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"Court Sends EPA Back To Work On Glyphosate Cancer Finding" [1]

"A federal appeals court today scrapped a 2020 EPA finding on the human health impacts of a chemical at the center of a pending Supreme Court petition on cancer risk from the popular Roundup weedkiller."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 06/20/2022
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"U.S. Issues New Warnings On 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water" [10]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released new warnings for synthetic pollutants in drinking water known as "forever chemicals" saying the toxins can still be harmful even at levels so low they are not detectable."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [14], 06/16/2022
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"Senate Poised To Pass Bill Helping Soldiers Exposed To Toxic Substances" [15]

"Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson deployed to Iraq and Kosovo with the Ohio National Guard, but the battle didn’t end when he returned home."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [18], 06/14/2022
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Chemical Pollutants Linked To Falling Sperm Quality In Research [19]

"Chemicals such as bisphenols and dioxins are thought to interfere with hormones and damage sperm quality, and the study found combinations of these compounds are present at “astonishing” levels, up to 100 times those considered safe."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [12]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [20], 06/13/2022
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#SEJSpotlight: Carey Gillam, Managing Editor, The New Lede; Freelance Journalist [21]

Meet SEJ member Carey Gillam! Carey has more than 30 years of experience covering general and corporate news, including 17 years as a senior correspondent for Reuters international news service. She currently works as a contributing writer for The Guardian, and as managing editor for a nonprofit journalism initiative called The New Lede.

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Agriculture [2]
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Economy & Business [22]
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"It’s A Moth, It’s A Drone, It’s ‘Smellicopter’" [24]

"Meet the Pacific Northwest-built machine that uses live insect antennae to sniff out disasters".

Air [25]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Technology [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: OPB [27], 06/09/2022
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"Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board" [28]

"President Joe Biden has tapped Catherine J.K. Sandoval for the US Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board."

Chemicals [4]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Politics [30]
Government [31]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 06/09/2022
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"Biden Funds Brownfields Cleanups But Communities Cite Challenges" [33]

"Cleanups of polluted urban sites are in line for billions of dollars in funding following last year’s infrastructure law—money that advocates of disadvantaged communities say should help steer redevelopment into much-needed grocery stores, affordable housing, and better-paying jobs."

Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [22]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [34], 06/08/2022
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"Chesapeake Earns Another C Grade In Latest Report Card" [35]

"The Chesapeake Bay’s condition ticked upward in 2021 but not enough to raise its middling C grade in the latest report card from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [36]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Bay Journal [40], 06/08/2022
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"‘Bees Are Fish’ Criticism Mostly Misguided, Law Scholars Say" [41]

"Law professors say much of the buzz around a California court’s finding that bees meet the definition of fish missed the mark, and that the decision isn’t as unusual as it seems."

Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [42]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [43]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [44], 06/07/2022
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