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SEHN Science Director Ted Schettler will be participating in the California Breast Cancer Symposium, From Research to Action: Two Decades of Change, May 17th-18th. Schettler will be moderating a panel on the environment and breast cancer. You can preview the full details of the program by visiting http://www.cabreastcancer.org/symposium/program/index.php. Ted Schettler MD, MPH About twenty-five years ago health care institutions began to look more carefully at the public and environmental health impacts of what they were doing. Driven by news reports of syringes and other medical waste washing up on New Jersey and New York beaches they focused initially on waste management. Then came US [...] By Ted Schettler MD, MPH Vitamin D plays an essential role in a number of biologic processes throughout the body. In addition to its long-recognized importance for bone health, vitamin D deficiency is increasingly acknowledged to be associated with a number of other diseases and disorders, including various kinds of cancer. A recently published study [...] By Ted Schettler MD MPH What is health? How do we measure it? What determines it? A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute takes a turn at answering these questions. “County Health Rankings: Mobilizing action toward community health” combines weighted measures of health outcomes and health [...] By Ted Schettler MD, MPH Testimony in support of House Bill 33; General Assembly of Maryland An Act concerning child care articles and toys containing bisphenol A (Note this legislative testimony provides a brief history of the science on the chemical bisphenol A.) Thank you for the opportunity to testify today in support of House Bill 33. My name [...] By Ted Schettler MD MPH Bisphenol A, a chemical used in many consumer products, is much in the news and the topic of considerable debate. BPA has estrogenic properties and has been linked with a number of health effects, primarily in animal studies. Some adverse impacts in people are suggested by preliminary investigations. Concerns are justified [...] |
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