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- by Matthew TejadaEditor’s note: A version of this op-ed was originally published on Matthew Tejada’s LinkedIn profile.There is a lot of misinformation out there, much of it quite intentional, about what environmental justice, or EJ, is.As a result, billions of dollars in funding and technical assistance that flows directly to communities and their partners has been jeopardized […]
- by Pamela FerdinandThis article was originally published by U.S. Right To Know and is republished here with permission under a Creative Commons license.High exposure to multiple pesticides may cause childhood and adolescent cancers, especially brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.A predominantly agricultural […]
- by Kathryn RodgersI have never been so motivated and grateful to be a woman in science as while watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing.During the hearing, RFK Jr. repeatedly thanked the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) moms who have supported his political aspirations. MAHA moms, as well as MAHA women, represent a movement […]
- by EHN EditorsTwenty-two kinds of essential oils from 11 popular brands contain detectable levels of phthalates, according to a new report from Mamavation. Partnering with EHN, Mamavation — an environmental wellness blog and community — had 22 lavender and peppermint essential oils from 11 brands tested by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-certified lab, and found that all […]
- by Kristina MarusicPITTSBURGH — After more than two years in operation, Shell’s petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania has failed to deliver economic growth to the surrounding region, according to a new report.Western Pennsylvania’s Beaver County, which is home to the plant, is worse off than it was before the Shell plant was announced in terms of jobs, businesses […]
- by Paul AdepojuThis article was originally published in The Revelator and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.The water flowing from taps in Wilmington, North Carolina, looked clean, tasted normal, and gave no indication that it carried an invisible threat. For decades the Cape Fear River had provided drinking water to hundreds of thousands of residents […]
- by Timnit Kefela, Phd, MscIt was planting day. In prior weeks, our students voted on the vegetables they wanted to grow and began preparing for that day. We left the seeds to germinate in old egg cartons filled with soil and created colorful popsicle stick labels as we waited for the seedlings to grow enough to take root in […]
- by EHN EditorsSeven out of 14 bras tested have detectable levels of fluorine, an indicator of toxic PFAS, according to a new report from Mamavation.In 2022, Mamavation, an environmental wellness blog and community, tested sports bras and found evidence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in sports bras from popular brands including Adidas, Champion and Nike.This new […]
- by Timnit Kefela, Phd, MscEra día de siembra. En las semanas previas, nuestros estudiantes habían votado por los vegetales que querían sembrar y habían empezado a prepararse para ese día. Habíamos dejado las semillas germinaran en cajas para huevos viejas llenas de tierra y habíamos hecho etiquetas con palitos de helado coloridos mientras esperábamos que los brotes crecieran lo […]
- by Cami FerrellEarlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye No. 3 in foods, beverages and oral medications because the chemical has been linked to cancer in animal studies. The FDA previously banned the same dye in cosmetics and topicals for cancer risk in 1990. Both bans relied on the FDA's Delaney Clause, […]
- by María Paula RubianoWildfire retardants, the hot-pink mix of water and chemicals sprayed from airplanes by the U.S Forest service to combat wildfires, are under scrutiny after a recent study found they’re a serious source of heavy metal pollution in the U.S. The research, conducted by a team from the University of Southern California and published in Environmental […]
- by Laura DiazBeatrice*, an undergraduate student, would join Zoom meetings with her camera off. She was part of a group of undergraduate researchers at Sonoma State University that Dr. Daniel Soto and I had taken under our wing. We’d trained them to collect data and facilitate workshops in which they worked with community members from nearby environmental […]