Rural asthma study launching in the Midwest Novel technology automatically tracks where and when attacks occur Beginning next week, Madison-based Reciprocal Sciences, with funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will launch a new study to learn more about the problem of rural asthma in the Midwest. The study follows a recent [...]
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Respiratory epidemiology review (February 9, 2010)
Work-related respiratory diseases in the EU [Sigsgaard et al - ERJ] New European Respiratory Society report surveys the epidemiology of the major occupational respiratory diseases in the EU, with a look at historic and contemporary risk factors, and an update on regulation. Highlights the emerging burden of occupational lung disease in “newer professions, such as public [...]
Chlorine gas update
Last year (Nov 6, 2009), the House approved legislation to reduce the risks of terrorist attacks on chemical plants and water treatment facilities. The Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, which passed without a single Republican vote, includes measures a NY Times editorial called “reasonable, vital and long overdue” that were long sought by [...]
Press coverage of the chlorine hospitalizations report
Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster U.S. News & World Report, DC - Jan 8, 2009 Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster CBC.ca, Canada - Jan 8, 2009 Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster Washington Post, United States - Jan 7, 2009 Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster Forbes, NY - Jan 7, 2009 Study looks at major chlorine disaster United Press International - Jan 6, 2009 Going Back to Graniteville: Studying the 2005 chlorine leak could help prepare [...]
Chlorine gas hospitalizations article press release
For Immediate Release Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008 Contact: Jennifer Combs (240) 221-4256 jcombs@iqsolutions.com New Study Examines Effects of [...]
Acute health effects from chlorine gas exposure
In January 2005, a train derailment in South Carolina released 42-60 tons of chlorine gas in the middle of a small town. I was part of the CDC team that went to South Carolina to help the Dept of Health and Environmental Control respond to the disaster and investigate the health effects. One of our [...]
