Articles, Correspondence & Other Resources
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Below are information packets and correspondence between Dr. Wendroff and various authorities. All are organized by date.
2008
April 2008 - Science of the Total Environment, No 397, p. 131-139
"Mercury vapor in residential building common areas in communities where mercury is used for cultural purposes versus a reference community"
2006
August 2006 - Ethnicity and Health, Vol. 11, No 3
"Mercury Use and Exposure among Santeria Practitioners: Religious versus Folk Practice in Northern New Jersey, USA"
August 2006 - Ethnicity and Health, Vol. 11, No 3
"Mercury Use and Exposure among Santeria Practitioners: Religious versus Folk Practice in Northern New Jersey, USA" (with APW Comments)
2006 - Risk Analysis, Vol. 26,
"Incorporating Ethnographic Methods in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Risk Assessment and Communication: Cultural and Religious Uses of Mercury in Latino and Caribbean Communities"
January 2006 - Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, No. 1,
"Comparison of Indoor Mercury Vapor in Common Areas of Residential Buildings with outdoor Levels in a Community Where Mercury is Used for Cultural Purposes"
January 2006 - School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
"An Evaluation of Potential Exposure to mercury in a Community (Union City & West New York, NJ) Where Mercury is Used for Cultural Purposes"
2005
August 2005 - Environmental Practice,
"Magico-Religious Mercury Use in Caribbean and Latino Communities: Pollution, Persistence, and Politics"
June 2005 - The Bronx Journal, June 2005,
"Hazardous rituals: mercury pollution in the Bronx"
2004
October 20, 2004 - Excerpt from Natural Resources Defense Council's
"HIDDEN DANGER:
Environmental Health Threats in the Latino Community"
September 2004 - Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 112, No. 13
"Subcutaneous Injection of Mercury: 'Warding Off Evil' "
2003
Winter 2003 - Article in Vital Signs,
Vol.27 No.1,
"Public Heath Crisis in the Low-Income Community:
Domestic Mercury Poisoning"
October 2003 - Article in Medical Intelligence,
Vol.295 No.16,
"Mercury Embolization of the Lung"
October 2003 - Article from Universitas Bergensis,
"Changes in Mercury Exposure in the Great Lakes Area, USA, as Shown
by the Mercury Content of Moose Molars"
October 2003 - Article from Universitas Bergensis,
"Mercury in Primary Teeth from Contemporary Norwegian Children"
October 2003 - Article from Oral Metallic Mercury,
"A Folk Medicine Remedy for Gastroenteritis"
August 2003 - JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies,
"Ritual Use of Mercury (Azogue) Assessment and Education Project"
May 2003 - Study from Environmental Assessment and
Risk Analysis Element,
"Cultural Uses of Mercury in New Jersey"
April 2003 - Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, No. 4,
"Evaluation of Mercury in Urine as an Indicaotor of Exposure to Low Levels of Mercury Vapor"
April 2003 - Environmental
Quality Awards
description / plaque / photo
January/February 2003 - Article from Ambulatory
Pediatrics, Vol.3, No.1,
"Mercury Exposure in an Urban Pediatric
Population"
2002
December 2002 - Final Report on
"Cultural
Uses of Mercury in New Jersey"
April 2002 - Article
"Direct measurement of the mercury content of
exhaled air: a new approach for determination of the mercury dose
received"
March 2002 - Correspondence with the NYC DEP on Sampling for Ritualistic Mercury in Wastewater
Correspondence Part 1 / Correspondence Part 2
November - December 2002 - New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Sampling Events: Mercury
Track-down Washington Heights
2001
August 2001 - Article from Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol.
109 No.8,
"Assessing Elemental Mercury Vapor Exposure from Cultural
and Religious Practices"
July 2, 2001 -
Letter from State of NY, DOH,
Department of Health
July 2001 - Excerpts from American Academy of Pediatrics,
"Technical
Report: Mercury in the Environment: Implictions for Pediatricians"
May 11, 2001 -
News from Senator Malcolm A.
Smith, 10th Senatorial District, NYS Senate
March 2001 -
Resolution by Councilmember Linares
February, 2001 - New York Times Magazine,
"Mercury
Rising" (Could spiritual practices be a source of mercury
contamination?)
1999
Nov 1999 - Literature review and policy analysis from the Environmental Times,
Mercury Exposure
From Magico-Religious use in Hispanic and Caribbean homes
August 1999 - Article from Emergency Medical News,
Vol. XXI, No. 8.
"Mercury Hazard Widespread in Magico-Religious
Practices in US"
May 1999 - Article from Population and Environment: A
Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Vol.20, No. 5,
"Elemental
Mercury Use in Religious and Ethnic Practices in Latin American and
Caribbean Communities in New York City"
1999 - Health-Care Provider Guide from the Department of Health, New York City
"Metallic Mercury Exposure: A Guide for
Health-Care Providers"
1999 - Information from the Department of
Health, New York City,
"Metallic Mercury Poisoning"
1996
January 1996 - Letters to the Editor from American Journal of Public
Health, Vol. 86, No.1 "Mercury Use in Espiritismo:A Survey of
Botanicas"
1995
March 1995 - Article from American Journal of Public
Health, Vol.85 No.3,
"Magico-Religious Mercury Use and Cultural
Sensitivity"
1990
December 22/29, 1990 - Article from The Lancet,
"Intoxication from mercury spilled on carpets"
October 1990 - Article from Nature, Vol. 347,
"Domestic mercury pollution"
Correspondence
May 23, 2003 -
Letter from the City of NY, Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene
April 20, 2001 -
Letter from Department of Health
and Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
March 13, 2001 -
Letter from Department of Health and Human Services,
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
February 10, 2001 - Article in el diario,
"Planean estrategia contra
el mercurio"
February 15, 2001 -
Letter from the City of NY,
Department of Buildings
February 16, 2001 -
Letter from the City of NY, Office of the Comptroller
December 5, 2000 -
Letter from EPA, Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
December 29, 2000 -
Letter from the City of Chicago, Department of
Environment
November 1, 2000 -
Letter from the Council of NY, Office of the Speaker
of City Hall
November 9, 2000 - Statement of the NYC DOH
"In relation to banning
the testing of gas piping systems with gauges that use mercury"
July 10, 2000 -
Letter from US Environmental Protection
Agency
June 9, 2000 -
Letter from City of NY, Department of
Environmental Protection
May 18, 2000 -
Letter from City of NY, Office of the Comptroller
March 14, 2000 -
Letter to Congressman Weiner from
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
March 16, 2000 -
Letter to Congressman Weiner from US EPA
February 11, 2000 -
Letter from NYC DOH, General
Counsel
January 2000 -
Letter from NYC DOH, Office of the Commissioner
December 1, 1999 -
Letter from the State of NY,
Office of the Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer
November 1999 -
Excerpts from the Handbook of Pediatric Environmental
Health, American Academy of Pediatrics
November 23, 1999 -
Letter from North Brooklyn
Health Network
July 9, 1999 -
Article in MMWR, Vol. 48/No.26
June 11, 1999 -
Letter from the Joseph L. Mailman
School of Public Health, Columbia University
May 3, 1999 -
Letter from Department of Health and Human Services, CDC
May 4, 1999 -
Letter from US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Civil Rights
April 27, 1999 -
Letter from State of NJ, Department of
Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Technology
April 28, 1999 -
Letter from Latin-American Foundation for
Environment Protection, Inc.
March 8, 1999 -
Letter to Congressman Serrano
March 8, 1999 -
Letter to Environmental & Natural Resource Division,
Department of Justice
All 1998 Correspondence:
January 14, 1998 - Letter from the State of NY, DOH
February 1998 - Letter from US Environmental Protection Agency
November 13, 1998 - Letter from West Harlem Environmental ACTion
November 18, 1998 - Letter from the City of NY, Law Department
December 1, 1998 - Letter from the Council of the City of NY, Angel
Rodriguez, Councilman,
38th District
December 29, 1998 - Letter from the Department of Health and Human
Services, CDC
1997 -
Article from the Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk
Assessment and Risk Management
October 1997 -
Newsletter from the Office of Minority Health
July 16, 1997 -
Email regarding Ritual Mercury Use Report, Chicago Department of Public
Health
June 23, 1997 - Backgrounder from Department of Health
& Human Services entitled
"ATSDR and EPA Warn the Public about
Continuing Patterns of Metallic Mercury Exposure"
March 1997 - Article in Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 105,
Number 3,
"Magico-religious
Mercury Exposure"
All 1997 Correspondence:
January 3, 1997 - Transcript from Alan Shakin, Esq.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
January, 1997 - Letter from US Environmental Protection Agency
August 14, 1997 - Letter from State of NY, DOH
August 23, 1996 -
Letter from State of NY,
Department of Law
November 6, 1995 -
Letter from State University of NY Health Science Center
at Brooklyn
All 1995 Correspondence:
January 13, 1995 - Letter from Department of Health
and Human Services, Public Health Service
May 5, 1995 - Letter from Department of Health and Human Services, Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
December 28, 1995 - Letter from National Coalition of Hispanic Health and
Human Services Organizations, Washington DC
1995 -
Reports by Botanica Personnel of
Mercury Sale and Use for Spiritual Practices, Bronx, NY
All 1994 Correspondence:
April 8, 1994 - Letter from State of NJ, DOH
July 14, 1994 - Letter from Department of Health & Human Services,
Centers for Disease Control
1994 - Letter from US Environmental Protection Agency
August 4, 1993 -
Letter from the Council of the City
of NY, Economic Development Government Contracts Intergroup Relations
June 9, 1993 -
RM2 Assessment Document for Cultural Uses of Mercury
All 1993 Correspondence:
March 3, 1993 - Letter from State of NY, DOH
July 16, 1993- Letter from US Consumer Product Safety Commission
August 3, 1993- Letter from NYC DOH, Environmental Health Services
September 3, 1993- Letter from Universidad de Puerto Rico, Departmento de
Clencias Sociales
March 1992 -
Excerpts from ATSDR Case Studies in Environmental Medicine:
MERCURY TOXICITY
January 17, 1992 -
Letter from South Florida Water
Management District
June 18, 1991 -
News from NYC DOH,
"Health
Department Warns People Who Use Mercury Of Potential Mercury
Poisoning"
May 23, 1991 -
Letter from DOH & Health Services, Division of
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
April 11, 1991 -
Letter from the Pan American Health
Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World
Health Organization
All March 1991 Correspondence:
March 5, 1991 - Letter from US Consumer Product Safety
Commission
March 20, 1991 - Letter from the Department of Health Services, Hazard
Identification and Risk Assessment Branch, California
March 28, 1991 - Letter from the Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago,
Richard M. Daley
All January 1991 Correspondence:
January 2, 1991 - Letter from NYCDOH, Bureau of Maternity Services and
Family Planning
January 28, 1991 - Letter from The City of New York, Office of the Mayor,
David N. Dinkins
January 30, 1991 - Letter from the Office of the Chancellor, Joseph A.
Fernandez
October 1990 -
Letter from Surgeon General, Antonia C. Novello, M.D., M.P.H.
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