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Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees

KFF Health News

. “I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless,” said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. However, with each extreme weather event, the county has improved its support for evacuees, she said.

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

Environmental Health News

Public health costs and advice for lawmakers Credit: Ohio River Valley Institute Public health costs and advice for lawmakers Shells plant takes fracked ethane gas and turns it into tiny plastic pellets that are ultimately used to make plastic products like bags and packaging.

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Climate Versus Weather

Exploring Health

Alexander Avramov, PhD, an environmental scientist at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University says of connecting climate and weather: This seems quite an ambitious task. These fires extending into populated zones increases health risks due to both immediate smoke exposure and long-term chemical contamination.

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Rural families use innovative DNA tool to track pig farm pollution

Environmental Health News

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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The LA County Wildfires & the Trauma of Sudden Displacement

Black Health Matters

Climate crises are ravaging the nation, causing and amplifying severe health challenges. Many others who are not in the public eye have also been displaced, including the residents of Altadena, a community that Black people have lived and loved since the Great Migration. These crises can affect the quality of ones mental health.

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Getting restless over the holidays? Take a hike.

NC Health News

“Time in nature can lead to health benefits through contact with the natural elements, participation in physical activity, restoration of mental and emotional health, and time with social contacts,” according to the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. ” Rachel said. “It’s open!”

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EPA’s Controversial Pesticide Rule Sparks Health Concerns

Mercola

According to earlier research, high prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos is associated with decreases in both psychomotor and mental development scores among children. The underlying causes of chlorpyrifos-related health issues are rooted in its chemical structure and mode of action. point decrease in the Mental Development Index.