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Stricter toxic chemical rules reduce Californians’ exposures

Environmental Health News

Our finding … has potentially far-reaching implications,” Claudia Polsky, a study co-author and director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, said in a statement. “It It suggests a tangible public health payoff from the state's more stringent environmental regulations.”

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Industry Scandal: The Loss of Nutrients

Mercola

The documentary "Industry Scandal: The Loss of Nutrients" exposes how modern farming practices and seed hybridization have dramatically reduced the nutritional content of our fruits and vegetables over the past 60 years. This nutrient collapse has profound implications for public health that we're only beginning to understand.

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Feeding Fido a Raw Diet? Why It Can Harm Your Pet and Your Family

APHL

Pets can acquire infections from these bacteria just the way humans can,” said Julie Breher, DVM, MPVM, a veterinarian with the County of San Diego Public Health Laboratory and a member of APHL’s Human and Animal Food Committee. It’s the perfect example of how animal health impacts human health impacts environmental health.

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Arsenic in Water: A Hidden Heart Health Threat

Mercola

According to a recent study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, 1 this alarming possibility is more than just a hypothesis — it’s a reality that warrants your attention. posing a hidden threat to heart health. You might assume that existing regulatory limits on arsenic in water are sufficient to protect your health.

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LISTEN: Wellington Onyenwe on where toxicology, food and justice intersect

Environmental Health News

Wellington Onyenwe joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss using an environmental justice lens in looking at chemical exposure, and his passion for food and cooking. Onyenwe, a current fellow and a Health Scientist, Environmental Toxicologist and Public Health Emergency Responder at the U.S.

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Spotlight on cancer-causing food additive as advocates demand FDA ban Red Dye 3

Environmental Health News

Industry studies linked Red Dye 3 to cancer in rodents more than 30 years ago, and public health groups have spent years lobbying food companies and regulators to get the chemical out of foods. If we know something is deadly for anybody that ingests it how do we continue to just study that and not say hey, enough is enough?