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Research Uncovers Another Compelling Reason to Get Enough Folate During Pregnancy

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Folate Helps Protect Against Lead's Neurotoxic Effects An October 2024 study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal 2 found that supplementing with folic acid, a synthetic version of folate, during pregnancy helps mitigate lead's neurotoxic effects.

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What Do Plastics Have to Do with the Immune System?

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Stetzenbach, “An Evaluation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Survival on Five Environmental Surfaces”, Microbial Drug Resistance, vol. 457-461, 2011. Amaral-Zettler, “Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris”, Environmental Science & Technology, vol.

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Houston area has more than 100 unauthorized air pollution events already this year

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Some of the companies have environmental violations documented by the state’s TCEQ or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For example, Chevron Phillips Cedar Bayou plant has 545 TCEQ violations since 2011. Some flaring emissions are covered under permits, while others are not.

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Springtime Infectious Diseases: From Spring Fever to Lyme Disease

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Schmidt, “Pollen Overload: Seasonal Allergies in a Changing Climate”, Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 360-366, 2011. Zlotkin, “An Orange a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Scurvy in the Year 2000”, PEDIATRICS, vol. e55-e55, 2001. Available: 10.1542/peds.108.3.e55 Available: 10.1289/ehp.124-a70

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Op-ed: Wetland protections remain bogged down in mystery

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A 2011 study in the journal Asthma and Allergy , said the parallel increase of global asthma and carbon dioxide emissions is “remarkable.” Alito famously said that carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, a key contributor to global warming, is not a pollutant. There is evidence linking elevated carbon dioxide to longer pollen seasons.

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