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Consequential news & commentary about environmental chemicals and harm, curated by the EHS newsletter team.
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Pope Leo visits area near Naples polluted by toxic waste

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More delay? Air Force pushes Oscoda PFAS cleanup back five years

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Bayer's proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims

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Norfolk Southern train derailment linked to immune system disturbances in East Palestine, OH residents

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Iowa Sen. Catelin Drey knows her state's cancer crisis. She's living it

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EPA 'strategy' proposes to strike enforceable PFAS standards

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Court overturns landmark fluoride ruling, sides with EPA

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Low consumption, high leakage: The Philippines’ plastic paradox

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DR Congo fishermen resort to trawling plastic waste

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Ohio needs power for its data centers. Lawmakers want to redefine ‘clean energy’ to get it

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