CDC's Public Health Law News Weekly digest of happenings around the world pertaining to law and the public's health. http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/Weeklynews.asp Announcement: Disease, Disaster, Bioterrorism Report http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/bioterror-report-2008.pdf Announcement: 2008 National Obesity Summit Announcement: Isolation and Quarantine Training http://www.masslocalinstitute.org/courseDetails.aspx?dateId=617&courseId=246 Announcement: HIV Testing Laws Compendium http://www.nccc.ucsf.edu/StateLaws/Index.html Announcement: Risk Assessment Report http://www.grampian.police.uk/Pdf/Road to Resilience strategy booklet.pdf Announcement: Tobacco Settlement Report http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements Announcement: Drug Dependency and HIV Report http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/12/09/unbreakable-cycle-0 Announcement: Child Injury Report http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241563574_eng.pdf Announcement: Seat Belt Report http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot/gov/pubs/810962.pdf Announcement: Risk Assessment Publication http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12209 Announcement: Job Opening https://jobs.gsu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1229474059937 Announcement: Emergency Management Conference Call for Papers (12/31/08) http://www.tiems.org/ Announcement: Baby Doe Rules Conference (2/13) http://www.babydoesymposium.org Announcement: Preparedness Summit (2/18-2/20) http://www.phprep.org/2009/?CFID=2422912&CFTOKEN=44727808 Announcement: Genomics Summer Institute (6/22-6/26) http://depts.washington.edu/cgph Our smog is worse than we thought
[Editor's note: To read the list of 25 substances to be monitored, visit http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/548463.] ]]> http://www.thestar.com/article/549457 State ignored HIV law, judge says http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/548463 Hub enacts strict ban on tobacco sales
[Editor's note: To read the Boston Public Health Commission Regulation Restricting the Sale of Tobacco Products in the City of Boston, visit http://www.bphc.org/board/pdfs/regs_TobaccoRestrictionRegulation_12-11-08.pdf.] ]]> http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/12/hub_enacts_strict_ban_on_tobacco_sales/ Mad-cow-prevention rule poses its own dangers http://www.htrnews.com/article/20081204/MAN0101/812040553/1984 Press council issues new guidelines for reporting HIV
[Editor's note: To read the new Press Council of India guidelines on AIDS and the Media, visit http://www.ngogateway.org/ngo/bitstream/1/716/1/Guidelines on HIVAIDS and Media.doc.] ]]> http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/new-guidelines-for-media-while-reporting-on-hivaids-lead_100120199.html Briefly Noted: California brings heavy-duty diesels under clean air rules http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/1470828.html Briefly Noted: Los Angeles sues imprisoned street-gang leaders http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122878250225489839.html Briefly Noted: Connecticut takes on slippery olive oil standards http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlovVVIGOiGxMZsAQ_Ufn7XP6unwD94JJVH00 Briefly Noted: Storm victims seek class action over trailer fumes http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9446395&nav=menu608_2_5 Briefly Noted: Woman who got HIV in transplant sues Ill. hospital http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/nov/17/health/chi-ap-il-aids-transplant Briefly Noted: Ind. soldiers sue over chemical exposure in Iraq http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gtE1vHAn6xmE8UE1iCi2k_Jsd4gQD94RFF9O0 Briefly Noted: Judge develops take-home drug testing kits http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/625739.html Briefly Noted: Law requires fluoridation -- if state foots bill http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20081215/NEWS01/812150307/1002 Briefly Noted: New law may close public pools http://www.masslive.com/springfield/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1228986457323870.xml&coll=1 Briefly Noted: Ground Zero lawsuits are to begin in 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/nyregion/11dust.html Briefly Noted: Ohio OKs use of controversial Intoxilyzer 8000 breath-alcohol tester http://www.cleveland.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news/1228815084101420.xml&coll=2 Briefly Noted: Woman 'pregnant' with monkey convicted of smuggling http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/09/monkey.smuggling/index.html Briefly Noted: FTC tosses guidance on tar, nicotine in cigarettes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_go_ot/tobacco_ftc Briefly Noted: MRSA: Patients revolt against hospital secrecy http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008403751_mrsaday3m0.html Briefly Noted: New tobacco product alarms some health officials http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h0YgXY3aFBnz113DA-cCxPG-Ng8gD94KRT002 Briefly Noted: Class-action lawsuit launched over reused syringes in Canada http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/23/content_10398144.htm Briefly Noted: New law forces hospitals to report gunshot, stab wounds http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1321545 Briefly Noted: Smuggled fertilized eggs dodging bird flu control measures, say trade sources http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=07ec155c2912e110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=teaser&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News Briefly Noted: Russia: Lower house votes to lower tar, nicotine content, place health warnings on packs http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQ43zVdUkxeoIpXk92yueK3UwA2wD94RBSJO0 Briefly Noted: National Vaccine Fund passes first review in legislature http://www.cnanews.gov.tw/eng/cepread.php?id=200812100028 Briefly Noted: Under-18s banned from using cigarette vending machines http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598912-details/Under-18s+banned+from+using+cigarette+vending+machines/article.do Briefly Noted: Zimbabwe declares cholera national emergency http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/04/zimbabwe.cholera.emergency/index.html Obituary: Dr. Jay Katz, 86, dies; 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failure to test does not establish neglect In re Interest of Joel Anaya
Supreme Court of Nebraska
No. S-07-1136
Filed December 5, 2008
Opinion by Judge Lindsey Miller-Lerman ]]> http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/opinions/2008/december/dec5/s07-1136.pdf Court Opinions: Rhode Island: Court rules on motions in lead poisoning case Maldonado v. Jorge
Superior Court of Rhode Island, Providence
C.A. No. PC 02-5468
Filed December 5, 2008
Opinion by Judge Alice Gibney
http://www.courts.ri.gov/superior/pdf/Maldonado%20v%20Jorge%20PC%2002-5468%20Final%20(kt).pdf ]]> http://www.courts.ri.gov/superior/pdf/Maldonado%20v%20Jorge%20PC%2002-5468%20Final%20(kt).pdf Wisconsin: Lead paint maker found not to have intentionally caused public nuisance City of Milwaukee v. NL Industries
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District One
No. 2007AP2873
Filed November 25, 2008
Opinion by Presiding Judge Patricia Curley ]]> http://www.wicourts.gov/ca/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=34709 Court Opinions: Federal: Labeling Act does not preempt state claims against "light" cigarettes Altria Group, Inc. v. Good
Supreme Court of the United States
No. 07-562
Filed December 15, 2008
Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens ]]> http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-562.pdf Court Opinions: Federal: Motion to certify class of people who bought Teflon-coated cookware denied In re Teflon Products Liability Litigation
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Central Division
Civil No. 4-06-md-01733
Filed December 5, 2008
Opinion by Judge Ronald Longstaff ]]> http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/iasd/opinions.nsf/55fa4cbb8063b06c862568620076059d/038942f8441af2c486257519005a305d/$FILE/Teflon.cla.pdf Court Opinions: Federal: Tort Claims Act does not preclude Bivens action against PHS employee Castaneda v. USA
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
No. 08-55684
Filed October 2, 2008
Opinion by Judge Milan Smith Jr. ]]> http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/7F7E9192E1E140B6882574D5008046D0/$file/0855684.pdf?openelement PHL News Quotation
-- Ethan Flint, 18 year-old West Virginia University student, on snus, a tobacco product companies hope will replace cigarettes. A snus is a tea bag-like pouch of smokeless tobacco tucked between the cheek and gum. Unlike chewing tobacco, the juice is intended to be swallowed. ]]>