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- Tests find high levels of PFAS in one-third of dental floss brands https://www.ehn.org/pfas-floss-2658203711.html 3 comments
- Lead contamination in hunted meat https://www.ehn.org/lead-ammunition-in-meat-2645108170.html 91 comments
- Trump considers relocating EPA headquarters, raising staff retention concerns https://www.ehn.org/trump-considers-relocating-epa-2669810382.html 51 comments environment
- Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies https://www.ehn.org/trump-backed-plan-seeks-to-overturn-biden-s-climate-policies-2669445895.html 12 comments environment
- Residents say Pennsylvania has failed communities after state studies linked fracking to child cancer https://www.ehn.org/pennsylvania-fracking-studies-2669231965.html 36 comments environment
- Pennsylvania will monitor private drinking water wells near the East Palestine train derailment site for 10 years https://www.ehn.org/east-palestine-water-2669092083.html 4 comments climate
- Data shows the Inflation Reduction Act boosts US jobs instead of sending them to China. Reports show the Act has led to significant investments in clean energy projects across the U.S., creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. https://www.ehn.org/data-shows-the-inflation-reduction-act-boosts-us-jobs-instead-of-sending-them-to-china-2668957148.html 13 comments energy
- Nippon Steel shareholders demand environmental accountability in light of pending U.S. Steel acquisition https://www.ehn.org/japan-nippon-steel-us-steel-2668624531.html 2 comments environment
- Climate change is erasing crucial Indigenous languages https://www.ehn.org/climate-change-is-erasing-crucial-indigenous-languages-2668470427.html 4 comments climate
- Plastic chemicals are far more numerous and less regulated than previously thought: Report https://www.ehn.org/chemicals-and-plastics-regulation-2667518576.html 8 comments environment
- Maine legislature rejects groundwater protection bill amid corporate lobbying https://www.ehn.org/maine-legislature-rejects-groundwater-protection-bill-amid-corporate-lobbying-2667240542.html 4 comments environment
- Black, Hispanic and poor children are more exposed to pollution that ends up harming their brains: Study - Researchers point to environmental injustice. https://www.ehn.org/children-pollution-brain-development-2665741800 4 comments environment
- Tracking petrochemical accidents across the US https://www.ehn.org/petrochemical-accidents-2667153681.html?vgo_ee=blyvp%2FcQH3OXGSQZ%2BEJtc9fNZ%2FPkVOZb5eD2d77sTxY90amy1C9Kl7FR%3A34WdvTVfeLI%2B%2BKJCj4E2CAEN6jo9RlD4 2 comments environment
- Lives “devastated’ by petrochemical industry pollution in Texas: Report https://www.ehn.org/petrochemical-industry-pollution-in-texas-2667078428.html?vgo_ee=xWcGGrXfDO%2BBjiPMlHUdPh5nNxBmshXwaW2bMu9FJoARQRjhiPrGiWso%3Ahtq89z6ET%2FN%2FIZfz9n9OePV8uHqNUVfB 14 comments environment
- The chemical industry may have killed a landmark EU chemical policy. Here’s what that means for the US. https://www.ehn.org/eu-reach-chemical-policy-2666066709.html 25 comments environment
- "To protect residents from PFAS exposure, the Pennsylvania legislature must pass legislation that restricts the oil and gas industry from using any PFAS pollutants in their operations.” – Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.ehn.org/pfas-fracking-wells-pennsylvania-2666050631.html 2 comments climate
- US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution https://www.ehn.org/us-oil-production-hits-all-time-high-conflicting-with-efforts-to-cut-heat-trapping-pollution-2665973858.html 16 comments climate
- Pennsylvanians living near fracking wells face higher risk for childhood cancer, low birth weights and asthma attacks - The results of three studies by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the University of Pittsburgh confirm what residents have long suspected. https://www.ehn.org/living-near-fracking-wells-higher-risk-childhood-cancer-low-birth-weight-asthma-2663909422.html 8 comments environment
- How utilities’ fossil fuel investments are driving up rates for the most vulnerable https://www.ehn.org/rising-energy-costs-2661985726.html 2 comments economy
- India cracks down on critics of coal projects of Gautam Adani, one of India’s richest men and a political ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi https://www.ehn.org/india-cracks-down-on-critics-of-coal-2660956573.html 22 comments worldnews
- How the “Halliburton Loophole” lets fracking companies pollute water with no oversight https://www.ehn.org/halliburton-loophole-2659983182.html 103 comments technology
- Citizen scientists are seeing an influx of microplastics in the Ohio River https://www.ehn.org/plastic-nurdles-2659088609 6 comments environment
- What happens if the largest owner of oil and gas wells in the US goes bankrupt? https://www.ehn.org/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-2659296731.html 20 comments technology
- What happens if the largest owner of oil and gas wells in the US goes bankrupt? Diversified Energy’s liabilities exceed its assets, according to a new report, sparking concerns about whether taxpayers will wind up paying to plug its 70,000 wells. https://www.ehn.org/abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-2659296731.html 27 comments environment
- A new analysis shows a “crisis” of male reproductive health https://www.ehn.org/sperm-count-decline-chemicals-2658635273.html 16 comments science
- Countries all over the world are banning atrazine. The US just keeps spraying. Until the EPA untethers itself from the wishes of the pesticide industry, we can never trust that it is following the science and protecting people and wildlife from the most dangerous poisons. https://www.ehn.org/atrazine-herbicide-2657786363.html 21 comments environment
- California Farmers and Cattle Ranchers Struggle to Survive Unprecedented Water Cuts — Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought. Wildlife refuges are struggling, too. https://www.ehn.org/california-farmers-and-cattle-ranchers-struggle-to-survive-unprecedented-water-cuts-civil-eats-2657393514.html 3 comments environment
- In fifty years, half the men in the western world will have no viable sperm https://www.ehn.org/fertility-crisis-2650749642.html 90 comments science
- Americans agree on something: Get single-use plastics out of our national parks https://www.ehn.org/plastic-pollution-in-national-parks-2656401490.html 136 comments environment
- Air pollution linked to millions of birth complications across the globe https://www.ehn.org/air-pollution-birth-defects-2655187427/birth-outcomes-and-environmental-injustice 2 comments science
- Living near fracking wells is linked to higher rate of heart attacks: Study | Middle-aged men in Pennsylvania's fracking counties die from heart attacks at a rate 5% greater than their counterparts in New York where fracking is banned. https://www.ehn.org/amp/fracking-pollution-heart-attacks-2652938744 6 comments science
- Researchers say "proforestation" policies protecting standing forest are most effective way to draw excess CO2 out of atmosphere https://www.ehn.org/forest-carbon-sequestration-2649749746.html 3 comments worldnews
- Researchers say "proforestation" policies protecting standing forest are most effective way to draw excess CO2 out of atmosphere https://www.ehn.org/forest-carbon-sequestration-2649749746.html 79 comments science
- Indoor air pollution and heavy metals linked to child obesity https://www.ehn.org/air-pollution-and-obesity-2646254033.html 20 comments science
- As the nation reels, Trump Administration continues environmental policy rollbacks https://www.ehn.org/trump-environmental-rollbacks-ocean-2646170939 17 comments environment
- As the nation reels, Trump Administration continues environmental policy rollbacks https://www.ehn.org/trump-environmental-rollbacks-ocean-2646170939 3 comments climate
- The EPA’s new rule discards science, ignores importance of wetlands and tributaries https://www.ehn.org/clean-water-act-trump-2645863432.html 48 comments environment
- "No evidence" that fracking can be done without threatening human health: Report https://www.ehn.org/fracking-harms-health-new-report--2638917368.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 21 comments science
- Birds on Prozac are not as sexy to potential partners: Study https://www.ehn.org/birds-on-prozac-2593657902.html 8 comments science
- Fracking chemical mix causes disturbing changes in breast tissue: Study. Female mice exposed to a mixture of 23 chemicals used in oil and gas fracking developed mammary lesions and enlarged tissues—suggesting the chemicals may leave breast tissues more prone to cancer http://www.ehn.org/do-fracking-chemicals-cause-cancer-2532123436.html 4 comments science