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"A Killer Within Easy Reach" [1]

"Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones." 

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
International [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 06/11/2025
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"Pesticide Report Led By RFK Jr. Draws Fire From Agrichemical Industry" [12]

"A new White House report linking pesticides to children’s health concerns is drawing backlash from farm groups and support from environmental advocates."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Investigate Midwest [16], 06/09/2025
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"Dying Before Their Day In Court – Syngenta Paraquat Litigation Drags On" [17]

"In the nationwide legal battle between pesticide maker Syngenta and thousands of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease that they blame on exposure to paraquat weed killer, plaintiffs are dying faster than they can get to trial, according to a court filing made this week by lawyers frustrated by repeated delays in the cases."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [19], 06/09/2025
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Will DOGE Evaporate Crucial Water Data? [20]

Streamflow data gathered by thousands of U.S. Geological Survey gauges helps track the country’s floods and droughts. But it may be lost if the Trump administration follows up on a decision not to renew leases of USGS water science centers that read the gauges and disseminate the measurements. Reporter’s Toolbox on the value of this database and the risk of its loss.

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Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [24]
Government [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Policy [27]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
California [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
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Federal Judge Dismisses Iowa Challenge To "Swampbuster" Wetlands Protections [33]

"A federal judge last week sided with environmental groups and US regulators in a dispute with an Iowa landowner over a Farm Bill provision that protects wetlands."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Studies [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [34]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The New Lede [35], 06/06/2025
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Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting The Soil Instead. [36]

"When someone asks farmer Naiku Gaikwad about soil pollution in his village, he points to an abandoned 40-foot well filled with plastic."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
International [10]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [37], 06/05/2025
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From Fear to Fascination — A New Insect Narrative [38]

Media coverage of “bugs” is often sensationalistic and centered on fear and disgust. But conservation photographer and writer Danae Wolfe says journalists should be highlighting the importance, beauty and plight of insects and spiders. Reporting that offers alternative perspectives on these essential creatures can inspire curiosity and admiration, and encourage efforts to protect them. Wolfe on why to write about insects.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [40]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [41]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [24]
Food [42]
Forests [43]
Journalism & Media [44]
Pollution [8]
Science [28]
Wildlife [34]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [10]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [45]

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report" 

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
Europe [46]
Source: Guardian [47], 06/02/2025
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Colorado River Is Running Low. Groundwater Looks Even Worse, Study Says. [48]

"The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to a new study that uses satellite data to measure groundwater supplies across the Colorado River Basin."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Natural Resources [26]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Washington Post [50], 05/29/2025
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"Is Another Locust Invasion Heading For Africa?" [51]

"The United Nations is warning countries in northwest Africa to boost monitoring and begin early control measures as swarms of desert locusts move into the region."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [41]
Disasters [23]
Food [42]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [7]
Wildlife [34]
Public [9]
Africa [52]
Middle East [53]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [54], 05/28/2025
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