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Agents of Change: 2021-2022 Cohort

EHN is teaming up with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental justice leaders

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Not only are PFAS toxic — they’re bad at their job when applied to furniture: Study

In many cases, the stain and water repellency of untreated furniture fabrics is comparable to treatments containing PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals.”

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EHS announces a promotion and new hire

Staff expansion will focus on community building and audience engagement.

Op-ed: A lingering Trump-era regulatory trick could push orcas, salmon to extinction

The Biden EPA and the Fish and Wildlife Service are not basing their pesticide risk assessments on the best-available independent science.

Op-ed: Mourning family and climate change in the age of loss and damage

Grief is a consequence of the natural cycle of life and death, but it can be exacerbated by negligence and unjust approaches to climate change.

Get phthalates, parabens out of the bathroom drawer to reduce breast cancer risk: Study

Women who switched to paraben- and phthalate- free shampoos, lotions, soaps and deodorants had fewer cancer-associated changes to breast tissue cells.

LISTEN: Robbie Parks on climate justice and mental health

“It’s not just moving people around that’s going to solve public health disasters.”