Analysis of the novel NCWELL database highlights two decades of co-occurrence of toxic metals in North Carolina private well water: Public health and environmental justice implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 151479
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Eaves ◽  
Alexander P. Keil ◽  
Julia E. Rager ◽  
Andrew George ◽  
Rebecca C. Fry
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Well Water ◽  
The Novel

scholarly journals A Collaborative Approach to Assess Legacy Pollution in Communities Near a Lead–Acid Battery Smelter: The “Truth Fairy” Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 71S-80S ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill E. Johnston ◽  
mark! Lopez ◽  
Matthew O. Gribble ◽  
Wendy Gutschow ◽  
Christine Austin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Toxic Metal ◽  
Deciduous Teeth ◽  
Lead Acid Battery ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Lead Acid

Advocates for civil rights, environmental justice, and movements promoting social justice require data and may lack trust in public authorities, turning instead to academic scientists to help address their questions. Assessing historical exposure to toxic chemicals, especially in situations of a specific industrial source of pollution affecting a community, is critical for informing appropriate public health and policy responses. We describe a community-driven approach to integrate retrospective environmental hazard exposure assessment with community organizing to address concerns about the extent of exposure to toxic metals in a predominantly working-class, Latinx community living near a now-closed lead–acid battery smelter facility. Named the “Truth Fairy Project” by leaders of the community organization East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, this community–university partnership aimed to assess prenatal and early-life exposures to toxic metals through biomarkers of exposure in baby/deciduous teeth. This partnership integrated community mobilization with empirical research, informing residents about toxic metal exposures and improving the community’s capacity to respond to a public health crisis.

Abstract 2299: Toxic metals in private well water and bladder and kidney cancer incidence in North Carolina

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Shrestha ◽  
Selin Cronkrite ◽  
Alison Sanders ◽  
Rebecca Fry ◽  
Katie M. Applebaum
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Kidney Cancer ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
Toxic Metals ◽  
Well Water

Life Lessons of the Pandemic ”Covid - 19”

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 469-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagyashri Vijay Chaudhari ◽  
Priya P. Chawle
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Strange Situation ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Lifetime History ◽  
The People ◽  
Life Lessons

“A lesson learned the hard way is a lesson learned for a lifetime.” Every bad situation hurts; however, it sure does teach us something a lesson. In the same manner of a new lesson for Human lifetime, history is observing 'The Novel COVID-19 ’, a very horrible and strange situation created due to fighting with a microscopic enemy. WHO on 11 February 2020 has announced a name for new disease as - 19 and has declared as a global public health emergency and subsequently as pandemic because of its widespread. This began as an outbreak in December 2019, with its in Wuhan, the People Republic of China has emerged as a public health emergency of international concern. is the group of a virus with non-segmented, single-stranded and positive RNA genome. This bad situation of pandemic creates new scenes in the life of people in a different manner, which will be going to be life lessons for them. Such lessons should be kept in mind for the safety of living beings and many more things. In this narrative review article, reference was taken from a different article published in various databases which include the view of different authors and writers on the "Lessons to be from Corona".

Effectiveness of a Cancer Education Program for Women Attending Rural Public Health Departments in North Carolina

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Michielutte ◽  
Louise E. Cunningham ◽  
Penny C. Sharp ◽  
Mark B. Dignan ◽  
Virginia D. Burnette
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
Public Health Departments ◽  
Rural Public Health

scholarly journals A Failure of Political Communication Not a Failure of Bureaucracy: The Danger of Presidential Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 614-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Hatcher
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Incorrect Information

President Trump’s communications during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic violate principles of public health, such as practicing transparency and deferring to medical experts. Moreover, the president’s communications are dangerous and misleading, and his lack of leadership during the crisis limits the nation’s response to the problem, increases political polarization around public health issues of social distancing, and spreads incorrect information about health-related policies and medical procedures. To correct the dangerous path that the nation is on, the administration needs to adopt a more expert-centered approach to the crisis, and President Trump needs to practice compassion, empathy, and transparency in his communications.

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