CLUW Joins Global Pearl Of Wisdom Campaign To Prevent Cervical Cancer
Coalition Promotes Pearl of Wisdom As Worldwide Symbol of Cervical Cancer Prevention Marking Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January, the Coalition of Labor Union Women has joined a coalition of women’s health and advocacy organizations in the United States and Europe in a new, united effort to prevent cervical cancer worldwide. The Pearl of ...... more

HIV-AIDS Highest Growth Among Women
Two decades after the first American woman was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus in July 1982, HIV-positive women now have their own resources, including Charlottesville, Va.-based The Well Project and the San Francisco-based Women's Information Service and Exchange. But health experts warn that HIV, the virus that leads to acquired immunodeficiency ...... more

Mercury Harms Women, Children
A silver metal that is liquid at room temperature and evaporates around 200 degrees, mercury can accumulate in human tissue and interfere with metabolic functioning. In women, mercury can contaminate breast milk and damage the brain, spinal cord, kidney, liver and heart. It may also contribute to multiple sclerosis, infertility, breast cancer, and ...... more

Mapping Techniques
Mapping is both a research and investigative tool that can be used to discover the extent of injury, illness and disease suffered by workers in a workplace, process, industry. Mappin techniques include body mapping and hazard mapping which can help recognize problems.MAPPING TECHNIQUESThis document is Acrobat Reader PDFIf you do not have acrobat reader ...... more