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New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

Environmental Health News

Without aerially applied fire retardant to slow the growth of more isolated fires, potential exists for some of these fires to grow larger before firefighters can safely fight the fires, a Forest Service report from 2011 reads. In 2008, a federal judge ordered the Forest Service to conduct a study of wildfire retardants environmental impacts.

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We are no longer living longer: Study across Europe

Science Daily - Public Health

The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to new research. A new study reveals that the food we eat, physical inactivity and obesity are largely to blame, as well as the Covid pandemic. Of all the countries studied, England experienced the biggest slowdown in life expectancy.

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Packaged mineral drinking water in ‘high-risk food’ category: FSSAI

The Hindu

The reclassification follows recent amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, which previously removed mandatory BIS certification requirements for certain food products

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Dramatic drop in marijuana use among U.S. youth over a decade (2011 to 2021)

Science Daily - Public Health

in 2011 to 15.8% Using a national survey of 88,183 adolescents in grades nine to 12, findings show marijuana use declined from 23.1% in 2021, with first-time use before age 13 dropping from 8.1% In 2021, use was highest among 12th graders (22.4%) and 11th graders (18.7%).

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Fewer NC children dying at the hands of a parent or caregiver, new report shows

NC Health News

He analyzed data from 2011 to 2022, replicating two earlier studies he took part in before retiring, using data from the State Child Fatality Prevention Team and the North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. Vitaglione, now retired, has continued to study child health issues. Onslows rate was 3.26 deaths per 100,000 children.

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CDC study highlights growing tularemia threat in central U.S.

News Medical Health Sciences

rose by 56% from 2011 to 2022, with central states and American Indian communities most affected, highlighting diagnostic advancements and health disparities. Tularemia cases in the U.S.

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Why life expectancy gains in Europe stalled—and how some countries stayed ahead

News Medical Health Sciences

Life expectancy gains in Europe slowed after 2011, with the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerating declineswhile some countries maintained progress through sustained public health policies.