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Seafood Contamination after the BP Gulf Oil Spill and Risks to Vulnerable Populations: A Critique of the FDA Risk AssessmentMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:157-61. 2012..Conclusions: FDA risk assessment methods should be updated to better reflect current risk assessment practices and to protect vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children...
Arsenic contamination in New Orleans soil: temporal changes associated with floodingMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
Health and Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, USA
Environ Res 110:19-25. 2010..Diminution of the quantity of sediment at many locations has significantly reduced overall soil arsenic concentrations, but some locations remain of concern for potential long-term soil contamination...
Six climate change-related events in the United States accounted for about $14 billion in lost lives and health costsKim Knowlton
Health and Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:2167-76. 2011..Our analysis provides scientists and policy makers with a methodology to use in estimating future health costs related to climate change and highlights the growing need for public health preparedness...
Airborne mold and endotoxin concentrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, after flooding, October through November 2005Gina M Solomon
Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1381-6. 2006..The hurricanes and flooding in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October and November 2005 resulted in damp conditions favorable to the dispersion of bioaerosols such as mold spores and endotoxin...
