Environmental Health

"More Than 400 Chemicals In Plastic Products Linked To Breast Cancer – Study"

"More than 400 chemicals regularly used in everyday plastic products are linked to breast cancer, and the dangerous compounds could be a driver of increasingly elevated cancer rates in young women, new research finds."

Source: Guardian, 12/09/2024

"Lee Zeldin Didn’t Ask To Head EPA. Here’s Why Trump Picked Him."

"When he served as a Republican congressman from New York, Lee Zeldin delighted environmentalists by championing efforts to protect critical wildlife habitat from potential development efforts, including a golf course proposed by Donald Trump." "Now, as Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Zeldin is pledging to deliver on the president-elect’s promise to eliminate several environmental regulations that the fossil fuel industry views as burdensome, according to half a dozen Senate Republicans who met with Zeldin this week."

Source: Washington Post, 12/09/2024

Biden Proposes Raising Acceptable Threshold For Common Agricultural Pesticide

"The Biden administration is proposing to raise a key threshold determining how much of a pesticide that’s commonly used in the agriculture industry the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds concerning in the environment — spurring ire from some environmental advocates."

Source: The Hill, 12/09/2024

"Rat Poison Harms Endangered Wildlife Up and Down the Food Chain, EPA Warns"

"In humanity’s war against rats, other animals are often collateral. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final biological evaluation on rodenticides on Nov. 22 and found that the rat poisons are jeopardizing at least 78 endangered species such as black-footed ferrets and California condors."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/09/2024

"Splash Pads Are Fun But Can Spark Waterborne-Disease Outbreaks, CDC Finds"

"Splash pads found in public parks across the United States are linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases that leave a calling card of diarrhea, fever and vomiting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week."

Source: Washington Post, 12/06/2024

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