Tag: environmental health
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Health agencies in Rockcastle, Jackson, Clay, Harlan to lose 14 employees, some environmental and food-safety inspections
In the latest example of Medicaid changes’ impact on local health departments, environmental and food-safety inspections will be reduced by layoffs in four counties served by the Cumberland Valley District...
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Two Kentucky moms participate in Duke study that found potentially toxic and unnecessary chemicals in most couches
Two Central Kentucky mothers participated in a Duke University-led study published today that shows that a vast majority of U.S. couches contain potentially toxic flame retardants that pose risks to...
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White children exposed to high levels of chemical BPA are five times more likely to be obese, study concludes
White children exposed to high levels of bisphenol A, better known as BPA, are five times more likely to be obese than children with low levels, according to a study published...
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Kentucky rated worst in country for power-plant pollution
Kentucky was ranked first in the country for the amount of pollution from power plants in 2009 and 2010, a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council found. The Paradise Fossil Plant in Muhlenberg...
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Study indicates risk of fatal birth defects is higher in counties with mountaintop-removal coal mining
“Children born in counties home to mountaintop coal mines had a 26 percent higher risk of suffering” a fatal birth defect “compared to ones born in non-mining regions,” according to...