Stories on environment and health
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Features
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Time for the NHS to think bigger
The health service can make a major contribution to future health by starting to think – and act – sustainably, says Victoria Read
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Visionary food for thought
New thinking is set to transform the way environmental health officers see themselves, reports Ian Gray
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How the NHS must think sustainably
The NHS could become a major force for better health in Britain – not through providing clinical care but by exploiting its ‘leverage capital’ to work for sustainable development. Dominic Harrison explains
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We must not go on like this
We live in a world scarred by vast – and widening – inequality. Yet this is not inevitable. Carolyn Stephens surveys the state of our ‘world of differences’
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A site for a sore world
If sustainable development means different things to different people, all must have the opportunity to be heard – and new forms of global discussion and democracy are needed, argues David Seedhouse
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Fresh in our minds
The public health approach pioneered in 19th century Britain remains the key to today’s global public health challenges, says Ian MacArthur
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Time for Labour to deliver: environment
Labour’s first term was strong on public health and environmental rhetoric, but weak on action. Now it has another chance to be bold – so John Nicholson and Charles Secrett set out what’s on the agenda
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Buy organic – local or global?
Responding to our globalisation issue, Erika Zain El Din and colleagues argue that a global organic food trade could be good for us all
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Organic food for thought
Growing organic food benefits the environment – but not if it has to travel thousands of miles, warns Sarah Sexton
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The world is hungry for justice, not genetics
Claims that genetically modified foods will help eradicate famine are bogus says Sarah Sexton, who examines the links between corporate greed and human hunger
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Breast cancer on the map
While screeening for and treating breast cancer attract plenty of media coverage, little attention is paid to the environmental causes of the disease. Laura Potts says it’s time to redress the balance
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When MOX becomes a real danger
The introduction of mixed-oxide fuel production at Sellafield threatens public safety, says Sarah Sexton
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We’re on the road to Kyoto
Cathy Read explains why global warming will have profound effects on health – and why we have to look to Kyoto to discover whether governments will take it seriously
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Blooming good health
Nottingham’s Ecoworks Project is an inspiring example of how mental health service users can move from passivity to activity. Nigel Lee reports
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Nappy waste: the bottom line
Jade Reynolds examines the case for replacing disposables with washables
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Back to our roots
Growing your own food—wherever you live—can yield real health benefits. Tara Garnett reports on a new growth movement
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Making waves over pollution
The long, hot summer has propelled the issue of environmental pollution rapidly up the political agenda. Simon Bullock calls for concerted action to make sustainable development a central aim of government policy
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A broader horizon for health promotion
Our environment is too important to be left to environmentalists. Public health and health promotion specialists must get involved, argue Andrew Rogers and Desmond Whyms
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Clearing the air on asthma
It will take determined political action to tackle the problem of childhood asthma, says Steve Mumby
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Growing up sustainable
Far from being a goal to strive for, uncontrolled economic growth may now present the greatest risk to the health of our children. Hugh Crombie explains
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A campaign for real security
Two respected anti-war groups have merged. Andrew Haines explains why the new campaign, MEDACT, is urgently needed
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Pollution needs a good airing
Air quality should be accurate, understandable and more widely available, says Mary Stevens
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How Green is this paper?
There is a clear overlap between environmentalism and public health — but you wouldn’t know it from the government’s green paper, says Peter Draper
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Allies in the green army
Alliances must be built between all sections of the environmental and public health movements if fundamental issues of the green agenda are to be tackled, says Ged Moran
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Dump the environment — and we dump you
Women hold a powerful weapon in their purses, says Iris Webb. And as consumers they should wield their power in aid of the environment
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The sewage hits the fan
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Interview
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Connecting health and the environment
Environmental health is the unsung hero of our public health infrastructure. Brian Hanna spoke to Tracey Khanna about its potential role
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News
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News in brief 2
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Public health must grow greener
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Supermarkets to become GM-free zones
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Protesters highlight environmental causes of breast cancer
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BSE: the Ministry of Agriculture ‘cannot be trusted’
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Minority rights threatened in Nigeria
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Busy streets may harm health
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In brief
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Good food — glowing with irradiation
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Leukaemia cluster worry
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Reviews
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Thinking globally
HEALTH ECOLOGY: health, culture and human-environment interaction
M Honari & T Boleyn (eds)
Routledge, 1999 -
Beyond the baskets
GM FREE: a shopper’s guide to genetically modified food
Sue Dibb and Tim Lobstein
Virgin, 1999, £4.99 -
Toxic and shocking
The Coming Plague
Laurie Garrett
Virago, 1995, £20.00 -
Global warning
Prescription for Change: Health and the Environment
Friends of the Earth, 1995 -
Unhappy eater
PESTICIDES AND YOUR FOOD: HOW TO REDUCE THE RISKS TO YOUR HEALTH
Andrew Watterson
Greenprint, 1991, £7.99
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