Bay Area Air Monitors Not Equipped To Measure Pollutants From Refinery Fires
The monitors are not designed to test for many of the pollutants that surface following refinery fires like the recent one at the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
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The monitors are not designed to test for many of the pollutants that surface following refinery fires like the recent one at the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
A northern California produce supplier is voluntarily recalling romaine lettuce that was shipped to 19 states, Puerto Rico and Canada over fears of possible E. coli contamination.
Gov. Jerry Brown is telling California lawmakers that he will call a special legislative session on health care at the end of the year.
A man who died after a trip to Yosemite National Park, where it is believed he contracted a rare disease spread by rodents, was an Alameda County resident and died there after returning from his trip, an Alameda County Health Department spokeswoman said Friday.
Yosemite National Park officials say a man is dead and a woman is recovering after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease in popular lodging area.
The State Senate has convened a panel to consider whether nonprofit hospitals in California provide enough charity care to deserve the tax-exempt status that grants them huge tax breaks and subsidies.
Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District crews will spray an area of Antioch tonight after discovering a group of mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus there, district officials said.
A back to school immunization event in San Francisco on Tuesday highlighted the racial disparities in immunization rates among children.
So far this month, eight children have died from heatstroke in hot vehicles in the United States.
Oysters from the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. in Marin County have been linked to an outbreak of bacterial illness that has affected three people so far, according to state health officials.
A Petaluma-based cheese distribution company is recalling all partial wheels of two cheeses due to potential contamination.
The tests looked at 23 compounds classified by the state as contaminants. The results showed 22 compounds came up safe and one didn't. That one is called Acrolein, which is like a formaldehyde, a by-product of combustion that can cause eye, skin and breathing problems.
Data collected from thousands of Marin County women, will be used to validate a new study that finds a possible link between high breast cancer rates and the Vitamin D receptor.
About 1,000 claims forms have been filed since thick smoke and soot from a massive fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery Monday evening sent 950 area residents to local hospitals, a Chevron spokesman said Wednesday afternoon.
East Bay residents used a town hall meeting Tuesday to sound off at company executives over a massive fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond on Monday night. Hundreds of residents sought medical treatment for respiratory problems, but experts concluded Tuesday it was "not a significant health concern."
