Nearly 200 Compounds Linked To Breast Cancer Found In Food Packaging
"An estimated 189 compounds linked to breast cancer are found in food packaging and tableware, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 09/25/2024
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Newsom Signs Law Banning All Plastic Shopping Bags At Grocery Stores
“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags."
Source: AP, 09/24/2024
"California Sues Exxon Over ‘Deceptive’ Plastic Recycling Claims"
"The landmark lawsuit is the first time a state has targeted an oil company over claims that recycling could solve the plastic pollution crisis."
Source: E&E News, 09/24/2024
"Ranchers Are Using Toxic Herbicides to Clear Forests in Brazil"
"A destructive cocktail of herbicides, including a key compound in the lethal defoliant Agent Orange, is being used to chemically deforest huge areas of Brazil as ranchers there seek new, less detectable ways to clear forests for grazing cattle."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/20/2024
NY State Lets Dangerous Chemical Foul Niagara Falls’ Air
"For at least 15 years, a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, has been sending a pollutant that causes bladder cancer into the air at levels 1,000 percent higher than what state regulators now consider safe for the public to breathe, documents show."
Source: Public Health Watch, 09/19/2024
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals: IG
"Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response."
Source: ProPublica, 09/19/2024
"A Fungus Decimated American Bats. Now Scientists Are Fighting Back."
"Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2024
"How A California County Got PFAS Out Of Its Drinking Water"
"Yorba Linda is a small, sunny city southeast of Los Angeles. It’s perhaps best known for being the birthplace of President Richard Nixon. But in the past few years, Yorba Linda has picked up another distinction: It’s home to the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) water treatment plant of its kind, according to the city."
Source: NPR, 09/18/2024
Antibiotic Resistance Could Cause Over 39 Million Deaths By 2050: Study
"More than 39 million people could die of antibiotic-resistant infections between now and 2050, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet."
Source: Washington Post, 09/18/2024
FDA Probing Tampon Safety After A Study Found Toxic Metals In Popular Brands
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will investigate the ingredients in tampons, after a study released earlier this summer found toxic metals in products from over a dozen popular brands."
Source: NPR, 09/18/2024
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