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- by EHN EditorsWelcome to summer, everyone! Each 4th of July, our staff share a memorable book that they’ve recently read, and this year, like every year, has produced an eclectic, thought-provoking mix. We hope our picks inspire some new additions to your own lists.Each review links out to the book through Bookshop.org, which works to connect readers […]
- Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas developmentby Kristina MarusicA recent study found that Colorado children who’d been diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia were more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development, including both conventional and fracking wells, than healthy children throughout the state. Oil and gas wells emit chemicals that have been linked to increased risk for this […]
- by María Paula RubianoAbout a year ago, while scrolling on Facebook, retired NBC reporter Brian Thompson saw something that shook him. A woman named Sherri Lilienfeld shared photos of her front lawn covered in at least two inches of what, at first glance, looked like pristine white snow. It was not. It was plastic dust from a nearby […]
- by EHN EditorsThe Agents of Change program, a partnership between EHN and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, is excited to announce the Agents of Change Fellows in Residence Program.During this past year we have been reflecting on our accomplishments with the five Agents of Change cohorts. After five years of training the next generation of […]
- by EHN EditorsPITTSBURGH — EHN reporters Cami Ferrell and Kristina Marusic won four 2025 Golden Quill awards for their reporting on hydrogen energy and chemical recycling.The Golden Quills competition, held by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, honors excellence in print, broadcast, photography, videography and digital journalism in Western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West […]
- by Mackenzie WhiteLast year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first national drinking water standards for six hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would delay the timeline for implementing limits on two of those compounds and reconsider the limits on the remaining four.There are more than 15,000 […]
- by Frederick vom Saal et. alEditor's note: This op-ed was written by Frederick vom Saal and 15 co-authors. The full list of co-authors, their affiliations, and their contact information is included below.As senior environmental health researchers and physicians, we are united in our concern about the escalating prevalence of chronic diseases in the United States. To stop the increase of […]
- by Bill WalshIn February 2025, consumers reacted to reports that toxic flame retardant chemicals had been found in black plastic spatulas made from recycled plastic. Sales of black nylon utensils plummeted over 20%, while sales of stainless steel and silicone products soared 13% and 70%. This sharp consumer reaction highlights a truth: Investors are exposed to financial […]
- by Brian BienkowskiEditor's note: This story was originally published in The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission.US regulators are poised to approve a pesticide made with a controversial class of toxic chemicals, stoking concerns of new risks for farms across the country. Syngenta, which developed the pesticide […]
- by Cami FerrellHOUSTON — Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have previously violated the pollution limits in their permits have recently applied for new federal operating permits or renewals.These facilities include the Chevron Pasadena Refining facility, the LyondellBasell Houston refinery, and the Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny Complex in Brazoria County, all of which are seeking renewed […]
- by Dr. Aly CohenAshley couldn't stop staring at her hands. Swollen and slightly twisted, her fingers looked more like “deformed sausages,” as she described them, than what you’d expect to see in a relatively healthy twenty-seven-year-old woman. She held her hands out as she greeted me, then pulled them back to unfasten her coat, struggling and wincing as […]
- by Kristina MarusicPITTSBURGH — On Wednesday, the morning after hurricane-like weather conditions killed at least four people and caused power outages at more than 400,000 homes in southwestern Pennsylvania, community advocates and scientists held an event to discuss how President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office have set back climate action and harmed environmental health and […]