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US states push to ban food dyes amid distrust of FDA

Environmental Health News

Lisa Lefferts, environmental health consultant who served on a 2011 FDA advisory board Why this matters: Public health advocates have long pushed for action on food dyes and additives, linking them to health issues like neurobehavioral problems and cancers.

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Human, Bird, or Dog Waste? Scientists Parsing Poop To Aid DC’s Forgotten River

KFF Health News

billion infrastructure project in 2011. Federal regulations, including sections of the Clean Water Act , require municipalities such as Washington to reduce at least 85% of this pollution or face steep fines. To achieve compliance, Washington launched a $2.6

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US states push to ban food dyes amid distrust of FDA

Environmental Health News

Lisa Lefferts, environmental health consultant who served on a 2011 FDA advisory board Why this matters: Public health advocates have long pushed for action on food dyes and additives, linking them to health issues like neurobehavioral problems and cancers.

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Wildfires may increase radioactive contamination in rivers

Environmental Health News

In Japan, similar concerns have emerged around Fukushima, where vast stretches of land were contaminated by fallout from the 2011 nuclear disaster. In Ukraine, fires in the Chernobyl region have been monitored for years, with researchers noting occasional spikes in airborne radiation.

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Op-ed: Wetland protections remain bogged down in mystery

Environmental Health News

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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The True Cost of Cheap Feed — How High-PUFA Diets Impact Livestock Health

Mercola

While this system produces cheap, PUFA-rich food in abundance, it comes at a cost: diminished food quality, declining environmental health, and negative impacts on livestock and human health. 2 In 2011 alone, the U.S. 1 The question remains what price are we really paying for cheap food? ethanol industry produced 35.7

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Research Uncovers Another Compelling Reason to Get Enough Folate During Pregnancy

Mercola

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.