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Opinion: Gulf Oil Spill's Silent Victims
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By Deirdre Imus, Erin S. Ihde
and Dr. Lawrence Rosen
The BP oil spill has garnered international attention for unimaginable real and future losses: lives as well as livelihoods, wildlife and coastal communities. We've learned from the Exxon Valdez and other spills how these catastrophes impact ecosystems, and witnessed the years of rehabilitation and billions of dollars invested in the cleanup. Yet in weighing these losses, little attention is being given to what this latest man-made disaster will mean to the most vulnerable of our society: our children... Click to read the full article at AOLNews.com.
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Katrina's Legacy: Healing Children
from the Impacts of the BP Oil Spill
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How will the BP oil spill impact children in a region already scarred by
Hurricane Katrina? Dr. Rosen, Medical Advisor to The Deirdre Imus
Environmental Center for
Pediatric Oncology, explores the issue with Jane Maroney El-Dahr, MD.
Dr. El-Dahr
is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Clinical Professor of Medicine and
Chief, Section of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology
at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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Deirdre Imus on White House Panel's Cancer Report
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The President's Panel on Cancer echoes what The Deirdre
Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology has been saying for
years: Toxins in the environment pose a serious risk to human health.
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Deirdre Imus Sparks Kid-Powered Relief for Haiti
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| HACKENSACK,
NJ, March 17, 2010
– Haitian children are receiving colorful bags filled with messages of
love and
goodies from U.S. school children through a new program of The Deirdre
Imus Environmental
Center for Pediatric Oncology® called Kids-Love-Kids.
This
program is possible with the combined forces of Operation Goody Bag, the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB),
and an army of children from East
Brook
Middle School.
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Senate to Consider "Safe Chemicals Act of 2010"
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| The "Kid-Safe Chemicals Act" Senate bill of 2008 is being replaced by the "Safe Chemicals Act of 2010," introduced in April by Senator Frank Lautenberg of N.J. A companion House bill is still in committee. The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology vigorously supports efforts to curb toxins in the environment that threaten children's health.. .....more |
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