http://www.hefn.org daily 1 2009-07-22T00:07:34Z http://www.hefn.org/stories/from-the-frontlines-gulf-stories-with-wilma-subra Voices from the spill and the end of fishing in the Gulf. No publisher evarga Featured Story 2010-07-07T15:18:13Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/2010-women2019s-health-the-environment-conference Teresa Heinz was joined by a sell-out audience at the 2010 Women's Health & the Environment Conference where attendees learned more about the effects environmental exposures have on women's health and the importance of prevention No publisher evarga Featured Story 2010-06-07T18:01:53Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/presidents-cancer-panel-environmentally-caused-cancers-are-grossly-underestimated-and-needlessly-devastate-american-lives The panel advised President Obama "to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and other toxins from our food, water, and air..." No publisher evarga Featured Story 2010-06-10T15:04:39Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-minnesota-foundation-grantee-story Grantee Story highlighting work of the National Center for Healthy Housing, Worthington, Minnesota. No publisher evarga Featured Story 2010-06-10T15:00:50Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/letter-to-michelle-obama Chemicals known as endocrine disruptors may be associated with a range of health concerns and may also act as "obesogens" – substances that trigger the propensity to develop obesity. No publisher emiller 2010-04-16T14:02:48Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/mind-disrupted Twelve leaders and self-advocates from the learning and developmental disabilities community recently stepped forward to have their bodies tested for the presence of a set of known or suspected neurotoxic or endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Mind, Disrupted is a synthesis of the results of these tests and the experiences of the participants, and this report is intended to spotlight these pressing questions and prompt actions to reduce these exposures that may impair how we think -- and, in the most basic ways, who we are. No publisher emiller Featured Story 2010-02-22T16:20:53Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/pseg-agrees-to-cut-hours-at-new-haven-plants In the first major agreement secured through Connecticut's new environmental justice law, PSEG has consented to reduce hours of operation at its current power plants in New Haven and to create a $500,000 fund to reduce local pollution in neighborhoods impacted by its plants. The move promises to improve air quality for sensitive populations in nearby neighborhoods. No publisher nkovacs other 2010-02-22T16:21:37Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/building-support-for-a-global-mercury-treaty Mercury Policy Project (MPP) presents a hopeful view of building a Global Mercury Treaty to protect families around the world from mercury contamination. No publisher kwells other 2010-06-07T18:01:25Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/changing-the-research-agenda Science has always followed the money but we can make it follow the public interest. No publisher njmyers 2009-10-22T16:24:04Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/sam-suds-and-the-case-of-pvc-the-poison-plastic Sam Suds, PI (poisons investigator) is no ordinary detective - his job is to protect the Johnson household from dangerous toxins. He'd been a hero in the past, locking away household villains like lead and DDT. Now he faces one of the most toxic offenders yet: PVC, the poison plastic. But the trail had gone cold. Word around the bathroom was he was washed up. Until she floated in... Watch this funny animated detective spoof, brought to you by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice's PVC Campaign. No publisher chejnyc other 2010-01-11T15:26:38Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/girl-disrupted-hormone-disruptors-and-women2019s-reproductive-health Workshops have helped shape the emerging field of environmental reproductive health and led to sought-after materials. No publisher elisemiller other 2010-01-11T15:22:28Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/a-few-heroes-sheroes-of-the-environmental-health-movement Profiles of some of the leaders of the environmental health movement. No publisher kfortunato 2009-09-15T20:58:17Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/richmond-community-members-speak-out-for-better-health-and-jobs A July 2009 video of Richmond, CA residents speaking about the Chevron refinery expansion's threat to community health. No publisher kfortunato other 2010-01-11T15:24:55Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/safer-chemicals-movie An Alliance for a Clean & Healthy Maine's Safer Chemicals Movie, produced in 2008. No publisher kfortunato other 2010-01-11T15:25:24Z Story http://www.hefn.org/stories/asking-the-right-questions This is a "This I Believe" essay from green chemist John Warner. No publisher ksessions 2009-09-14T19:45:06Z Story