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Shell’s petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania still hasn’t spurred economic development: Report

Environmental Health News

When Shell first proposed its Pennsylvania plastics plant in 2012, state lawmakers gave the company a $1.7 According to the report, Beaver Countys GDP has shrunk by more than 12% since 2012, despite double-digit growth in Pennsylvania and the nation, adjusting for inflation.

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New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

Environmental Health News

Application of long-term fire retardants to the western United States between 2000 and 2011 (A) and 2012 and 2019 (B). The Forest Service data shows the agency has violated its own restrictions 457 times on National Forest System lands since 2012. That fiction lasted until they realized they missed a lot of times, Stahl said.

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Views of mental, physical health lowest in almost 25 years: Gallup

The Hill

The highest number of Americans who gave their mental health a positive rating was 89 percent in 2012. Regarding physical health, those characterizing it as excellent went down to 24 percent, Gallup found. For physical health, the peak was in 2003, at 82 percent.

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Murphy fears more Medicare pay cuts will kill private practice  

The Hill

percent between 2012 and 2022. Increasing overhead costs for medical practices are contributing to the decreasing number of physicians working independently of a hospital or other healthcare system.

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New FDA commissioner signed off on vaccine chief's ouster: Reports 

The Hill

Marks also said in the letter that he was willing to work with Kennedy to address his concerns about vaccine transparency and safety, but he added, It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies, Marks had been at the FDA since 2012.

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Addressing childhood abuse could prevent firearm violence later in life

Association of Health Care Journalists

Moms Demand Action is the nonprofit founded by Shannon Watts after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. The group was formed in 2013 by merging Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

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This quasar may have helped turn the lights on for the universe

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

The discovery is the most distant object detected by the NuSTAR X-ray space telescope (which launched in 2012) and stands as one of the most highly 'variable' quasars ever identified.

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