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Este es un proyecto de la beca de Medioambiente de Altavoz Lab, en alianza con Environmental Health Sciences, realizado con fondos adicionales del Pulitzer Center. Un reportaje copublicado por The Texas Tribune, Environmental Health News y palabra. Haz clic aquí para leer este reportaje en inglés. To read a version of this story in English…

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HOUSTON — On March 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published updates to its Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule with stricter regulations for chemical accident prevention. The Coalition to Prevent Chemical disasters estimates that one chemical incident occurs every other day in the U.S and our previous reporting shows disproportionate impacts on Latino communities…

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Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss her recent research on the dehumanizing work conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan and what we can do to address these injustices. Iglesias-Ríos, a research investigator at the department of epidemiology in the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health and…

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Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org, and ALTAVOZ LAB proudly introduce Alejandra Martinez and Wendy Selene Pérez as the 2023-2024 Environmental Fellows. For the past 9 months, the two journalists have investigated how fenceline residents near the Houston Ship Channel are affected by pollution from the massive petrochemical buildout in the region. This spring they’ll…

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HOUSTON — El 1 de marzo, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los EE.UU (EPA, por sus siglas en inglés) actualizó las reglas que rigen los Plan de Gestión de Riesgos con normativas más estrictas para la prevención de accidentes con sustancias químicas. Se estima que un incidente con sustancias químicas ocurre cada dos días…

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PITTSBURGH — Engaging in public participation during permitting for oil and gas pipelines often harms mental health and creates distrust in government, according to a new study. Numerous studies have examined physical health effects associated with living near oil and gas pipelines, but there’s little research on the mental health impacts associated with these projects.…

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From Chipotle’s compostable burrito bowls to Coca Cola’s plant-based bottles to supermarkets’ opaque produce bags, bioplastics are proliferating across the food industry. And not just there: they are cropping up in car cushions, electronics, clothing, building supplies and more. Bioplastics are defined as plastic materials that are either partly or wholly derived from renewable biomass…

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HOUSTON — La combustión de combustibles fósiles y la producción de plásticos se han multiplicado 15 veces desde la década de 1950, y la exposición resultante está asociada con el aumento de las tasas de cáncer, problemas del desarrollo neurológico e infertilidad, según un nuevo informe. La nueva investigación, publicada en la revista New England…

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HOUSTON — Tuesday evening, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) told residents, activists and city officials from Houston’s Wayside neighborhood that nearly 70% of the time their air quality is worse than new federal regulations allow. From July 2022 through June 2023, the TCEQ conducted a PM2.5 study in Houston’s Wayside neighborhood, which is…

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HOUSTON – Fossil fuel combustion and plastic production has increased more than 15 times since the 1950s and resulting exposure is linked to rising rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental issues and infertility, according to a new report. The new research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlights the concerns of chemicals derived from fossil…

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