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We are in one of the most consequential months of human history as the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is underway in Glasgow, Scotland. COP26 commences on the heels of a damning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in August, the findings of which were best summed up by the United Nations…

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Dr. Max Aung and Dr. Tracey Woodruff join the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how and why they use their science to drive policy change on harmful environmental chemicals. Aung (former Agents of Change fellow and current associate research scientist) and Woodruff (Alison S. Carlson Endowed professor and director) are both…

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The scientific panel of Europe’s food safety regulator called for a new, harder look at chemical safety standards – and in doing so, took a swipe at U.S. efforts to keep the status quo. The new study, published last month in the European Food Safety Authority Journal, calls on regulators worldwide to consider “non-monotonic dose…

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In 2020, the International Energy Agency named solar the “cheapest electricity in history,” marking a significant victory for solar energy over fossil fuels in affordability. This economic turning point is the next step in our global energy journey from wood to coal to oil to gas to renewables. Transitioning to 80% renewable electricity generation in…

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Let’s lend our senses to Denise Diaz, Park Ranger at Everglades National Park in Southwest Florida. Amid the hustle and bustle of an otherwise popular and populated part of the U.S. Southern peninsula, the Everglades sits as a peaceful wetland haven for tropical plants and animals. Denise will share a bit about her own connection…

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Think a river running with whiskey sounds fun? Would you like to get up close and personal with the Dave Matthews Band? This roundup may make you think again. January 23, 2014 In one of the most calamitous whiskey spills ever recorded, a liquor warehouse is fined the equivalent of nearly $20,000 for spilling 1,320…

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Dr. Shanna H. Swan, one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists, teamed up with animation specialists, After Skool, to outline the impact of environmental exposures on men’s and women’s reproductive health. Swan, a professor of environmental medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City…

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Last year, the global chemical giant Bayer agreed to pay $650 million to settle the claims of 2,500 cities, counties, and ports for cleanup of contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a notorious group of chlorinated chemicals that have long been linked to cancer and reproductive and immune system harms. Just last month, the state…

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A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups petitioned the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday to abandon a “sweetheart” deal with factory farm owners—and start enforcing air pollution regulations. The 24 organizations, which include the Center for Biological Diversity, Food & Water Watch, and the Southern Environmental Law Center, say in the petition that…

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As Americans devour a fast-food burger in the car or gobble up a chicken burrito in front of the TV, some may bite into phthalates, according to a new study in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. This is the first study to directly measure the amount of phthalates present in common fast…

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