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Safety Assessment of Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) Released from PVC Medical Devices
Center for Devices and Radiological Health; U.S. Food and Drug Administration
"Patients undergoing medical procedures such as IV therapy, enteral and parenteral nutrition support, blood transfusion, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be exposed to di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), a compound used as a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) medical devices. DEHP has been shown to produce a wide range of adverse effects in experimental animals, notably liver toxicity and testicular atrophy..."
An Assessment of the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Oil Shale [PDF]
WORC
The most reliable studies suggest that the EROI for oil shale falls between 1:1 and 2:1 when self-energy is counted as a cost. Self-energy is energy released by the oil shale conversion process that is used to power that operation.
Green Scissors Reports
FOE
Since 1994, the Green Scissors Campaign, led by Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, has been working with Congress and the Administration to end environmentally harmful and wasteful spending. Working to breach party lines, the Green Scissors Campaign has helped cut more the $26 billion in environmental wasteful programs from the federal budget.
CIEL publishes Climate Change in the Work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CIEL
Published in May 2010, the paper describes how the climate change and human rights issues have developed in practice, assessing its application in the work of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).CIEL is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy in the global public interest, including through legal counsel, policy research, analysis, education, training and capacity building.
North American Environmental Atlas
CEC
Site created by: GreenInfo LogoGreenInfo Network www.greeninfo.org The North American Environmental Atlas Map Viewer utilizes several Open Source technologies, including OpenLayers, MapTiler/GDAL2Tiles, and PngCrush. The Google Earth Viewer was built upon the Google Earth API
EWG: The Farm Subsidy Database
EWG
EWG supports broad-based reform of federal farm policy by expanding farmland conservation programs to increase assistance especially to the bottom 90% of farm subsidy recipients as well as those completely left out of the current system.
POLICING FREE SPEECH: Police Surveillance and Obstruction of First Amendment‐ Protected Activity [PDF]
by ACLUACLU
United States law enforcement agencies, from the FBI to local police, have a long history of spying on American citizens and infiltrating or otherwise obstructing political activist groups. Political spying was rampant during the Cold War under the FBI’s COINTELPRO, the CIA’s Operation Chaos, and other program.
Responding to Land Grabbing and Promoting Responsible Investment in Agriculture
by Harold Liversage TNI
Land grabbing is an issue of concern broader than foreign land acquisitions. A range of actions are therefore required to address the threats and challenges we face.
Personal Finance Information for Congressional Members Released Today, but it Won't Be Easy Reading
by Michael BeckelOpenSecrets.org
Last year, scores of members of Congress reported holdings in energy giant BP and Transocean, the offshore drilling company from which BP had leased the now-sunken Deepwater Horizon. In the aftermath of the oil spill, did any of them drop their stocks or buy more?