A negative ebola test result means a patient doesnt have ebola but just this week a physician died after being flown to nebraska for emergency treatment after initial tests showed a negative test. His colleagues are in quarantine causing greater anxiety in a medical profession lost more than 500 to ebola. Hospitals and Healthcare Workers were to have proper guidance on personal protective kwichlt. Cdc guideline do not require a threeweek selfisolation period for healthcare officials. They can return to work immediately. But the hospitals i talked to did not agree. I asked an er doctor from my district about whether any of his colleagues volunteering in west africa could come back to work immediately. He had a simple response. I quote him. He said, they should stay away. The administration continues to pose travel restrictions and quarantines yet respected institutions have policies to ensure Public Health is protected. Its impossible for the American People to understand why the govern
River is a town in new jersey. Its actually a small city at this point. And i wrote about it because toms river was a town like any other town for a couple hundred years until the Chemical Industry came to town in 1952. And that changed everything in toms river. This book tells the story of everything that happened next. Host first of all, what kind of town is toms river . Or was it when you were writing about it . Guest well, before the Chemical Industry came to town it was a sleepy place where there were tourists from the summer from philly and new york city, but mostly there were farmers, chicken farming was a big thing in toms river. It was a quiet place. And then it started to grow very rapidly once the Chemical Industry came to town and once the garden state parkway came down. And it became a place where there was lots of rapid growth. For a while it was one of the Fastest Growing communities in the whole country. Host so its, what, halfway between new york and philadelphia on th
Sugar policy is extremely coordinated complicated. If somebody tells me they dont understand the farm bill i tell them they dont know what they are talking about. These are political decisions that have an impact on the lives not only of americans but the lives of people in the world. So we need to understand the politics and dietary overt goal is to get them into becoming advocates. Host foo next, dan fagin sat down with booktv discussed his book toms river about small town in new jersey that was negatively impacted industrial waste pollution. This interview was conducted in new york city. Its part of booktvs college series. This is about half an hour. Host toms river is the name of the book winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction last year. Nyu professor dan fagin is the author. Professor, what is toms river . Guest toms river is again in new jersey, a small city at this point. I wrote about it because toms river was a town like any other town for a couple hundred years u
The two remaining witnesses on the panels are noshow. They were invited, accepted the invitations and confirmed them of their attendance and we informed them the hearing will proceed so it is unfutunate they have chosen not to chose this official hearing. We will go ahead with the witnesses who did proceed. Thank you very much for coming down from rhode island for this hearing. Thank you. It as a pleasure to be here. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am an associate professor at the Brown University center for health. I earned by doctorate from ha r hararharava harvard. Shortterm ozone exposure and health effects. This is based on studies over decades and showing that ozone leads to increased deaths, hospital visits, increased symptoms and more medical use and reduced air function and reduced air levels. A 2010 study by the scientist at emory found in the atlanta area, ozone was linked to higher rates of hospital visits for asthma even at levels below the current standa
Really cares about what a difference 100 or 200 a month in food stamps make to a family thats really poor. Host professor nestle, how did you get interested in these topics . Guest first of all, i like to eat, so i have always been interested in food. The very first course that i taught on food and nutrition, you really cant understand anything about why people eat the way they do unless you understand the politics of food. Because people dont eat food in a vacuum. They dont make choices in a vacuum. They make choices based on whats available, how much money they have, but their friends are eating, but the culture requires and a lot of it gets into arcane politics. The most arcane politics i can think of is sugar subsidies for sugar tariffs and quote as. Our sugar policy is extraordinary complicated. The farm bill is beyond complication. Anybody who tells me they understand the farm bill, i just think they dont know what theyre talking about. Nobody can understand it. And yet, these ar