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The latest in environmental health research, selected and summarized by Environmental Health Sciences.
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Study: Wireless radiation increases DNA damage from the toxic chemical, hexavalent chromium

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Leading cardiology societies call for stronger protections against environmental hazards

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Water from plastic bottles — including expensive brands — contains more chemicals than water stored in glass

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Electromagnetic radiation from power lines linked to a higher risk of central nervous system tumors in children
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Electromagnetic radiation from power lines linked to a higher risk of central nervous system tumors in children

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Can autism be prevented? Researchers revisit a loaded question

One exposure. Twenty generations later, the damage is still unfolding

Toxic tap: Lead detected in 6 of 10 New Orleans homes' water amid delayed pipe replacement

RFK Jr.’s days of going wild on health may be over

EPA repeals Biden-era coal rules aimed at limiting brain-harming pollution

Potomac sewage spill just the beginning of USA's wastewater problems

USDA has "sufficient opportunities" to respond to PFAS crisis on farmland, report finds

Justice

Consequential news & commentary about environmental justice, curated by the EHS newsletter team.
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Brown water and boil notices: Small towns struggle with failing water systems

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U.S. Forest Service stops issuing firefighter pants that contain PFAS

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Mercury pollution and human health

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Researchers warn of negative health outcomes from fracking in the B.C. Peace region

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Toxics

Consequential news & commentary about environmental chemicals and harm, curated by the EHS newsletter team.
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Baltic Sea ‘struggling with recovery’ and it's not just because of climate change

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Menstrual pads and tampons can contain toxic substances – here’s what to know about this emerging health issue

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Big Oil's not-so-secret weapon for world domination? Plastic

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Opinion: Invisible toll of chronic pesticide exposure on children

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Plastic Pollution

Consequential news & commentary about the global plastic pollution crisis, curated by the EHS newsletter team.
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Plastic pollution is reaching sharks before they hatch

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‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics

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‘There has to be glitter’: Can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics?

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From plant-based diapers to bioplastics: How marketing took over the baby aisle

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Food & Water

Consequential news & commentary about food and water, curated by the EHS newsletter team.
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Is climate change making inflation worse?

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Which type of chocolate has the lowest climate impact?

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The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact

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Climate

Consequential news & commentary about our changing climate, curated by the EHS newsletter team.
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Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin

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Demystifying Deep Green's proposed data center near downtown Lansing, Michigan

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China boosts profitable renewables as Trump clings to coal

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An archive of original reporting about our environment and health, from Environmental Health News.
Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development
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Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development

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How New Jersey’s towns are tackling microplastic pollution from construction
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How New Jersey’s towns are tackling microplastic pollution from construction

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Agents of Change launches the Fellows in Residence program
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Agents of Change launches the Fellows in Residence program

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