Environmental Film Series
Environmental Film Series Presents Black Diamonds
Black Diamonds, "a riveting and ultimately energizing documentary.... provides a thumbnail economic and political history of coal mining in the state, a textured portrait of Appalachian life and a convincing case for ending the environmental scourge of decapitating mountains...." Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post.
The Environmental Film Series will take place each Wednesday at 7pm in Alumni Memorial Building Room 27. The series, hosted by the Film Committee and SPEAK will present four environmental films. For more information email hernest@utk.edu
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:47 PM
Springer E-Book Collection
The UT Libraries now has access to thousands of Springer books online.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:42 PM
EPA Library Closings--Update
After considerable pressure by librarians, researchers and the public,
Congress has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to
restore its library network. In the fiscal year (FY) 2008 Interior
Appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee orders EPA to
reopen the closed libraries. Last year, EPA closed its Headquarters
Library in Washington, DC, to visitors and walk-in patrons. EPA also
closed several regional libraries, the toxics and pesticides library and
the Ft. Meade Environmental Science Center Library.
The language reads
"$2,000,000 shall be used to restore the network of EPA libraries
recently closed or consolidated by the administration. While the
Committee approves of efforts to make environmental data collections
available electronically, the Committee does not agree to further
library closures or consolidations without evidence of how the public
would be served by these changes. Therefore, the Committee expects the
EPA to restore publicly available library facilities in each region. EPA
is directed to submit a plan on how it will use this funding increase to
reopen facilities and maintain a robust collection of environmental data
and resources in each region by December 31, 2007."
The bill is now headed to the full Senate for consideration. The
House-passed FY 2008 Interior Appropriations bill doesn't contain the
EPA library language.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:51 PM
TOXMAP
TOXMAP® Now Includes 2005 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Data
April 18, 2007 [posted]
[Editor's Note: This Technical Note is a reprint of an announcement published on NLM-Tox-Enviro-Health-L, an e-mail announcement list available from the NLM Division of Specialized Information Services. To subscribe to this list, please see the NLM-TOX-ENVIRO-HEALTH-L Join, Leave, or Change Options page.]
The National Library of Medicine® (NLM) TOXMAP now includes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s 2005 Toxics Release Inventory data (TRI).
The 2005 TRI was released by the EPA on March 22, 2007. TRI 2005 contains 89,325 records. TOXMAP maps the TRI chemicals reported to the EPA, as required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA).
A complete list of TRI chemicals required to be reported to the EPA can be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/chemical/index.htm.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 03:40 PM
Ecology Articles in Google Scholar
Ecology Articles in Google Scholar: Levels of Access to Articles in Core Journals
Marilyn Christianson
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:45 PM
EPA Library Closings
Congressional Research Service issued a report on the EPA
library closures for use by members of Congress, titled:
Restructuring EPA's Libraries: Background and Issues for Congress
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:42 PM
New from the National Academies Press
Free access to online books from NAP:
Biographical Memoirs V.88
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11807.html
Cancer Control Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11797.html
Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11728.html
Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11571.html
Gulf War and Health: Volume 4. Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11729.html
Gulf War and Health: Volume 5. Infectious Diseases
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11765.html
Implementing Cancer Survivorship Care Planning
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11739.html
Measuring Respirator Use in the Workplace
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11799.html
Successful Response Starts with a Map: Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11793.html
U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11801.html
Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies: A Workshop Summary
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11804.html
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:39 PM
TOXMAP Adds Features
In response to feedback from users, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has added new chemical and health-related data to its interactive mapping site, TOXMAP.
Released in September, 2004, TOXMAP helps users explore the geographic distribution of certain chemical releases, their relative amounts, and their trends over time. This release data comes from industrial facilities around the United States, as reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Now, users can also use TOXMAP to find information about Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites and substances. The Superfund program is part of a federal government effort to clean up land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the EPA as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and/or to the environment.
The substances found at Superfund sites have been designated as causing or contributing to an increase in mortality or in irreversible or incapacitating illness, or posing a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or to the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. More than 800 substances are currently designated as hazardous, and many more as potentially hazardous.
TOXMAP has also added mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), as well as age and gender data from the US Census, and income data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
TOXMAP links to NLM's extensive collection of toxicology and environmental health references, as well as to a rich resource of data on hazardous chemical substances in its TOXNET databases. The resource also provides fact sheets and summaries about the various chemicals, written by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and EPA progress reports on the Superfund sites.
Since many users may not be experienced in reading maps or understanding map data, TOXMAP provides a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and a "Glossary of Terms". Both resources attempt to provide questions/answers to supplement the user's ability to understand the map displays and the data.
More information about TOXMAP>>
Posted by Donna Braquet at 04:51 PM
New Source for Lead Information
The Environmental Health and Toxicology Speacilized Information Services has released a Lead and Environmental Health web guide.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 01:49 PM