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More than 349,000 lost pregnancies each year in South Asia are linked to excessive air pollution, according to a new study in The Lancet Planetary Health journal. The research builds on previous evidence that small particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) can harm developing fetuses. The study is the first to estimate the air pollution burden on…

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There’s a reason the pesticide aldicarb is banned in more than 100 countries and one of only 36 pesticides out of thousands designated as “extremely hazardous” by the World Health Organization. It’s really nasty stuff, a potent neurotoxin that pollutes groundwater, especially in areas with highly permeable soils. People, particularly children, who drink water or…

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Here in Georgia, 2021 begins on January 5, because we won’t find out until then who our two U.S. Senators are. Come to think of it, the U.S. won’t know who controls our Senate until then. So America ends the detestable year 2020 by filing an incomplete. Not to mention the quadrennial one-day bonus for…

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We can all agree that 2020 was a challenging year. Good news feels hard to come by lately. And when you work in environmental news, it can seem even more rare. Yet, the year was not without progress (yes, seriously!). Check out five good news stories from our newsroom that you may have missed below.…

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It’s always something of a mystery to see what most touches readers. Black food sovereignty, DuPont’s pollution, fracking and horses—this year’s most read stories from our newsroom reflect true diversity in the world of environmental health. We were delighted to see that whether essay, straight science reporting, explainer piece, or investigative feature, our work can…

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We’ve made it to the final week of 2020—a big accomplishment in a year that felt never-ending. With the holidays here, you may have a little more time to relax. Wondering what to do with that time? We’ve got you covered. Kick up your feet, grab a mug of your favorite hot drink and settle…

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This year, extraordinary in so many awful ways, saw the passing of a wide range of important figures in the environmental field. Offered in chronological order, it’s oddly fitting that we start with an innocent bystander: Fred Koch (age 86, Feb. 12): The “other Koch Brother,” was mostly estranged from his three younger siblings and…

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) failure on food chemical safety has left consumers at risk of chronic diseases. The agency is required to review the safety of classes of chemicals rather than individual chemicals. Using the class approach, multiple chemicals adversely affecting the same organ or system (such as the immune, endocrine, or…

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Michelle Gin joined the Agents of Change in Environmental Health podcast and talked about being a first-generation college graduate, what it’s like working with businesses while also holding them accountable, and strategies for communicating environmental risk to different populations. Gin, the Toxic Free Kids Communications Planner in the Environmental Health Division of the Minnesota Department…

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More than six years into the cleanup effort, thousands of homes and other properties across a massive cleanup zone remain riddled with unsafe levels of brain-damaging lead while families wait for the state to remove contaminated soil.

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