Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

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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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Environmental Health News

APRIL 4, 2025

Corn growers across Midwestern states appear to be flouting regulations aimed at protecting important waterways from contamination with toxic atrazine weedkiller, according to an analysis of satellite imagery and field data that comes as US regulators ponder changes to rules for use of the pesticide.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 18, 2025

In Wake County Superior Court, DEQ appealed the decision of Chief Administrative Law Judge Donald van der Vaart, who is also director of the Office of Administrative Hearings. DEQ or any interested person may request a public hearing on the EPAs objection to the permit. 12, 2024, ruling that revoked permit limits of 1,4-dioxane.

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Environmental Health News

JANUARY 10, 2025

To highlight the dramatic health costs of plastics, a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the disease burdens of three common plastic chemicals across one third of the worlds population. In short: In 2015, bisphenol A (BPA) was associated with an estimated 5.4

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 27, 2025

Santoyo is a community organizer at the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, one of the 200 coalition partners that, for over a decade, has pushed California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to create a statewide notification system to let people know when potentially dangerous pesticides will be applied near them.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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Mercola

MARCH 3, 2025

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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Environmental Health News

APRIL 10, 2025

As chief financial officer of a law firm specializing in environmental toxic exposure cases including those involving PFAS I have seen firsthand how this crisis has deeply affected countless individuals. Witnessing those stories unfold up close has made it clear just how far-reaching and personal this issue is.

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Mercola

JANUARY 14, 2025

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Millions of informal waste pickers, like those at Kenya’s Dandora dumpsite, play a key role in reducing plastic waste, but poor policies and health risks threaten their livelihoods. Waste pickers globally push for recognition in international plastic treaty talks to secure better working conditions and health protections.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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.

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Environmental Health News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For the fourth year in a row, Kansas lawmakers tried to pass a law that would block local plastic bans. As scientists and the public have learned more about the dangers of micro- and nanoplastics, local governments have passed laws restricting single-use plastics. Who is behind the laws blocking plastic bans?

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HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra stood outside the small public library. He came to talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to protect farmworkers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, two emerging public health issues at the forefront of the climate crisis. It’s going to be a hot day,” he added.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Adequate coverage of groundwater contamination is crucial as it’s both a regional environmental issue and a largely invisible public health crisis that could have profound long-term impacts. This is an opportunity to shed light on the complexities of environmental policy, public health, and individual rights.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 26, 2025

Santoyo is a community organizer at the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, one of the 200 coalition partners that, for over a decade, has pushed California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to create a statewide notification system to let people know when potentially dangerous pesticides will be applied near them.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Exposure to PFAS, a group of thousands of compounds, has been linked to health problems including cancer, decreased response to vaccines, and low birth weight, according to a federally funded report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Not long after she moved, Valle started feeling sick. California Gov.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 20, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who developed and implemented the agencys environmental justice funding and grant programs, we want to offer our first-hand insights about the efficiency and importance of this work. This is about protecting the health of our communities. This is not about defending our paychecks.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Valle worries that eating food from her farm and drinking the water, found also to contain arsenic, are to blame for health issues shes experienced recently. Californias Central Valley is one of the nations biggest agricultural producers.

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The administration plans to shut down the Office of Environmental Justice, which manages billions in climate crisis funds for vulnerable communities. Critics argue these cuts will weaken enforcement of environmental laws, with states lacking the expertise and funding to fill the gap. You can do that because of the EPA.

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Environmental Health News

MARCH 20, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who developed and implemented the agencys environmental justice funding and grant programs, we want to offer our first-hand insights about the efficiency and importance of this work. This is about protecting the health of our communities. This is not about defending our paychecks.

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NC Health News

MARCH 26, 2025

Five decades have passed since the initial anti-litter campaigns of the early 1970s, and since then, researchers have learned that not only is litter an eyesore, but some types of it pose health risks to humans and wildlife. Mounting research shows that plastic pollution is not just an environmental issue but a growing health concern.

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

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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The Hill

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

s goal of removing fluoride from the water supply faces challenges regardless of what role he plays on health care in the new Trump administration. The CDC has hailed water fluoridation as one of the top 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century due to its effect in drastically reducing tooth decay. Kennedy Jr.’s

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Association of Health Care Journalists

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It will be crucial for health and environment journalists to keep a close watch on how the incoming administration approaches drinking water regulations. The new regulations also mandate enhanced testing of drinking water and lower action thresholds for communities to address lead exposure risks.

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The Max Environmental Technologies landfill has been out of compliance with requirements set under the Clean Water Act for most of the past three years and with the federal hazardous waste law, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, known as RCRA for short, since July 2023. times higher than upstream. I wouldnt eat the fish.

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Environmental Health News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Concerns are growing about the fate of a Biden-era rule to limit toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with some states moving to introduce laws that would lock in place PFAS protections that could survive any potential rollback by the Trump Administration. I think the quicker we can move the better. An annual report released Feb.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Residents feared the site would not only sink their property values and threaten the environment, but also potentially harm people’s health. Even more, the locations appeared to have been selected in a way that worried civil rights and environmental advocacy groups. Florida Gov.

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

. “Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. 30, when the public comment period closes.

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Environmental Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Later, after reading the DOE's public summary of the event, she felt frustrated. “I They said details of the projects remain hazy, public input is only planned after industry partners have received millions of dollars in public funding, and communities feel that they have no say in the decision-making.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 2, 2025

Its been little over a year since the measure took effect, and we now have a clearer picture of what it accomplished: more than 600,000 low-income North Carolinians received health insurance through expansion, surpassing in just 12 months a milestone the state estimated would take at least two years to reach.

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The Hill

APRIL 2, 2025

Thousands of employees across the vast Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began receiving layoff notices as early as 5 a.m. Cutting 10,000 critical public health jobs puts every American at risk weakening our defenses against disease outbreaks, unsafe medications, and contaminated food, said Kelley. on Tuesday.

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The Hill

APRIL 7, 2025

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. health care system, starting with deep cuts to the agencies Kennedy now leads. Kennedy and his allies argue such moves are needed to change federal culture and improve efficiency in the name of long-term health improvements. They were practicing evidence-based public health.

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