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Bayer’s new Roundup products more toxic than prior formulations, report asserts

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This story was originally published in The New Lede , a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission. consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group.

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Petrochemical plants send millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year: Report

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Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project.

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Ghee Tested for Toxic Phthalates — Buying Guide

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Disclosure: This consumer study is released in partnership with Environmental Health News. Donations were provided by Environmental Health News and Mamavation community members. You can also give a tax-deductible donation to our consumer studies here through Environmental Health Sciences.

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Op-ed: The common ground between labor and climate justice is the key to a livable future

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The heavy layer of pollution killed 20 people and caused long-term health effects for at least 5,900 people. The union’s continued advocacy paved the way for the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, OSHA regulations, Superfund laws, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and climate change legislation.

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How the plastic industry undermines democracy by blocking bans

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Harris, an associate research professor at the University of Kansas, was participating in a global study , published in 2023, that looked for microplastics in lakes all over the world. For the fourth year in a row, Kansas lawmakers tried to pass a law that would block local plastic bans. Who is behind the laws blocking plastic bans?

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What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the hydrogen hub build-out?

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Later, after reading the DOE's public summary of the event, she felt frustrated. “I In 2023, the Biden administration passed historic federal policies directing 80 agencies to prioritize environmental justice in decision-making. But the specifics of how that works varies across agencies.

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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The Appalachian Regional Hydrogen Hub is one of seven proposed, federally funded networks of this type of infrastructure announced a year ago — an initiative born from the Biden administration’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Department of Energy and the companies involved have not been transparent,” Coptis said. “The