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APRIL 7, 2025

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Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As people from around the world are gathering in New York for the UN-sponsored Climate Week, it is past time the world focused on the threats to climate from plastics. For decades the fossil fuel industry has rightly been a target for climate action. They believe their future is plastics. A study from the U.S.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Its been five years since the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program launched, and at a recent retreat gathering the leadership team reflected on what weve learned and what environmental issues were watching closely as we near 2025. Listen below to our discussion and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes or Spotify.

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Exploring Health

MARCH 24, 2025

Science does not yet have the answer as to why individuals can acquire allergies after living decades without, but one theory involves climate change. Environmental and external factors are shifting more than ever before, causing allergy season to begin earlier and last longer than standard, particularly in certain locations.

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

supporting tribes and states and local governments in solving some of our most complex health problems, responding to emergencies to make sure the most vulnerable communities receive the help they need, and working to make sure the federal government serves everyone in our country.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 14, 2025

Glenn Youngkin appeals the decision, delaying millions in climate and flood-preparedness funding. Charles Paullin reports for Inside Climate News. Youngkins opposition calling RGGI a "tax" puts the programs future at risk, especially as the states leadership may change following upcoming elections.

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

AI-powered chatbots suggest modest tweaks to climate policy rather than systemic changes, reinforcing the status quo, a new study finds. In short: Researchers analyzed responses from four AI chatbots to questions about nine environmental issues and found they consistently proposed incremental solutions over radical change.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The final global plastics treaty, which stalled during talks last week, needs to address chemicals used throughout the life cycle of plastics, some of which significantly reduce our fertility and impair our health, in order to truly confront the full scope of the crisis. These include both intentionally and unintentionally added substances.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Meanwhile, environmentalists and environmental justice organizations tend to view these provisions as slowing the transition, affecting environmental and climate justice goals. The growing rift between union and environmental justice advocates In 2019, New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 10, 2025

Climate crises are ravaging the nation, causing and amplifying severe health challenges. Some residents attempted to protect their homes by exposing themselves to air pollutants and other potential health risks. These crises can affect the quality of ones mental health. That is your sense of stability.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The absence of an international scientific body that evaluates available evidence, like the IPCC does for climate change or IPBES for biodiversity, has created a fragmented research landscape for chemical pollution. Additionally, those climate-fueled environmental changes can alter the toxicity of chemicals.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The Royal College of Emergency Medicines GreenED initiative suggests sustainable actions that all hospital staff can take to help tackle climate change and support health.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Amy Green reports for Inside Climate News. In short: The National Academies recommend deeper collaboration with Florida's Miccosukee and Seminole tribes in the $21 billion Everglades restoration project, emphasizing their role as environmental stewards.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Climate change is making us sick and the healthcare system is exacerbating the problem. But new strategies suggest its possible to clean up our act.

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UK Health Security

DECEMBER 3, 2024

My team’s job is to identify and monitor the spread of vectors (typically mosquitoes and ticks) in the UK and assess the risk of vector-borne diseases to public health. This mosquito has been of increasing concern to public health officials across Europe and is listed as one of the top 100 invasive species in the world.

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KFF Health News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Because of the health risks, swimming hasn’t been legal in the Anacostia for more than half a century. Climate change is causing more intense rainstorms in Washington, so even after construction is complete in 2030, Wone said, untreated stormwater will be discharged into the river, though much less frequently.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 20, 2025

Edelman, the worlds largest public relations agency, is in talks to support the upcoming UN climate summit in Brazil despite its previous work with a trade group accused of pushing for weaker Amazon protections. Key quote: Edelmans conflicts of interest at a climate conference are almost too many to count.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This population, like many agricultural workers in hot climates, is at increased risk of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause. Mortality has doubled over the past 20 years, sparking a public health exploration into the epidemic. Youre going to hear more about it, public health researcher Lee Newman, M.D.,

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This change addresses longstanding legal obstacles that held volunteers responsible for pre-existing pollution, despite their lack of involvement in the original contamination. Abandoned mines have polluted about 40% of Western rivers and streams, with cleanup costs estimated at $50 billion.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice Liliana Sierra Castillo on blue justice However, after listening to the voices of small-scale fishing communities in Mexico, Ive come to question the expansion of aquaculture and the Blue Economy as a whole.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Goldman, who is also BMC’s medical director of climate and sustainability, said hospital screening questionnaires show thousands of patients like Polk struggle to pay their utility bills. ” This article is from a partnership that includes WBUR , NPR , and KFF Health News. Learn more about KFF.

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Environmental Health News

APRIL 4, 2025

director of Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help Why this matters: Factory farm air pollution is a serious but underregulated health threat, linked to asthma, respiratory illness, and mental health conditions.For communities buried in the stink of Big Ag, this little dust test could be a breath of fresh air and a shot at justice.

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Frontiers

MARCH 23, 2023

Worldwide, human health is now better than ever before. However, all of these improvements in human health have come at a cost: the planet’s health. Most of these health improvements started in the Anthropocene — a geological epoch defined by human influence.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Kristoffer Tigue reports for Inside Climate News. A recent Enbridge oil spill in Wisconsin has intensified concerns about the safety of the companys Line 5 pipeline project, despite state assurances of minimal risk. The spill occurred just days before state officials approved permits for the controversial Line 5 project.

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Frontiers

JULY 5, 2023

Open access publisher Frontiers is participating in the One Sustainable Health for All Forum 2023 co-organized by the One Sustainable Health for All Foundation and the French Development Agency (AFD). COVID-19 highlighted the challenges of interconnected systems for health, which integrate health, food, water, energy, and ecosystems.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Dan Gearino reports for Inside Climate News. Rooftop solar adoption in the U.S. is expanding beyond wealthier households, with more middle- and low-income families benefiting from this renewable energy source. In short: The median household income for new rooftop solar users dropped to $115,000 in 2023, down from $141,000 in 2010.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

OCTOBER 22, 2024

That’s more of a spot check, as Lisa Gill , a health and medicine investigative reporter at Consumer Reports, told me. That’s not because it would harm the companies named — it’s because it could distract from the larger public health issue that might (emphasis on “might”) exist here and the need for further research to find out. “It

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s a genre of medical study-based story all too familiar to health/science journalists: “a new study found X chemical in [common household product or food],” — the “scare” story that launches a thousand sensationalist headlines. Distinguish between public health and individual health. Others involve a bit of both.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 14, 2025

Glenn Youngkin appeals the decision, delaying millions in climate and flood-preparedness funding. Charles Paullin reports for Inside Climate News. Youngkins opposition calling RGGI a "tax" puts the programs future at risk, especially as the states leadership may change following upcoming elections.

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HEALTHBEAT

AUGUST 19, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported the year’s first human cases of West Nile virus, in four city residents, on Monday. Eliza Fawcett is a reporter covering public health in New York City for Healthbeat.

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Wetlands are environmental heavyweights What we do know is that wetlands are an underrated champion of the environment, the economy and climate mitigation, despite representing less than 6% of land in the contiguous United States. But they sequester a third of the world’s organic ecosystem carbon.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

Scientists studying Los Angeles wildfire ash fear long-term impacts on the Pacific Ocean, where toxic debris could disrupt marine ecosystems. Ruby Mellen reports for The Washington Post. In short: Wildfire ash, carried by winds, has reached 60 miles offshore, raising fears about toxins entering marine ecosystems.

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Environmental Health News

APRIL 4, 2025

director of Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help Why this matters: Factory farm air pollution is a serious but underregulated health threat, linked to asthma, respiratory illness, and mental health conditions.For communities buried in the stink of Big Ag, this little dust test could be a breath of fresh air and a shot at justice.

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Gideon

MARCH 18, 2021

Changes in temperature and precipitation influence biotic and abiotic environments, disease vectors and hosts, and human behavior, including the amount of time spent outdoors (1). It is important to contact a health professional before attempting to remove a tick. e55-e55, 2001. Available: 10.1542/peds.108.3.e55 Available: 10.1289/ehp.124-a70

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Although strontium-90 levels in the Sakhan River exceeded Ukraines limits more frequently after the fires, scientists say the overall impact on public health is minimal. Researchers found that ash from burned areas had higher water-soluble radionuclide levels than unburned soil, suggesting contaminants became more mobile. Key quote: .

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Environmental Health News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice · Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all Esta polémica relación ha definido la transición energética. Este ensayo ha sido elaborado gracias a la beca Agents of Change in Environmental Justice. Sin embargo, hay otra forma de mirar las cosas.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Este ensayo ha sido elaborado gracias a la beca Agents of Change in Environmental Justice. Agents of Change capacita a líderes emergentes de entornos históricamente excluidos de la ciencia y el mundo académico que reimaginan soluciones para un planeta justo y saludable.

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