health impacts

The true cost of coal and the men making you pay it

Posted by jossc — 28 November 2008 at 3:31pm - Comments

Greenpeace activists tell major global polluters in Poland to "Get Serious, Quit Coal".

If we're to avert catastrophic climate change the world must quit coal. But the industry and the powerful forces which rely on it won't go down without a fight. Yesterday, in Warsaw, Greenpeace provided them with two reminders of why we all need to quit coal.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, coal, energy, fossil fuels, health impacts, pollution

Greenpeace kicked out of Mac Expo

Last edited 26 October 2006 at 8:00am
Greenpeace volunteers at Mac Expo

Greenpeace volunteers at Mac Expo

Article tagged as: chemicals, greenmyapple, health impacts, toxics

Greenpeace report reveals the impact of toxic chemicals on reproductive health

Last edited 3 May 2006 at 8:00am
3 May, 2006

Falling sperm counts, rising infertility and genital abnormalities in babies could all result from exposure to hazardous man-made chemicals used in perfumes, carpets, electronics, clothing and a host of other consumer goods, reveals a Greenpeace report released today [1].

The study, "Fragile: Our reproductive health and chemical exposure", presents a worrying picture of an increase in reproductive health disorders which mirror the rising presence of man-made chemicals in our lives.

Article tagged as: chemicals, fertility, health impacts, press releases, REACH, toxics

Chernobyl: "Never again"

Last edited 26 April 2006 at 8:00am
Pictures in an abandoned kindergarten in Prypyat, only a few miles from Chernobyl

Pictures in an abandoned kindergarten in Prypyat, only a few miles from Chernobyl

Article tagged as: chernobyl, health impacts, meltdown, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, reactor safety

The Chernobyl catastrophe - consequences on human health

Last edited 18 April 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
18 April, 2006

Summary

In the past twenty years it has become clear, that nuclear energy conceals dangers, in some aspects, even greater than atomic weapons: the ejecta from this one reactor exceeded the radioactive contamination caused by the nuclear weapons used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by one hundred times.

It has become clear that one nuclear reactor can contaminate half of the Earth and that no longer, not in one single country, could citizens be assured that the state will have the forethought and wisdom to protect them from nuclear misfortunes.

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Article tagged as: chernobyl, health impacts, nuclear accidents, nuclear power, radioactivity, reactor safety, reports, russia

Member states fail to address the chemical threat

Last edited 14 December 2005 at 9:00am
14 December, 2005

Brussels, 13 December 2005 - Environmental, women's, health and consumer organisations expressed disappointment that EU ministers failed today to seize a unique opportunity to protect people and the environment from the threat of toxic chemicals.

Article tagged as: chemicals, health impacts, press releases, REACH

Arrested development - the impacts of pesticides on children's mental health and development

Last edited 20 April 2005 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
1 December, 2003

Summary

A greenpeace study conducted in six states of India in collaboration with Dharamitra, ICRA, SEWA, Janachetana, SIRPI, Kheti Virasat, SYO and YMC.

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Greenpeace supports radiation and health conference

Posted by bex — 5 May 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Three Mile Island nuclear plant

Article tagged as: health impacts, nuclear power, radiation, reactor safety

Chemical legacy - contamination of the child

Last edited 26 April 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: October 2003

Summary
Many chemicals used routinely in consumer products are also present in the human body, including prenatal and newborn children. These chemical pollutants are likely to be having a detrimental effect not only on the health of adults, but also on young children, who are particularly at risk.

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Toxic childrenswear by Disney

Last edited 26 April 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: April 2004

Summary
This report shows that chemicals which may represent a long-term hazard to human health are present in Disney childrenswear. Disney garments, including pyjamas, T-shirts and underwear, were bought at retail outlets in 19 countries around the world and the printed logo section analysed for chemicals by the Danish independent laboratory, Eurofins.

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Article tagged as: chemicals, health impacts, reports, toxics