EHN Originals

Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series, BPA’s evil cousin. Earlier this year, Washington state passed precedent-setting rules prohibiting bisphenols as an entire class of chemicals in several products, including food and drink cans and thermal paper. These chemicals disrupt proper hormone function and are linked to health harms from cancer to diabetes…

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Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series, BPA’s evil cousin. Glittery epoxy art kits that you mix at home to create translucent resin art projects are all the rage online and in arts and craft stores. Rarely will the warning labels tell you, however, that they’re loaded with an endocrine-disrupting chemical called bisphenol…

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Over the past year, we’ve been reporting on a chemical called BADGE – or BPA’s evil cousin. Most people have heard of BPA, but researchers say BADGE, is leaving scores of workers, artisans and individuals at risk. Today senior editor Brian Bienkowski speaks with freelance reporter, Meg Wilcox, who has been investigating BADGE for Environmental…

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Marissa Chan joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss her latest research on beauty injustice and toxics lurking on shelves in Boston stores. Chan, a senior Agents of Change fellow and a Ph.D. student in population health sciences in the department of environmental health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…

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I’m what you’d call reluctant to change. I’ve worn the same old Levi’s for more than a decade, use the same coffee mug every morning and have a handful of the same trails that me and my dog roam most days. But every now and then I’m shaken from my routine and habits and, I…

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PITTSBURGH — As a journalist who covers environmental health, much of my job revolves around shining a light on difficult problems. This year alone I’ve written about oil spills in a river that provides drinking water to millions, dangerous train derailments and gaping loopholes in the laws meant to protect us from harmful pollution. But…

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Han pasado seis meses desde que inauguré la sala de redacción bilingüe de EHN.org en Houston, Texas, enfocada en la producción petroquímica y sus impactos en la salud. Los invito a ver el video de arriba para escuchar sobre lo que hice en 2023 y sobre lo que pueden esperar de mí en el nuevo…

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It’s been six months since I opened EHN.org’s bilingual Houston bureau focused on petrochemical production and health impacts. Check out the video above to hear about what I’ve done this year, and what you can expect from me in the new year. I hope you’ve enjoyed some of the things that we have created along…

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From language justice to skyrocketing utility rates to the global plastic treaty, this year our newsroom produced more videos than ever before. Check out five of the most-viewed videos below — and stay up-to-date on our video coverage on our YouTube page. 1. Beauty inside and out: Breaking down racialized beauty norms 2.  Adrift: The struggle against…

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Environmental news can be dreary — but let’s not lose sight of the progress and the people making it happen when it comes to our health and climate. Here are five stories from our newsroom over the past year that give us hope. 1.  Tracking down a poison: Getting the lead out of spices in Bangladesh…

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