Recommended student reading

Indoor Air Pollution: An Introduction for Health Professionals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offers an overview of the challenges to health professionals, focusing on acute conditions, with patterns that point to particular agents and suggestions for appropriate remedial action.

Allergy Epidemic: Our Lifestyle May Be the Culprit
Why is a third of the U.S. population sniffling, sneezing, and suffering? In May 2000, U.S. News & World Report published a comprehensive examination of allergies, and concluded that how we live might explain why we suffer.

Texas Colonias: A Thumbnail Sketch
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas describes the Texas border colonias, where an estimated 400,000 people live without electricity, running water or sewerage in many cases.

Lower Rio Grande Ecosystem Initiative
The U.S. Geological Service describes the ecosystem of the lower Rio Grande as part of its initiative to research and provide information about the biotic resources of the river, and its adjacent land habitats.

The Border Economy: Texas Colonias / Housing and Infrastructure Issues
This article looks at conditions in las colonias and what has been done during the past 10 years to improve life there, with special emphasis on Cameron County colonias, home to nearly 27,000 residents.