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AGENTS OF CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADRIFT: COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINES OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE BPA'S EVIL COUSIN PFAS ON OUR SHELVES AND IN OUR BODIES FRACTURED: THE BODY BURDEN OF LIVING NEAR FRACKING EXPOSED: HOW WILLFUL BLINDNESS KEEPS BPA ON SHELVES BREATHLESS: PITTSBURGH'S ASTHMA EPIDEMIC PEAK PIG: THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF RURAL AMERICA

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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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