Envirohealth in Blogs: Christmas lists, Australia's smoking ban, and more

smoking banA little light reading to get you through your Wednesday. Here’s something useful: Treehugger alerts us that sensors for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) might be on the way.

All Cristina at Moms Speak Up wants for Christmas is a lead testing kit.

Grist is knocking our socks of these days with their and Emily Gertz’s feature on chemicals and infertility.

Effect Measure takes a look at Australian casinos claims that the smoking ban is bad for the gambling business and is not impressed.

Mark H at Denialism makes an argument for bringing back the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), an agency that spent 20 years helping Congress understand science before being summarily executed in ’95.