the research community:
• Policy perspective, WorkSafeBC assisting researchers with questions.
• How decisions are made: are cost/benefit analyses done? What is the process at the provincial level / federal level?
• Environmental management systems: how / if they are implemented at the institutional level and how they are perpetuated with monitoring and feedback from collecting data.

From the policy makers’ community:
• Epidemiology, statistics, policy review.
• Direction of research in H&S issues across industries to adopt practices, develop questions.
• Sharing data with researchers outside of policy review and compliance: Ministry of Energy & Mines has occupational hygiene data since the 1950s, warehoused in paper form.

Some ideas for topics of future Roundtable discussions from the group include:

1. Data Collection, Analysis & Interpretation. Could include:
2. Bridging researchers-policy makers:
- How can researchers influence policy development and how can policy makers engage researchers to provide input in guiding policy?
- How are decisions made at different government levels?
3. Population level exposures to endocrine disruptors.
4. Biological monitoring / monitoring workplace hazards:
5. Safety culture: prevention of occupational illness - how is it examined, assessed, managed, transformed?
6. Ergonomics and human factors policy development.

 

Program	Description/Details
BCEOHRN Conference Travel Bursary Program	~ This funding opportunity is no longer active. For archive purposes only. ~ As part of its mandate to develop research capacity, BCEOHRN offers its membership a Conference Travel Bursary program. Recipients are those who are actively engaged in environmental and occupational health research, and who will be presenting their environmental and occupational health research at a conference. Total funds available in this program are capped and may be exhausted before the end of the calendar year, depending on member demand. The maximum funding: $1,000 for conferences in Canada $1,500 for conferences outside of Canada For details, visit the Funding Opportunities page.
Grant-writing assistance	Visit the Research Capacity Development Officer page for details.
BCEOHRN Research Capacity Development Fund	~ This funding opportunity is no longer active. For archive purposes only. ~ The BCEOHRN Research Capacity Development Fund has two purposes: To help new researchers (which includes post-secondary students) develop nationally competitive research proposals To help develop new research teams that will be able to successfully compete for research funds at the national and international level. For details, visit the Funding Opportunities page.
Tools for members	As a central repository of information, our website includes tools to assist the environmental and occupational health research community in BC: Sortable Jobs page Sortable Events listing, including deadlines for abstracts Sortable extensive Funding & Training opportunities listings Up to date listings of relevant Web-based seminars Resources: links to related organizations, programs, studies, etc.
Mentorship Program	A mentorship program is being developed by the Network. For details, see the Mentorship Program page.
Grey Literature Project Wiki	BCEOHRN members are encouraged to participate in this new shared resource for use by all members. A wiki has been developed to be a companion to the BCEOHRN Grey Literature database. The BCEOHRN Grey Literature Database is composed of materials created by British Columbia researchers. This wiki goes beyond the limits of the database by including sources from non-academic researchers globally. Throughout the wiki you will find many useful links, including: government websites and publications; library catalogues; industry websites and newsletters. Please visit the wiki and add your contributions of resources you access in carrying out your research, study or practice. Wiki Link
Publications & Resources	BCEOHRN’s communications products are available at our Background Materials link. A full listing of BCEOHRN resources is available on our Resource Centre page

 

A staffing plan is under development.

To contact BCEOHRN, email the BCEOHRN Scientific Director, hugh.davies@ubc.ca.

Scientific Director 2010

Hugh Davies, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia
Contact: hugh.davies@ubc.ca

 

Scientific Director: 2007- March 31, 2010
Associate Scientific Director: 2005-2007

Henry Harder, R. Psych., Associate Professor; Chair, Health Sciences Programs (Disability Management, Community Health), University of Northern British Columbia

  

Associate Scientific Director: 2007 - March 31, 2010

Paul Demers, PhD, Professor; Director, School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia

Scientific Director: 2005-2007

Susan Kennedy, PhD, Professor Emerita, School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia

The Hot Topics In the News page provides topical news stories for the general public to raise awareness of research in the area of environmental and occupational health around the globe.

This page is no longer being kept current. For new media coverage, try visiting: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/

On this page, to find articles with a specific focus or from a specific newspaper/magazine, use the search function available in your web browser to search this page (Ctrl+F, or Command+F on Macintosh) and enter the word or name in the search box.

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Study of hospitals puts price tag on California’s dirty air, 02/02/10, Sacramento Bee

Study: Weedkiller in waterways can change frogs’ sex traits, 03/02/10, Washington Post

A county lockup for unwanted pill, 03/01/10, StarTribune.com

Pesticide exposure deprives Yaqui girls of breastfeeding – ever, 02/28/10, Indian Country Today

Derived from flowers, but not benign: Pyrethroids raise new concerns, 02/26/10, Environmental Health News

Rising Threat of Infections Unfazed by Antibiotics, 02/26/10, New York Times

What’s in Household Dust? Don’t Ask, 02/23/10, Time CNN

’Lame’ mosquitoes to stop dengue, 02/23/10, BBC News

IVF may raise risk of diabetes, hypertension and cancer in later life, 02/22/10, Guardian

Methane levels may see ’runaway’ rise, scientists warn, 02/22/10, The Independant

Scientists vacuum up the data on dust, 02/19/10, Motherload.com

Nerve agents could be to blame for tripling of child leukaemia in Basra, 02/19/10, Times Online

Years later, MTBE still a danger to water supply, 02/18/10, ABC

Chronic health conditions increasing in children, study finds, 02/17/10, LA Times

Key cancer gene ’link to poverty’, 02/16/10, BBC News

Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit and Environment, 02/16/10, New York Times

Pesticides to blame for wave of Parkinson’s in Israeli Arab town, 02/16/10, Haaretz.com

Wanted: Volunteers, All Pregnant, 02/16/10, New York Times 

Not exactly a ringing endorsement, 02/16/10, Washington Post

Despite health risks, casino dealers still exposed to cigarette smoke, 02/14/10, Las Vegas Sun

Free radicals may cause mutations that create superbugs, 02/12/10, Healthzone.ca

Office ’bullying’ a grey area for employers, 02/10/10, Vancouver Sun

Study links mother’s age to child’s risk of autism, 02/09/10, LA Times

Medical services at the Olympics: a monumental challenge, 02/08/10, CMAJ

Thirdhand Smoke Forms Cancer-Causing Residue Indoors That Lasts, 02/08/10, Bloomberg.com

Industrial solvent linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, 02/07/10, LA Times

China threatens world health by unleashing waves of superbugs, 02/05/10, Telegraph

Environmental health news: Air pollution linked to childhood asthma by new study, 02/05/10, Environmental Technology

Poisoning the mind, 02/04/10, The Economist

Traffic Marker? Early Exposure to Air Pollution Associated with Childhood Asthma, 02/01/10 EHP

Livestock on drugs no bargain, 01/30/10, AZ Daily Sun

Keeping Alberni Valleys Air Clean, 01/28/10, Alberni Valley News

Cigarettes might be infectious, 01/27/10, Science News

Don’t let your baby swim, 01/27/10, Reuters

Atomic ’black rain’ may have sickened more, 01/27/10, Asahi.com

Scientists link flame retardants and reduced human fertility, 01/26/10, Environmental Health News

Iraq littered with high levels of nuclear and dioxin contamination, study finds, 01/22/10, Guardian

Why your sofa may harm your health, 01/21/10, Guardian

Behind Mass Die-Offs, Pesticides Lurk as Culprit, 01/07/10, Environment 360

Silver migrates from treated fabrics, 01/07/10, Environmental Health News

Methane release ’looks stronger’, 01/06/10, BBC News

Human, industrial waste goes green.Biosolids in U of A experiments show promise in restoring land damaged by oilpatch activity, 01/06/10, Edmonton Journal

Cell Phone Use May Fight Alzheimer’s, Mouse Study Says, 01/06/10, National Geographic Daily News

Is Dirty Electricity Making You Sick?, 12/15/09, Prevention

Overuse of CT scans will lead to new cancer deaths, a study shows, 12/15/09, LA Times

Anti-depressants ’up stroke risk’, 12/15/09, BBC News

Alcohol link to breast cancer recurrence, 12/11/09, BBC News

Ministers target depression in government policy shift, 12/07/09, BBC News

Exposure to Lead Linked with Psychological Problems, 12/07/09, Medpage today

Women Hotel Workers Suffer High Injury Rates, 12/06/09, New America Media

Heavy metals raise risk of penis defects, 12/03/09, Sydney Morning Herald

Toxic gas effects may be seen in future generations, 12/02/09, Times of India

Medical Students Stuck by Needles Often Fail to Report Injuries, 12/01/09, OH&S

Call to ban BPA baby bottle after ’compelling’ breast cancer link, 12/01/09, news.com.au

Plastics chemical phthalate may shorten pregnancy, 11/30/09, Reuters

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory, 11/29/09, Times Online

Night shifts a culprit, 11/23/09, LA Times

Avoiding Workplace Conflict Could Lead to MI, 11/23/09, Medpage today

Breast Cancer Research Neglects Environmental Links, 11/22/09, New America Media

Frozen salmon over fresh? Why, it’s better for the planet that way, 11/22/09, Oregon Environmental News

Barn Personnel Experience Higher-Than-Average Rates of Respiratory Symptoms, 11/21/09, Science Daily

Study finds higher air pollution near Santa Monica Airport, 11/19/09, LA Times

Salmon as transport vectors for mercury, 11/18/09, Environmental Science & Tech

Supplements tied to cancer, 11/18/09, Sydney Morning Herald

Mass extinction linked to lung cancer mystery, 11/18/09, Environment Science &Tech

PCBs hike blood pressure, 11/17/09, Science News

Mystery of Bangladesh’s mass arsenic poisoning solved, 11/15/09, AFP

Folic acid tied to asthma risk, 11/05/09, The Age

Second-hand smoke linked to breast cancer: International study, 11/04/09, Canada.com

Ailing planet seen as bad for human health, 10/27/09, The Washington Post

Kwantlen facility explores nature’s pesticides, 10/25/09, The Province

What are the dangers of DDT on babies? 10/24/09, IOL

Why boys are turning into girls, 10/23/09, Telegraph.co.uk

Traffic pollution may be to blame for miscarriages, say researchers, 10/23/09, Times Online

Low dose radiation ’harms heart’, 10/22/09, BBC News

Study raises red flag over home insecticides, autoimmune diseases, 10/22/09, USA Today

Older Workers Less Stressed Because They Are The "Healthy Survivors" Says UK Report, 10/22/09, Medical News Today

Eight Years on and 9/11 Clean-up Workers Still Coughing, 10/21/09, Epoch Times

Stress impact on male fertility, 10/21/09, BBC News

Air pollution linked to early form of dementia, 10/21/09, Telegraph.co.uk

Polluted air may give you a headache, 10/20/09, Reuters

An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All, 10/19/09, Wired

Hand Hygiene Model Pinpoints ’Superspreaders’, 10/19/09, Medpage Today

Mercury levels similar in autistic, normal kids, 10/19/09, National Post

Green spaces ’improve health’, 10/15/09, BBC News

Side Effects of 1918 Flu Seen Decades Later, 10/12/09, Time CNN

Cancer and Teen Tanning: Where’s the Regulation?, 10/12/09, Time CNN

Take a deep breath – more bad news on air pollution, 10/12/09, LA Times

Scientists chastise government for drawing out BPA study, 10/12/09, JS Online

Blinded by the Light, 10/11/09 Miller-McCune

Toxic chemicals found in Maine health workers, 10/09/09, Bangor Daily News

New rules, new smoke signals, 10/08/09, The Boston Globe

Arsenic in rice: a recipe for nutrient loss, 10/07/09, Environmental Science & Technology

Concerned about BPA: Check your receipts, 10/07/09, Science News

Autism Is on the Rise (Or Is it?), 10/06/09, Newsweek

BPA in womb linked to aggression in girls, 10/06/09, CBC News

Plastic chemical linked aggression in toddler girls, 10/06/09, USA Today

Air pollution could trigger appendicitis: Study, 10/04/09, Canada.com

London’s new drinking fountains a challenge to bottled water industry, 10/04/09, Guardian

The Island’s tragic breast cancer mystery, 10/04/09, SILive

Pro-incineration expert denied risks of second-hand smoke, 10/04/09, Vancouver Sun

For the First Time, a Census of Autistic Adults, 10/03/09, Time CNN

Acreage residents try to connect dots in cancer cases, 10/03/09, Miami Herald

Research Update: Roots of Hospital Workers’ Asthma Examined, 10/01/09, OH&S

EPA: Dow Chemical Co. study little help in planning dioxin cleanup, 10/01/09, Associated Press

Research Update: Self-Reported HPD Use Varies, 10/01/10, OH&S

Smoking in pregnancy risks psychotic children, 10/01/09, Reuters

Environmental Factors in Birth Defects: What We Need to Know, Oct/09, EHP

Muscle injuries cost the UK £7bn a year, says study, 09/30/09, ICM

Excreted Tamiflu found in rivers, 09/30/09, Science News

Workplace mental health concerns carry up to $11-billion price tag, 09/29/09, Northern Ontario Business

Identification and classification of high risk groups for Coal Workers’Pneumoconiosis using an Artificial Neural Network based on occupational histories: a retrospective cohort study, 09/29/09, 7th Space Interactive 

Polluted plumes from distant countries can cause health problems, study warns, 09/29/09. Oregon Environmental News

Laundry waste water harming Puget Sound, study says, 09/29/09, The News Tribune

Third World population controls won’t save climate, study claims, 09/29/09, Times Online

’Superbug’ turns up at Washington beaches, 09/28/09, Times Colonist

Dust storms spread deadly diseases worldwide, 09/27/09, Guardian UK

Going green forcing shifts in workforce, 09/26/09, The Gazette

Growing plants to make your car, 09/25/09, The Record

New Analysis Brings Dire Forecast Of 6.3-Degree Temperature Increase, 09/25/09, Washington Post

Chemicals in breast milk linked, 09/25/09, Daily Mail

Some doubt hand washing stops H1N1, 09/24/09, CNN

Male breast cancer patients blame water at Marine base, 09/24/09, CNN

Carbon emissions fall with global downturn: report, 09/23/09, Yahoo Canada

WHO slashes radon limit in homes, cites lung cancer, 09/22/09, Reuters

Your Health: For millions, hoarseness is an occupational hazard, 09/21/09, USA Today

Mosquito-Borne African Virus A New Threat To West, 09/21/09, Reuters

Tie to Pets Has Germ Jumping to and Fro, 09/21/09, NY Times

Hate Calculus? Try Counting Cow Carbon, 09/18/09, Wall Street Journal

Tobacco to kill 6 million people next year: Report, 09/14/09, Canada.com

Study: Showerheads may deliver blast of bacteria, 09/14/09, CNN Health

Lead in bone associated with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease in men, 09/09/09, E! Science News

Houseplants Cut Indoor Ozone, 09/09/09, Science Daily

How Air Pollution Can Damage the Heart, 09/09/09, Time

Study: Denser development may cut pollution, 09/09/09, USA Today

Study Reveals How Much Cellphone Radiation You’re Getting, 09/09/09, Wired

Occupational exposure to coffee dust can cause health problems, 09/08/09, Reuters

Inhaling a Heart Attack: How Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Disease, 09/08/09, Reuters

High levels of lead in bone hard on the heart, 09/08/09, Reuters

Study: Granite countertop cutters at risk of deadly radiation exposure, 09/06/09, NaplesNews.com

Air conditioning linked to fewer heart-related hospitalizations, 09/04/09, Environmental Health News

How little PVC is too much? 09/02/09, CBC News

Job insecurity leads to health problems in U.S. workers, 08/27/09, U of M News Service

Changes in DNA probably occur due to maternal smoking during pregnancy, 08/27/09, Health Jockey

Cancer in wildlife, normally rare, can signal toxic dangers, 08/27/09, Environmental Health News

Smokers’ Cars Loaded With Nicotine, 08/24/09, AJC

Brain experts check suntan nanos, 08/24/09, BBC News

Tap water, weedkiller — and dispute over safety, 08/23/09, Seattle Times

Scientists uncover new ocean threat from plastics, 08/20/09, Independant Science

Candle use linked to cancer risk, 08/20/09, BBC News

Clean energy safer for workers, 08/18/09, JS Online

’Scary’ study finds E. coli in dairy ice-creams, 08/18/09, Otago Daily Times

Discontinued pajama flame retardant detected in baby products and house dust, 08/18/09, Environmental Science and Technology

Herbs ’can be natural pesticides’ , 08/17/09, BBC News

Relax! Vacations Are Good For Your Health, 08/17/09, NPR

Poor team spirit causes depression, 08/14/09, Times of India

Mesothelioma is Increased Risk for Sheet Metal Workers, 08/14/09, Cancer Monthly

Lead-based Consumer Paint Remains A Global Public Health Threat, 08/05/09, Science Daily

Dust exposure after 9/11 linked to high asthma rates, 08/05/09, CNN Health

Study finds link between drinking and cancer, 08/04/09, Canada.com

Sun Exposure May Trigger Certain Autoimmune Diseases in Women, 07/30/09, NIEHS

Concern about air pollution declines in California, poll finds, 07/30/09, LA Times

Toxic chemical still found in ’BPA-free’ bottles: Health Canada, 07/30/09, The Province

Submariners’ health to be tracked over long-term, 07/29/09, CTV

Food allergies get curiouser and curiouser, 07/29/09, New Scientist

Urban Pollution Fouls U.S. Beaches, Sickens Swimmers, 07/29/09, Bloomberg.com

Study: Sunbeds as harmful as cigarettes, 07/29/09, CNN Health

Bolivia’s Indians feel the heat, 07/29/09, BBC News

Workplace hearing-loss programs don’t work well, 07/28/09, National Post

Veterinary Practices In UK Need Good Access To Occupational Health, 07/27/09, Medical News Today 

Study ties sunlight to brain function, 07/27/09, UPI.com

Divorce takes health toll that remarriage can’t heal, study says, 07/27/09, CNN Health

IV tube chemical linked to preemie liver woes, 07/27/09, Taiwan News

Study Finds Higher Speed Limits Result in More Deaths, Injuries, 07/21/09, Automobile

Stress and Pollution Up Risk for Children, 07/20/09, USC News

Smog lowers kids’ IQs, even before they’re born, shows New York study, 07/20/09, Daily New NY

Co-operative gives £53,000 to Canadian Cree for tar sands lawsuit, 07/20/09, Guardian UK

Air pollution linked to increased fire threat, 07/13/09, mydesert.com

Sun warnings ‘overstated’ as science finds new clue to skin cancer, 07/12/09, Times Online

Bisphenol A traces found in baby food: Health Canada, 07/10/09, CBC

Why Air Quality on Planes Can Seem Stagnant, 07/10/09, Wall Street Journal

We’re not as green as we think, study finds, 07/10/09, CBC

Fluoride/Cancer Link is Plausible, 07/10/09, Huliq

Public Praises Science; Scientists Fault Public, Media, 07/09/09, People-press.org

Wearing the nicotine patch before quitting increases success, study says, 07/09/09, LA Times

Study: Digging in sand can increase health problems, 07/09/09, Newsday

Pigs at risk from people as new flu spreads, 07/09/09, Reuters

Presenteeism may increase rates of future absences, 07/09/09, Risk & Insurance

You could be throwing your money down the drain buying bottled water, 07/09/09 Examiner

Tiny Troubles How Nanoparticles Are Changing Everything From Our Sunscreen to Our Supplements, Jul/Aug/09, Emagazine

Too Much Texting Can Spell Neck, Arm Pain, 07/06/09, Forbes

Study: Virility Better Protected by No-Nose Bicycle Saddle, 07/06/09, Ergoweb

Canadian researchers set to study impact of nanomaterials on aquatic ecosystems, 07/06/09, Eurek Alert!

Toxic plane air sickens flight attendant, suit says, 07/03/09, CNN

Police Work Undermines Cardiovascular Health, Comparison To General Population Shows, 07/03/09, Science Daily

Sea level rise: It’s worse than we thought, 07/01/09, New Scientist

Get Out of the Way: Ambulance Safety Data Calls For Drivers To Respect Ambulance Right of Way and Rescuers to Buckle Up, 06/30/09, BusinessWire

L.A. Traffic Causing Premature Births: Study, 06/30/09, Discovery News

Birth defects show human price of coal, 06/23/09, Canada.com

Study warns of cataclysmic melting of glaciers, 06/22/09, Ottawa Citizen

Climate burden of refrigerants rockets, 06/22/09, Nature News

Climate change may increase spread of diseases in B.C.: report, 06/22/09, Straight.com

Got Ear Plugs? You May Want To Sport Them On The Subway And Other Mass Transit, Researchers Say, 06/20/09, Science Daily

Health workers not taking pandemic precautions: CDC, 06/18/09, CBCNews

Work Stress for Mom Might Harm Baby, 06/18/09, Forbes

Madfish?: scientist warns that farmed fish could be a source of mad cow disease, 06/17/09, Mongobay.com

Women in agriculture at highest risk of leukemia, 06/17/09, China View

Study claims L.A. pollution worst in morning, 06/10/09, Daily Breeze

INVESTIGATION: Do dirty coal plants make us more vulnerable to swine flu?, 06/10/09, Facing South 

Going to Work When Sick May Lead to Future Absences, 06/09/09, News Wise 

Road particles pose ’higher risk’, 06/09/09, BBC News

Parkinson’s disease linked to pesticides, 06/05/09, UPI.com

Parkinson’s Disease Associated With Pesticide Exposure In French Farm Workers, 06/05/09, Science Daily

Cell phones allow everyone to be a scientist, 06/04/09, MSNBC

We breathe in 10,000 litres of air a day - much of it a "toxic soup of pollutants", 06/03/09, Vancouver Sun 

Space headache a real phenomenon, 06/02/09, BBC News

Aircraft contrails raise questions, 06/01/09, Times & Transcript

Researchers look to study health, environment during 2010 Games, 05/29/09, Winnipeg Free Press

No favours for VANOC from health authority, 05/29/09, Canoe.ca

Researchers hope to study how Olympics affect public health, 05/29/09, Vancouver Sun

Researchers look to study health, environment during 2010 Games, 05/29/09, PG Citizen

2010 Games research to give insight into public health, 05/28/09, Vancouver Sun 

Staying Green in the Sun, Is my sunscreen bad for the environment? 05/26/09, Slate

Indigenous health linked to land care, 05/26/09, ABC Science

Artificial sweetener lingers in groundwater, 05/26/09, ABC Science

As research shows mouthwash contains TWICE the alcohol of wine, could you be gargling your way to cancer? 05/25/09, Mail Online

Climatologists alarmed at Amazon’s fatal flooding, 05/25/09, Globe and Mail

SFU ponders Olympic research proposals, 05/22/09 SFU Online

Health Buzz: BPA Comes From Drinking Bottles and Other Health News, 05/22/09. US News

Superbugs learning to ’network’ with human immune system: Researcher, 05/15/09, Vancouver Sun 

Focus on children best way to stop flu bugs: Study, 05/15/09, Windsor Star

Veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals, 05/15/09, Eurek Alert! 

Prenatal exposure to flame retardant is associated with increased risk of male genital anomalies, 05/15/09, Environmental Health News

Breast cancer survivor suspects work toxins to blame, 05/14/09, Windsor Star

Smoking study capped Caesars dealer’s long, lonely fight, 05/13/09, Las Vegas Sun

B.C. groundwater law needs to build muscle, 05/12/09, The Province

Study links formaldehyde to more common cancers, 05/12/09, USA Today

Cleaner air from reduced emissions could save millions of lives, says report, 05/12/09, The Guardian

Folic acid might be losing its sheen, 05/11/09, LA Times

Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work, 05/10/09, New York Times

Losing your job can make you sick, study finds, 05/09/09, CTV 

Another Blow to Ethanol: Biolectricity Is Greener, 05/08/09, Time 

Toenails might help link N.S. cancer rates and arsenic, 05/06/09, CTV

Flushing out unsettling truths about water quality, 05/2009, The Ring

Study: Global warming may spike Lyme disease cases, 05/06/09, Philly Burbs 

Women smokers ’face higher risk of lung cancer than men’, 05/04/09, News Scotsman

Earlier Puberty in European Girls, 05/04/09, New York Times

Deadly Fungus in B.C., 05/04/09, CBC National 

DDT use should be curtailed, left only as ’last resort’ in some malaria-plagued areas, scientists say, 05/04/09, Environmental Health News 

Predicting Flu With the Aid of (George) Washington, 05/03/09, New York Times

’Green’ lightbulbs poison workers, 05/03/09, Times Online 

Catching Flu From Money, 05/01/09, New Yok Times

Prevention: Enforcing Law Cuts Teenage Smoking, 04/27/09, New York Times

Study confirms cot death link to smoking, 04/22/09, Sydney Morning Herald

Radiation exposure tied to aggressive thyroid cancer, 04/21/09, CTV

rinking Wine May Increase Survival Among Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients, 04/21/09, Science Daily 

New Research Shows Vitamin D Reduces Risk of Cancer, 04/20/09, Naples Daily News

Pavement sealcoat a source of toxins after storms, new UNH study shows, 04/16/09, Foster.com 

Textile Workers Face Greater Lung Cancer Risk, 04/14/09, Cancer Monthly

Stressed teachers suffer breakdowns, 04/13/09, Guardian

City air pollution ’shortens life’ , 04/12/09, BBC News

Health risks of shipping pollution have been ’underestimated’, 04/09/09, Guardian

COPD Underlying Cause in 5 Percent of U.S. 2005 Deaths: CDC, 04/08/09, OH&S 

Sexual banter at the office a general turn-off: study, 04/08/09, Vancouver Sun

Traffic pollution can harm babies in the womb, claim researchers, 04/08/09, Telegraph 

Poor Air Quality in Prince George Means Free Transit, 04/08/09, CJDC 890

Cancer research says that sunbeds caused surge in skin cancer, 04/08/09, Times Online 

Pesticides blamed for some childhood brain cancers, 04/07/09, Environmental Health News

Beijing keeps Olympic restrictions on cars after air quality improves, 04/06/09, The Guardian

Bottled Water Carries Hidden Cost to Earth, 04/06/08, Discovery 

Can chemical abortions be linked to Midwestern agriculture?, 04/06/09, Iowa Independant

CDC Study Finds Rocket Fuel Chemical in Baby Formula, 04/03/09, Pro Publica

Are some chemicals more dangerous at low doses?, 04/03/09, Scientific America

Traffic Linked To Higher Arthritis Risk?, 04/02/09, The Boston Channel

Breast cancer risk higher in non-white women who worked with PCBs, 04/02/09, Environmental Health News

First link found between latitude and sex of babies, 04/01/09, New Scientist 

Flame retardants in dust may alter men’s hormone levels, 04/01/09, Environmental Health News

Enviro-commissioner has concerns about drinking water, 03/31/09, London Free Press

Scientists find ’baffling’ link between autism and vinyl flooring, 03/31/09, Environmental Health News

Will your holiday flight poison you? The toxic fumes leaking onto planes and the people who have suffered their effects, 03/28/09, DailyMail 

Food may contain environmental estrogens, 03/27/09, Environmental Health News 

Bushfire pollution deaths to rise, 03/26/09, Guyra Argus

Compensation fears over night work cancer, 03/24/09,  FT.com

Nanoparticles from sunscreens damage microbes, 03/24/09, Environmental Health News 

How Big Is That Widening Gyre of Floating Plastic? 03/25/09, Wall Street Journal

Air Pollution Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk, 03/23/09, Environmental News Service

Peer Influence May Play a Greater Role than Risk Perception in Protective Equipment Use, Issue 1 2009, Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention

Stove smoke fires up neighbours, 03/20/09, Nanaimo Daily News

City’s garbage a threat to ground water, 03/20/09, Vancouver Sun

Changing climate increases West Nile threat in U.S., 03/20/09, The Daily Climate

Brain cancer linked to youngsters using cellphones, 03/16/09, The Gazette

Study says diesel spill fix causes more harm than good, 03/16/09, The Whig

’10 Americans’ hits home for Mill Valley mom, 03/16/09, San Francisco Chronicle

New lifeline for asbestosis sufferers, 03/09/09, The National 

Long work hours tied to poorer mental function, 03/05/09, National Post

Tests find Bisphenol A in majority of soft drinks, 03/05/09, Globe & Mail 

Secondhand smoke may double likelihood of depression, 03/04/09, USA Today

Breathing problems spike on hot days, 03/03/09, Reuters UK 

Asbestos-related cancer a threat to carpenters, 03/03/09, Reuters UK 

Island kids most likely in B.C. to have respiratory illness, 03/03/09, Times Colonist 

Alberta probes link of workplaces to cancer, 03/02/09, Calgary Herald

Some good news: Fewer kids have high lead levels, 03/01/09 International Herald Tribune

Scientists find bigger than expected polar ice melt, 02/25/09,  AFP

Smokers who step outside still bring their leftover poisons back through the door, 02/24/09, Plain Dealer 

Early pollen exposure ’asthma risk’, 02/24/09, Channel 4

Mercury hotspots continue to impair human cognition, 02/24/09, Environmental Health News

A worldwide pollutant may cause gene loss, 02/23/09, Environmental Health News

Deadly fungus moving from B.C. to U.S. Northwest, 02/19/09, CTV 

New grant for study into pollution and respiratory health, 02/18/09, In the News 

Low levels of BPA raise breast cancer risk in rat offspring, 02/16/09, Environmental Health News

Rise in malaria rates, drug resistance tied to climate, 02/16/09, TDC

Pollution link to asthma in womb, 02/15/09, BBC News

’Toxic’ cabin air found in new plane study, 02/13/09, Telegraph.co.uk 

Science confirms native complaints that rotting homes make them sick, 02/11/09, Times Colonist 

Hotter office, home printers linked to hazardous particles, 02/11/09, West Australian

A new window into hormone-altering chemicals, 02/09/09, Environmental Health News

Traffic-related air pollution shortens lifespan, 02/03/09, Environmental Health News

Biofuels more harmful to humans than petrol and diesel, warn scientists, 02/02/09, The Guardian

 The high cost of bad driving habits, 02/02/09, LA Times

Food may not be sole BPA source, 01/30/09, Globe & Mail

Toxic air raises risk of death, 01/30/09, Health Zone

Researchers find link between chemical, cancer in Shannon, Que., 01/29/09, CBC News

PFOA slows breast development in mice exposed via mom, 01/29/09, Environmental Health News

C8 panel finds possible link to high uric acid, 01/28/09, Charleston Gazette

Study links C8 to infertility in women, 01/28/09, Charleston Gazette

BPA lingers in body, study finds, 01/28/09, JS Online

Climate change ’irreversible’, warn scientists, 01/27/09, Telegraph.co.uk

Exposed to Solvent, Worker Faces Hurdles, 01/24/09, New York Times

Coal-tar sealcoats pollute nearby soil and water, 01/22/09, Environmental Health News

Study: Cleaner air adds 5 months to US life span, 01/21/09, Associated Press

Staff at ’higher risk’ of cancer, 01/20/09, BBC News

Salmon in near-shore Pacific contaminating killer whales, 01/20/09, Environmental Health News

Nurses who breathe in cleaning chemicals are more likely to get asthma, 01/19/09, Telegraph.co.uk

Paint it white, 01/16/09, The Guardian

Working with pesticides impacts women’s fertility, 01/15/09, Environmental Health News

Could new varieties of wheat and barley save the planet from climate change? 01/15/09, The Guardian

Powerlines linked to leukemia in B.C. report, 01/13/09, Vancouver Sun

Disorder linked to high levels of testosterone in womb, 01/12/09, The Guardian 

Firefighting even more hazardous, study finds, 01/08/08,  Barrie Advance

Autism researcher: ’Time to start looking’ at the environment, 01/08/09, LA Times

Info A tale of two pollutants, 01/08/09, TDC 

Heart-disease patients in B.C.’s poorest neighbourhoods twice as likely to die, 01/08/09, Vancouver Sun 

Corals in peril, 01/07/08, ACS Publications 

Smoking in pregnancy, aggressive children linked , 01/07/09, Globe and Mail

 Crops absorb livestock antibiotics, science shows, 01/06/09 Environmental Health News 

PCBs influence allergy risk, 01/05/09, Environmental Health News

 A New Cigarette Hazard: ‘Third-Hand Smoke’, 01/02/09, New York Times

Even protected ears at risk from noise at work, 01/01/09, Medline Plus

Tracking the source of zinc pollution, 12/31/08, ACS Publication

Revealed: The cement that eats carbon dioxide, 12/31/08, The Guardian 

Incautious approval of germ killer?, 12/31/08, ACS Publications

Job insecurity is bad for your health, 12/17/08, The Guardian

If not for us, it would be very, very cold, University of Wisconsin-Madison study says, 12/16/08,  Wisconsin State Journal 

Last decade is the warmest on record, scientists say, 12/16/08, The Telegraph 

Preventing Food Allergy—Is It Possible?, 12/15/08, U.S.News

Scientists think small to find ’nano’ dangers, 12/15/08, Scotsman.com

World’s males are under siege, 12/14/08, Times Colonist

Cleaning the air helps cool planet, 12/12/08, The Daily Climate

Diesel truckers at cancer risk from exhaust, 12/09/08, San Francisco Chronicle

Cornell study suggests environmental trigger for autism, 12/08/08, Ithaca Journal

All That Noise Is Damaging Children’s Hearing, 12/08/08, New York Times

Is Happiness Infectious?, 12/05/08, Medical News Today

Second-hand smoke raises odds of fertility problems,12/05/08, CTV 

Can toothpaste harm your thyroid?, 12/05/08, Environmental Health Sciences 

Study strengthens link between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in boys with asthma, 12/04/08, Eurek Alert! 

C-Section Might Boost Baby’s Asthma Risk, 12/03/08, US News

Health - a Victim of Climate Change, 12/02/08, IPS 

Bug vs. bug: How do mosquitoes survive deadly viruses unscathed?, 12/01/08, Scientific American

They came from above, 12/01/08, TheScientist.com

Study links asthma rate to birth month, 12/01/08, Boston Globe

Asthma rate higher in US-born blacks, Dorchester study finds, 12/01/08, Boston Globe 

Efforts to properly dispose of medicine increase, 11/30/08, Freep.com

Secret To Workplace Happiness? Remember What You Love About The Job, Study Urges, 11/28/08 Science Daily

GIS Tracks West Nile Virus and Mosquitoes in Valdosta, Ga, 11/26/08, Government Technology

Can having a bad boss give you heart disease?, 11/24/08, CTV

Hairspray and birth defects, 11/24/08, NHS Choices

Study on aging still going strong some 50 years later, 11/24/08, The Seattle Times

Health threat from beauty parlours, 11/23/08, The Observer

Toxic contamination starts at home: Study, 11/21/08, Canada.com

Panel finds widespread Gulf War illness, 11/16/08, Rome News 

Study bolsters link between Parkinson’s, pesticide, 11/16/08, FresnoBee

Diabetes link to germ-free environment, 11/16/08, Sydney Morning Herald

B.C. pine beetle solution may cause toxic trees, 11/15/08, CTV 

Air pollution findings need fine tuning, expert says, 11/14/08, PG Citizen 

Plants Can Accumulate Nanoparticles In Tissues, 11/13/08, Science Daily

Arsenic linked to cardiovascular disease at EPA-regulated drinking water standards, 11/13/08, E! Science News

Air Pollution Is Dangerous Indoors and Out, 11/12/08, Chicago Health 

Biggest local pollution-asthma study underway, 11/10/08, The Windsor Star 

Running Afoul of Composting, 11/06/08, UBC 

Are men becoming extinct?, 11/05/08, The Windsor Star

Backpack on Board, 11/01/08, Environmental Health Prespectives 

Tropical Illness Reaches Pacific Northwest, 10/31/08, Web MD

Frontier, A Journal of Research and Discovery, Fall/Winter 2008, UBC

Warning on workers’ mental health, 10/22/08, BBC News

Experts predict next epidemic will start in animals, 10/21/08, USA Today

Cancer: One Consequence of Our Plastic Society, 10/19/08, CTV

Health Canada makes it official: BPA is health hazard, 10/16/08, Vancouver Sun

Bottled Water Is No Purer Than Tap Water, Group Says (Update1), 10/15/08, Bloomberg Press

Bottled water has contaminants too: study, 10/15/08, CTV  

1,300 farmers develop skin rash in central China; chemical pollution suspected, 10/15/08, China View

Working through the menopause, 10/14/08, Physorg.com

Music players linked to hearing damage, 10/13/08, RTE News 

Occupational injuries very common in surgeons, 10/10/08, Reuters 

Pollution from livestock farming affects infant health, 10/08/08, E! Science News

Canada’s Oil Sands: Pollution Delivery to the Great Lakes? 10/08/08, Environmental Communications

BPA linked to chemotherapy resistance, 10/08/08, CBC News 

S.F. traffic noise risks health of 1 in 6, 10/08/08, San Fransisco Chronicle 

Calgary study links appendicitis with air quality, 10/06/08, CBC News

Pollution linked to appendicitis, 10/06/08, BBC News 

Research: Key Component of Debilitating Lung Disease Identified, 10/06/08, The JHU Gazette

80 mn Chinese at risk of dying from Indoor pollution, 10/04/08, Times of India 

Van with 13 workers raises safety worries, 10/03/08, Times Colonist

Tulane gets grant for children’s health study, 10/03/08, The Times-Picayune 

P.G. tops B.C. with worst fine particulate air pollution, 10/03/08, PG Citizen 

6 environmental research studies reveal critical health risks from plastic, 10/02/08, Eurek Alert!

Metro Vancouver air quality shows encouraging trend, 10/02/08, Vancouver Sun

Tracking Pollution From Space, 10/01/08, Inside Science

No driveway carwashes, Wash. state says, 9/30/08, USA Today

The Poison’s in the Packaging, 9/30/08, Thomas Net

Pollution killing world’s coral reefs, 9/30/08,Reuters 

Outdoor pools boost child’s asthma risk: study, 9/25/08, Times Colonist

Long-standing problems threaten Canadian food safety, experts warn, 9/24/08, CBC 

Drinking in early pregnancy tied to cleft lip, 9/24/08, Reuters India

Beetle Epidemic May Affect Weather, Air Quality, 9/24/08, Discovery

Eye safety shouldn’t be ignored at work, 9/23/08, The Province

Could Particulate Matter Air Pollution be a Factor in Worsening Heart Failure?, 9/22/08, The Earth Times

UCLA, partners establish new center on environmental effects of nanotechnology, 9/17/08, Eurek Alert! 

Study Finds Lead in Synthetic Turf Can Be Absorbed into Gastric Fluids, 9/17/08, News Wise

Nurses Exposed to Toxic Cleaning Chemicals in Hospitals; Cancer Risk Elevated, 9/11/08, Natural News 

Health Consequences of 9/11 Continue, 9/11/08, Newsmax

Does pollution affect heart health?, 9/10/08, NHS 

Calcium during pregnancy reduces harmful blood lead levels, 9/9/08, Eurek Alert!

Exposure to air pollution can hinder heart function, 9/8/08, CTV 

Spokane man’s suit claims popcorn led to lung disease, 9/4/08, Seattlepi.com 

CDC: 1 in 20 Americans Depressed, 9/3/08, WebMD Health News

Potential Health Impact of Inhaled NanoMetals to be Studied by Multidisciplinary Team at Johns Hopkins, 9/3/08, John Hopkins

Bisphenol A May Affect Brain, Behavior, Prostate in Children, 9/3/08, ENS-newswire

Hospital Mould Lawsuit to Set Precedent, 8/28/08, YLE News

Not-So-Permafrost: Big Thaw of Arctic Soil May Unleash Runaway Warming, 8/26/08, Scientic American 

Coffee, firefighting don’t mix: study, 8/22/08, Times Colonist

Wellness Checkpoint Measures the Link Between Health and Productivity, 8/20/08, PR Web

Low level cadmium exposure linked to lung disease, 8/19/08, E! Science News

West Nile recovery? One year, 8/19/08, TheSpec.com

Marshfield Clinic researcher receives Niosh grant for follow-up hearing study, 8/19/08, Business North

New, potentially damaging, pollutant is discovered, 8/19/08, Philadelphia Inquirer 

LSU chemist isolates air pollutants, 8/18/08, The Advocate

Little-Known Impacts of Smell and Taste on Health, 8/18/08, Emax Health 

Ontario launching pilot projects to reduce emissions, 8/17/08, CTV 

Using live fish, new tool a sentinel for environmental contamination, 8/13/08, E! Science News

New bird flu threat could be H9N2, researchers say, 8/12/08, Reuters 

Bothell firm still easing pain using ergonomics, 8/11/08, Seattlepi.com

Inside offers no escape from pollution, 8/11/08, Stuff.co.nz

Clean Home Could Give Child Asthma, 8/8/08, Daily Express

’Alarming’ elevated cancer risk in South Seattle linked to air pollution, 8/8/08, Seattlepi.com 

Supportive workplaces "can help reduce sickness absence", 8/6/08, Management in Practice 

Get Ready to Itch and Sneeze, 8/2/08, Newsweek  

Phthalates: Are the chemicals that make plastic bendy a health hazard?, 8/1/08, CBC News

Carcinogen worries stick to food packaging, 7/30/08, L.A. Times 

Mason study shows most health department directors see climate change as looming health threat, 7/29/08, E Science News

Study Shows Exposure To Bad Air Raises Blood Pressure, 7/29/08, Medical News Today

Killing fields, 7/27/08, Scotland on Sunday 

Nanotechnology: Really, really small stuff that’s really big, 7/25/08, CBC News 

Where the mould grows, 7/25/08, Globe & Mail

Cancer claims costing city, 7/24/08, TheSpec.com

Kids and cellphone warning, 7/24/08, TheStar.com 

What’s Lurking in Your Countertop? 7/24/08, The New York Times

Unknown risks - Safety of nanotechnology products is no small concern, 7/23/08, Market Watch Weekend Edition

Medicine Gears Up for a Code Green Doctors, Hospitals Put Environment On Their Charts, 7/22/08, Washington Post

Pollution behind girl child births? 7/16/08, The Economic Times 

Survey finds growing concern about the impact of mental health issues in the workplace but lack of awareness in the Executive Suite, 7/15/08, CNW Group

It’s Not the Answers That Are Biased, It’s the Questions, 7/15/08, The Washington Post

Closing coal-burning power plant in China and improved cognitive development in children, 7/14/08, Eurek Alert!

Federal workplace safety agency recognizes sewage sludge disease, 7/14/08, TheStar.com

Link shown between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in metro Atlanta area, 7/10/08, Eurek Alert!

Chickens have role in guarding public health, 7/5/08, The Press-Enterprise
 
Northern America May Suffer New West Nile Outbreaks, 7/4/08, Redorbit 

Coast Salish and USGS Commit to Restoring Salish Sea Water Quality, 7/2/08, USGS News Room

Penn Study Pinpoints New DNA Weapon Against Bird Flu, 7/2/08, Environment News Service

Air pollution may impact babies’ birth weight , 6/27/08, CTV News

Small B.C. town fights gravel pit expansion, 6/24/08, CTV News

Pollution from Traffic Linked to Allergies in Children, 6/18/08, Health News

Beware the ’Blackberry Thumb’: New repetitive stress injury caused by typing only with thumbs on hand-held devices, 6/15/08, US News

Vinyl shower curtains a ’volatile’ hazard, study says, 6/12/08, Canada.com

Pollution kills 10,000 a year in southern China: study, 6/11/08, AFP

Hispanic Workers Face Higher Fatality Rates, 6/9/08, Occupational Hazards

Home cure for asthmatics removes ’triggers’, 6/7/08, Vancouver Sun

Thousands of moms-to-be recruited for asthma study, 6/6/08, CanWest News Service

Research may explain winter spike in heart deaths, 6/6/08, Reuters

Is Golf Causing Diabetes? Pesticides Commonly Used on Golf Courses Linked to Disease: NIH, 6/5/08, The Daily Green

Research examines flight air quality, 6/4/08, ABC News

New Research Shows Returning To Work Can Aid People With Depression, 6/4/08, Medical News Today

BCEOHRN has undertaken planning activities to provide direction of the Network.

To this end, a formal communications plan, a members’ satisfaction survey and report, a strategic plan, a business plan and a backgrounder have been developed and are available here (.pdf).

BCEOHRN Business Plan 2009 (Spring 2009)

BCEOHRN Backgrounder 2009 (Spring 2009)

BCEOHRN Members’ Satisfaction Survey Report (March 2008)

BCEOHRN Strategic Plan: 2008-2012 (Spring 2008)

BCEOHRN Communications Plan (Winter 2007)

 

How do I become a member?

Joining the Network is as easy as filling out and submitting the form on the Join Us page. 

Is there a fee for membership?

Membership is free.

Why should I join?

Besides networking opportunities to meet your colleagues, member benefits include:

• A readily accessible and up-to-date database of members, grey literature and shareable resources
• Regular funding and conference alerts
• Travel bursaries to trainees or new investigators to attend BCEOHRN educational events
• Grants to support the development of strong collaborative research teams
• Resources to generate knowledge transfer across research users
• Regional liaison work to ensure that the provincial network is built on strong local interactions

Who should join?

Members of BC’s research community working in environmental or occupational health research, new investigators or students in this area as well as members of the community who use this research.

How can I find researchers working in a particular area in BC?

Check out the BCEOHRN members’ database.

How is the direction of the BCEOHRN decided?

The Network is guided by a volunteer Board of Directors who represent many of BC’s post-secondary institutions and regions.Feedback is welcome from our members - contact us.

Why is BCEOHRN a non-profit society?

BCEOHRN was founded in 2005 through a grant from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, which ended March 31, 2010. Since then, BCEOHRN has registered as a non-profit society under the BC Society Act.

BCEOHRN Policy: Advocacy Requests

From time to time BCEOHRN members look to their Network for advocacy assistance on certain issues. The Network is a great way for members to get word out to others about emerging issues of concern.

BCEOHRN is interested in supporting issues that are related to research capacity and its advancement in the province but the network’s role is not one of advocating on specific issues. However, where an issue related to research capacity that is clearly of interest to all members and not just a specific individual or small group, advocacy activities may be undertaken.

Members looking for advocacy where research capacity is impacted are encouraged to submit an outline of the issue and the action being requested to the Network. The Board of Directors will vet requests to determine their appropriateness before being circulated across the membership, or representations made to external agencies.

Members who have concerns with this policy are invited to be in touch with the leadership.