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10/07/2021

Will the FDA lift barriers to medication abortion care? Here's hoping so!

The agency may be on the verge of removing a key barrier to accessing medication abortion. They shouldn’t blow it

09/07/2021

A news interview I did was re-edited and misquoted by online conspiracy theorists. My advice is: get the vaccine, says David LV Bauer of the Francis Crick Institute

08/12/2021

This is outrageous and happens far too often. Thankful for the investigative reporters that uncovered this scandal.

For two decades, children in Anderson County have been playing — unaware — on a sports field constructed with the Tennessee Valley Authority’s radioactive coal ash waste, Knox News confirmed this week.

04/27/2021

Want to understand how the far right slides into your kids feed? Don’t ignore this story.

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990274685/how-extremists-weaponize-irony-to-spread-hate

Some extremists weaponize irony and absurdity as a method for recruiting new members and avoiding criticism. Such tactics can mask the danger that extremists pose, experts say.

04/17/2021

How do these people sleep at night?

The EPA inspector general found that Bill Wehrum, who ran the agency’s office of Air and Radiation, buried data about cancer risks from ethylene oxide pollution.

04/10/2021

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/10/how-plastic-pollution-threatens-our-health-food-systems-and-civilization-itself/

Plastic pollution is so pervasive that plants are uptaking microplastics through their roots

04/06/2021

One of the most important stories you'll read all week. When they found disposing properly was costly, they sprayed them along the side of North Carolina Highways, in primarily Black neighborhoods. The sentence was one year in prison. The health problems continue to this day.

"I Can't Breathe" were George Floyd's dying words under a White police officer's knee. They eerily echo what Black, Latino, Native American and other non-White environmental justice activists have said for decades about choking pollution in their communities.

03/06/2021

He has a way with words

02/23/2021

Banner photo: Delta airline employees disinfect the surfaces of the cabin. (Credit: Delta News Hub/flickr)

02/21/2021

Why regulation matters.

After a public outcry from people like Scott Willoughby, whose exorbitant electric bill is soon due, Gov. Greg Abbott said lawmakers should ensure Texans “do not get stuck with skyrocketing energy bills” caused by the storm.

02/04/2021

What's toxic heavy metals doing in baby food? Thrilled to be working with Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (UCSF) to reform how chemicals are regulated in the U.S.

Testing found high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium in some ingredients, congressional investigators said.

01/26/2021

Researchers warn that indoor athletics, without masks and with close contact, pose danger.