16 West coworking space announces April activities
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The coworking space at 16 West Beverley St. recently announced its April schedule of business and community activities.
Search Results for cancer
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Earth Talk: Chlorine in drinking water
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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), chlorine levels of four parts per million or below in drinking water—whether from a private well or municipal reservoir—are acceptable from a human health standpoint. Inexpensive home drinking water test kits (from $5 on up) that can detect levels of chlorine and other elements in water are widely available from online vendors. Administering the tests is easy and can provide parents with a way to involve kids in science for a practical purpose right at home.
UVa. grants fund medicine of tomorrow
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The University of Virginia Health System has selected five ambitious proposals that could create transformative advances in medicine as the inaugural recipients of its new clinical research grants.
Earth Talk: The environmental justice movement
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The environmental justice movement was born in September 1982 when a group of poor residents of rural Warren County, North Carolina laid down in front of trucks transporting waste containing toxic PCBs to a nearby landfill.
Author signing at the Smith Center
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Local James Madison University professor, artist and author Judith Townsend Rocchiccioli has released her first novel, Chaos at Crescent Medical Center, a medical thriller.
Earth Talk: Non-stick cookware dangers
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It may be time to upgrade your pans, given that the U.S. government has called for a complete phase-out of polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE, otherwise known as Teflon) and related products by 2015, due to health concerns. When Teflon is exposed to high heat it can degrade, which causes it to release its constituent chemical, PFOA, as a gas. This phenomenon can kill pet birds, and can’t be good for humans either.
Gonzalez joins Augusta Health Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine Office
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Dr. C. Laura Gonzalez, a board certified specialist in pulmonary diseases, has joined the Augusta Health Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine office in Fishersville. The practice is located in the Medical Office Building on the Augusta Health campus. The office phone number is 540.245.7190.
Chris Graham: Our city, not theirs
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Recent personal experiences have been pushing me into territory that I, as a lifelong liberal, had never thought possible. Government power, particularly at the local level, is out of control, and seriously needs to be reined in, and now.
Robin Guenther: The Toxic Chemical Industry Fights for Outdated, Unhealthy Materials in ‘Green Buildings
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The war over toxic chemicals and human health is spilling over into places we live and work: our buildings. The American Chemical Council has launched an expensive and focused attack on the U.S. Green Building Council to protect the status quo of a small set of bad-actor manufacturers of toxic and obsolete chemicals. But innovative companies across the building industries and human health advocates are fighting back.
Augusta Health employee earn certifications
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During the third and fourth quarters of 2012, 36 Augusta Health employees earned national certifications in their areas of expertise, and two finished college degrees. Certifications require demonstration of extensive knowledge in a subject area, usually by examination, and degrees require a commitment of years of study and commitment.
