Featured Article: Local, National and Global Action Against Motor Vehicle Pollution: Making healthy breathing a right.
Nearly 800,000 people around the world die each year from the effects of air pollution. In the United States, 60,000 premature deaths can be attributed to air pollution and automobile exhaust is the largest single source. Decreasing vehicle emissions has become a focus for environmental and public health action. Corporations and Health Watch explores the impact of vehicle exhaust on health, examines strategies used by advocates and policy makers at the local, national and global levels to fight for clean air, and chronicles recent efforts by the auto industry to stall and weaken House and Senate attempts to raise U.S. fuel efficiency standards.
Spotlight on Corporate Practices: The Corporate Quest for Preemption of State Laws: Impact on public health
Corporations and Health Watch takes a look at the efforts of tobacco, gun, automobile, pharmaceutical and other industries to move lawsuits against them from state to federal court and to overturn state laws that hold them to a higher standard than federal laws. We explore the impact for public health advocates. Read the latest news...
Interview with Michele Simon.
Corporation and Health Watch interviews Michele Simon, Director of Research and Policy, Marin Institute. Simon speaks about her experiences as a public health advocate on food and alcohol, the commonalities and differences between advocacy to reduce the harm from food, alcohol and tobacco corporate practices. She also describes some new directions for The Marin Institute, alcohol industry watchdog.This month Corporations and Health Watch explores the social, political, economic and health impact of the small arms trade, particularly on the global south. We look at the advocacy efforts of international gun control organizations and the United Nations to reduce gun violence and regulate small arms. We further explore the efforts of the gun industry and gun lobby to protect and expand markets by seeking to limit health-related regulations. Read more...
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