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Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

medical schools now include the health effects of climate change as a topic in required courses more than double the number reported in 2019. Hopefully, future doctors can recognize and treat climate-related health issues more effectively. Health equity. Saltwater intrusion into water supplies. Infrastructure damage.

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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources

KFF Health News

Greg Kester, director of renewable resource programs at the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, said there are benefits to using biosolids as fertilizer, including improved soil health, increased crop yields, reduced irrigation needs, and carbon sequestration. “Spread the poop somewhere else, away from us.”

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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ taint rural California drinking water, far from known sources

HEALTHBEAT

Greg Kester, director of renewable resource programs at the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, said there are benefits to using biosolids as fertilizer, including improved soil health, increased crop yields, reduced irrigation needs, and carbon sequestration. Spread the poop somewhere else, away from us.