By Krista Yacovone
Intern, Disaster Accountability Project
(Krista is a rising 2L at Fordham University School of Law in New York City)
On July 1, Janet McCabe, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation, and members of the EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards held a conference […]

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By Alison Lynch and Krista Yacovone
Interns, Disaster Accountability Project
(Alison graduated Mt. Holyoke College in 2010 and will start law school this Fall)
(Krista is a rising 2L at Fordham University School of Law in New York City)
While the effects of the nation’s most devastating environmental disaster will be felt for years to come in a variety […]

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 On Sunday, April 26, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a “public health emergency” based on “confirmed cases of Swine Influenza A (swH1N1) in California, Texas, Kansas, and New York.  In Mexico, 1,614 cases have been reported of suspected swine flu, including 103 deaths.  At writing, 40 […]

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The Sierra Club recently tested five “Katrina cottages” being used in Mississippi and found all to contain higher levels of formaldehyde than is recommended for long-term exposure by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Normal levels of indoor formaldehyde run between 10-20 parts per billion but three of the five cottages contained over 100 […]

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A passenger train spent ten hours quarantined in rural Ontario on Friday after one woman died on board and ten others fell ill with mysterious flu-like symptoms. The train was cleared to continue to Toronto after medical personnel were assured that the woman did not die from a contagious disease. The quarantine was one of […]

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