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In 2011, the Zero Waste Alliance (ZWA) initiated a Social Determinants of Health project aimed at understanding the health concerns of an estimated 2,500 Vietnamese Nail Salon workers in the Portland metropolitan area. Vietnamese workers, primarily women, have been recognized as a majority in this service sector and experience health disparities associated with work1. This […]
Using Toxins: Short Term Gains, Long Term Pain Over half of all antibiotics produced in the U.S. are used in livestock production. Should we be concerned about antibiotics in the environment and the meat we eat? The widespread use of antibiotics as a feed supplement, a common practice in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) […] Looking back over the last decade… As I review my work at the Zero Waste Alliance on implementing sustainable practices in businesses, I have to acknowledge that the term “sustainability” has gone from being an exotic specialty linked to resource conservation practices to becoming absolutely business critical. The word shows up everywhere and everybody, from […] The 21st century offers the promise of a new application of science and technology – Nanomaterials. While anything in the submicron range may qualify as a nanomaterial, the greatest promise is associated with materials that are less than 100 nanometers in size. Some of these nanomaterials, such as carbon black and fumed silica, have been […] There is an increasing awareness that our health outcomes, or what we experience later in life with regard to health, may have been programmed into us by what happened while we were within our mother’s womb or during the first few years of our lives. Based on a recent review, there is strong evidence to […] |
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