Environmental Health

"Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate"

"Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat. These are the stark findings of a wide-ranging scientific report that lays out the growing risks of climate change for human health and predicts that cascading hazards could soon face millions more people in rich and poor countries around the world."

Source: NY Times, 11/29/2018

"Chemicals on Our Food: When “Safe” May Not Really Be Safe"

"Weed killers in wheat crackers and cereals, insecticides in apple juice and a mix of multiple pesticides in spinach, string beans and other veggies – all are part of the daily diets of many Americans. For decades, federal officials have declared tiny traces of these contaminants to be safe. But a new wave of scientific scrutiny is challenging those assertions."

Source: EHN, 11/27/2018

Pollution, Prejudice And Profiteering Politicians In Birmingham, Alabama

"A bribery scandal over contamination cleanup exposes corrupt behavior from trusted leaders. Will the high-level trial and charges bring the neglected community long overdue environmental justice? "

Source: EHN, 11/27/2018

"How Trump Is Ensuring That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Rise"

"President Trump had a clear message Monday when asked about the core conclusion of a scientific report issued by his own administration: that climate change will batter the nation’s economy. “I don’t believe it,” he said."

Source: NY Times, 11/27/2018

CWD Spreads On Deer And Elk Farms As Wisconsin Control Efforts Stumble

"Rapidly growing numbers of cases of chronic wasting disease are appearing on deer and elk farms and hunting ranches in Wisconsin at the same time the state has pulled back on rules and procedures designed to limit the spread of the fatal brain disease among its captive and wild deer."

Source: Wisconsin Public Radio, 11/26/2018

Pruitt’s EPA Rollbacks Stumbled in Court. Wheeler Is More Thorough.

"Before resigning as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency this year, Scott Pruitt delighted President Trump with his zeal for proclaiming sweeping regulatory rollbacks, even though he left behind a trail of courtroom setbacks."

Source: NY Times, 11/26/2018

"Leak At Newly-Expanded Delaware River Chemical Plant Jams Highways"

"The Croda chemical plant at Atlas Point on the Delaware River, which was recently expanded by its British owners to produce two tons of hazardous ethylene oxide per hour so the material didn't have to be shipped from Texas by rail, was shut down due to a leak on Sunday afternoon, stopping holiday traffic on I-295 over the Delaware Memorial Bridge and jamming drivers on the direct routes between New York and Washington, D.C."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 11/26/2018

U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy

"A major scientific report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday presents the starkest warnings to date of the consequences of climate change for the United States, predicting that if significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming, the damage will knock as much as 10 percent off the size of the American economy by century’s end."

Source: NY Times, 11/26/2018

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