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LISTEN: Wellington Onyenwe on where toxicology, food and justice intersect
Wellington Onyenwe joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss using an environmental justice lens in looking at chemical exposure, and his passion for food and cooking. Onyenwe, a current fellow and a Health Scientist, Environmental Toxicologist and Public Health Emergency Responder at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also…
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LISTEN: Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all
Mokshda Kaul joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the clean energy transition and how policymakers and other leaders can avoid mistakes of the past. Kaul, a Ph.D. candidate in the sustainable energy program at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, also talks about the crucial role of coalitions…
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Nearly 200 compounds linked to breast cancer found in food packaging, tableware: Study
An estimated 189 compounds linked to breast cancer are found in food packaging and tableware, according to a new study. The study, published today in the Frontiers in Toxicology journal, comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — which is responsible for regulating potentially harmful substances in food and packaging — is reassessing how…
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Op-ed: Is plastic the biggest climate threat?
As people from around the world are gathering in New York for the UN-sponsored Climate Week, it is past time the world focused on the threats to climate from plastics. For decades the fossil fuel industry has rightly been a target for climate action. It was major news last year when the UN climate change…
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Residents say Pennsylvania has failed communities after state studies linked fracking to child cancer
PITTSBURGH — More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Health published three studies linking fracking to cancer and other health effects, advocates say the agency failed to keep promises to help residents living near fracking wells. The studies, conducted by University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Department of Health researchers, found that residents living…
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Op-ed: This Atlanta urban farm tackles hunger, joblessness, crime — and a tense history of policing
The orange glow of the sun rises on a hidden gem, a stretch of greenspace no larger than a quaint parking lot on the westside of Atlanta. A fragrance of freshly cut grass fills the air as the sharp, yet stochastic sound of aged shovels heaving compost is overpowered by the laughter of elementary school…
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The fossil fuel industry is disproportionately harming low-income and minority women: Report
HOUSTON — Black, Latine and Indigenous women are disproportionately suffering from the fossil fuel industry in North America, according to a new report. The report, published by Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), analyzed existing research about fossil fuel extraction and related facilities to explore the unequal impacts on women of color in North…
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Op-ed: People need shelter from climate change — their health hangs in the balance
The expansion of federal housing policy initiatives that Vice President Kamala Harris proposed in August — looking to increase the number of housing units on the market and make more units affordable — is actually a climate change adaptation policy. And much more is needed. The summer of 2024 was the warmest summer on record,…
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EHN reporting collaboration wins Lion Publishing Award
An investigation co-produced by Environmental Health News into toxic pollution in communities along the Houston Ship Channel has won a Lion Publishing Sustainability Award award for best collaboration. The story, produced by the Altavoz Lab, EHN, palabra and The Texas Tribune, focuses on the community of Cloverleaf, one of many along the the 52-mile-long Houston…
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The FDA is reassessing how they manage chemicals in our food. Here’s why you should care.
A new U.S. Food and Drug Administration food program, focused on chemical safety, could be an important step to ensure the food we feed our families is safe from harmful chemicals, health researchers said. The Human Food Program will specifically reassess which artificial chemicals are allowed in food. For decades, the FDA has allowed thousands…
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