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Chronic Diseases Are Killing Kids — and Exposure to Chemicals Is Driving the Epidemic

Mercola

According to a major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by the Consortium for Childrens Environmental Health, these diseases now rank among the leading causes of illness and death for young people. 3 If you look at these numbers, its clear that what was once unusual is now becoming disturbingly common.

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The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town

Environmental Health News

What the inspectors captured confirmed the worst fears of Yukons residents, who have blamed the landfill for serious health impacts and called on regulators to intervene for years. RCRA is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which regulates hazardous waste. Our mission is to protect human health and the environment.

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‘He’s Trying to Colonize This Community’: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Take Over This Texas Town

Politico: eHealth

A man who seems to disregard ( or delete</u>","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"[link] or delete ) regulations and systems that do not serve him is now aiming to define ordinances on the most local level, building a new city from the ground up in rural Texas.

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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

KFF Health News

” Two days later, her brother, Jose Leandro-Barrera, died at age 45 with acute kidney failure caused by heatstroke, according to a report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner. But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. 30, when the public comment period closes.