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1001. October 13, 2020 | Fast Company
PFAs and forever chemicals: Are they bad for your health?
PFAS are so common in the environment - present in everything from clothing to electronics - that health experts say it is probably impossible to completely prevent exposure. Now what? 1002. October 13, 2020 | Environmental Health News
Exempt from inspection: States ignore lead-contaminated meat in food banks
Food banks in the U.S. are on course for a preventable collision between record-setting food insecurity and lead-contaminated meat. 1003. October 13, 2020 | Civil Eats
What impacts do the West Coast wildfires have on crops?
In the wake of weeks of poor air quality, grape and cannabis growers are trying to assess the impacts—to product quality as well as to human health—of ash and smoke on their crops. 1004. October 10, 2020 | Cap Radio
Smoky skies are the new normal. Are they making us sick?
Scientists know that tiny particles from smoke can be inhaled deep into a person's lungs and even enter the bloodstream. But the long-term health effects of this are not fully understood. 1005. October 10, 2020 | The Salt Lake Tribune
Research shows school absences rise with air pollution
New research has documented a direct correlation between absenteeism among Salt Lake City school students and air pollution levels, even at times when air quality is not particularly bad. 1006. October 10, 2020 | EURACTIV
Polish children exposed to four times more pollution than French, study finds
Polish children are significantly more exposed to air pollution than French children, research by the University of Hasselt in Belgium has found. 1007. October 9, 2020 | The Guardian
Covid-19 lockdowns have improved global air quality, data shows
Around the world, Covid lockdowns have led to improvements in air pollution. 1008. October 9, 2020 | Bay Journal
Tests find low levels of “forever chemicals” in some Maryland oysters
A new round of testing for "forever chemicals" in St. Mary's County, MD, found "no levels of concern" in oysters or in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay tributaries where the shellfish were growing, according to state environmental officials. 1009. October 8, 2020 | HealthLine
The chemicals to avoid in your shampoo and body wash
A new study conducted by the Silent Spring Institute looks at how chemicals can build up in the body through common exposures. 1010. October 8, 2020 | SWLondoner
Toxic air pollution kills 712 in south west London so far this year
For toddlers and children, exposure to air pollution can cause asthma, wheezing, coughing, slower development of lung function and other developmental problems. 1011. October 8, 2020 | Reuters
Russia finds contaminants in rivers near site of far east sea pollution
Russia's environment watchdog, which is investigating unexplained toxic pollution off the country's far eastern coast, said it had found significantly higher levels of pollutants in nearby rivers than in the affected waters themselves. 1012. October 7, 2020 | Reuters
Fertiliser use is fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions: Study
The rising use of nitrogen-based fertilisers is driving up global emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas, complicating efforts to limit climate change. 1013. October 7, 2020 | Environmental Health News
Op-ed: It is time to protect kids’ developing brains from fluoride
The debate on the fluoridation of drinking water—one of the most polarized, long-running, and high-decibel controversies in public health—has been reignited as new studies find that fluoride is toxic to the developing brain. 1014. October 7, 2020 | The Guardian
Exclusive: Air pollution particles in young brains linked to Alzheimer's damage
Tiny air pollution particles have been revealed in the brain stems of young people and are intimately associated with molecular damage linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. 1015. October 7, 2020 | WBUR, US
Study finds regional pact to reduce transportation pollution could yield major health benefits
The most aggressive version of TCI could avoid about 1100 deaths, nearly 5000 asthma cases, and save $11.1 billion in heath costs. 1016. October 5, 2020 | AP
Indian capital launches campaign to curb toxic air pollution
Authorities in New Delhi launched an anti-pollution campaign on Monday in an attempt to curb air pollution levels ahead of winter, when the capital is regularly covered in toxic haze, and warned that filthy air could make the coronavirus pandemic more dangerous. 1017. October 5, 2020 | Bloomberg
J&J to pay more than $100 million to end over 1,000 talc suits
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay more than $100 million to resolve over 1,000 lawsuits blaming its baby powder for causing cancer, in the first set of major settlements in four years of litigation, people with knowledge of the pacts said. 1018. October 4, 2020 | CBC
Testing the waters: Do Regina's asbestos-cement water mains pose a risk?
Snaking beneath Regina's streets are 600 kilometres of water mains built with asbestos-cement. 1019. October 2, 2020 | The Straits Times
Malaysia river pollution leads to water supply cut to more than 300,000 people
Hundreds of thousands of people in four districts in the Klang Valley were affected by water-supply cuts due to a river-pollution incident, barely a month after the previous incident raised widespread public anger. 1020. October 2, 2020 | The Guardian
New British standard for biodegradable plastic introduced
A new British standard for biodegradable plastic is being published which scientists say will cut through a jungle of classifications that leave consumers confused. 1021. October 1, 2020 | Bloomberg Law
EPA lets two toxic chemicals fall into regulatory ‘black hole’
The EPA has failed to regulate or review two fragrance ingredients considered to be among the most hazardous chemicals in production—and among those Congress directed the agency to address faster than any others. 1022. October 1, 2020 | The Hill
EPA finalizes rule allowing some major polluters to follow weaker emissions standards
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule that could reclassify many "major" sources of pollution as minor ones, allowing facilities to abide by less-stringent emissions standards for dangerous substances such as mercury, lead and arsenic. 1023. October 1, 2020 | KALW Studios
Pregnancy and pesticides: a study as old as its subjects reveals health concerns
Researchers have been studying nineteen year old Maritza Flores, and hundreds of other young adults in the Salinas Valley, since before they were born, trying to see what happens when farmworker's kids are exposed to pesticides very early on in their lives. 1024. October 1, 2020 | National Geographic
Does wildfire smoke harm whales and dolphins? Here’s what we know
As North America's West Coast burns, scientists are concerned marine mammals will be harmed by smoke inhalation, an unstudied phenomenon. 1025. September 30, 2020 | Endocrine News
Lack of key considerations in FDA food chemical safety process leaves consumers at risk of chronic diseases
Health, environmental, and consumer organizations challenged the Food and Drug Administration's practice of not accounting for the cumulative health effect of chemicals in the diet when allowing new chemicals in food, despite Congressional mandate put in place 60 years ago requiring the FDA to do just that.
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