"EPA Weighs N.C. Environmental Harms From Sewage Sludge Used as Fertilizer"
"“Off spec” liquid from Winston Weaver fertilizer fire that was applied on a nearby farm field contained toxic PFAS."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/18/2025
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"How Is Climate Change Harming Health? Studying That Just Got Harder."
"The N.I.H. has indicated that it will stop funding research on the health effects of climate change. Scientists said the decision will curtail the search for answers."
Source: NYTimes, 04/18/2025
Syngenta To Settle 1000s Of Lawsuits Claiming Paraquat Causes Parkinson’s
"Besieged by thousands of lawsuits alleging that its paraquat weedkiller causes Parkinson’s disease, Syngenta has entered into an agreement aimed at settling large swaths of those claims."
Source: The New Lede, 04/18/2025
"Burgum Halts Work On NY Offshore Wind Project"
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted construction of a major offshore wind farm off New York on Wednesday, in a marked escalation of President Donald Trump’s fight against offshore wind."
Source: E&E News, 04/18/2025
"Court Blocks Enforcement of New Silica Dust Protections for Coal Miners"
"A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new rule to limit silica dust exposure for coal and other miners. The rule, from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), was imposed last year in response to an epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners."
Source: Public Health Watch/WVPB, 04/18/2025
Top NIH Researcher On Ultraprocessed Foods Departs, Citing RFK Jr. Censorship
"When President Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, one group of health researchers was cautiously optimistic that their cause would finally have a champion at the highest levels of government: those focused on food and nutrition."
Source: CNN, 04/18/2025
"Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing"
"President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales."
Source: NYTimes, 04/18/2025
RFK Jr. Claims Research Will Find Cause Of ‘Autism Epidemic’ By September
"The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” involving hundreds of scientists worldwide that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic” by September, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. But experts expressed doubt that the research would be done in good faith, given Kennedy’s history of linking autism and vaccines despite strong evidence that the two are not connected."
Source: CNN, 04/17/2025
Group Names Mississippi River ‘Most Endangered,’ Cites Proposed FEMA Cuts
"A conservation group on Wednesday named the Mississippi River the “most endangered river of 2025,” citing threats to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which plays a key role in federal flood management."
Source: The Hill, 04/17/2025
"Cement Is A Climate Menace. Under Trump, Fixing It Just Got Harder."
"The cement industry has set ambitious goals to cut its carbon footprint. But as federal funding dries up, its path to a greener future is less clear."
Source: Floodlight, 04/17/2025
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