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Dust from your old furniture likely contains harmful chemicals—but there’s a solution
https://www.ehn.org/pfas-and-flame-retardants-in-house-dust-2648396264.html
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Hormone-mimicking chemicals harm fish now—and their unexposed offspring later
https://www.ehn.org/effects-of-endocrine-disruptors-in-fish-2648218063.html
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America re-discovers anti-science in its midst
https://www.ehn.org/anti-science-in-america-2648226671.html
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Roadmap points Europe toward safer, sustainable chemicals
https://www.ehn.org/roadmap-points-europe-toward-safer-sustainable-chemicals-2648204487.html
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As the virus rampages through Washington, essential workers nationwide are paying the price: Derrick Z. Jackson
On October 6, the Roll Call news service reported that 123 employees and contractors who maintain, clean, protect, and restore the offices, buildings, and grounds of Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court have now tested positive for the coronavirus. This news came days after The New York Times reported that two housekeepers in the White…
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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. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic hardships, 1 in 7 adults with children reported their households lacked sufficient food last month. Reliance on food banks has surged. Each year, hunters donate over 2 million pounds…
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Green screen: Hollywood’s big misses on the environment
Hollywood’s attempts to green its screens have seen some pretty wildly mixed results. Let’s set aside the clear triumphs, like Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action. Some of cinema’s environmental screen efforts have been…eclectic? Here are a few proposed awards for movie missteps. The Oscar for eco-trend-spotting goes to… Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster It…
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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. Last week, the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) released a systematic review of all published studies evaluating the potential neurotoxicity of fluoride;…
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How Europe’s wood pellet appetite worsens environmental racism in the US South
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NC—In 2013, when Enviva Biomass opened a new plant near Belinda Joyner’s community in Northampton County, North Carolina, she already knew what to expect. As the Northeast Organizer for Clean Water for North Carolina, she’d met with residents of a small, majority Black town called Ahoskie, 40 miles from her home. Enviva had…
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