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Dental Floss Is Shedding Potentially Harmful Chemicals [1]

"Some dental floss manufacturers have indeed been quietly moving away from the synthetic material PTFE, which helped their product slip smoothly between teeth."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 10/21/2026
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Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill [8]

"Across hundreds of miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico, a deep-water ecosystem collapsed after the massive 2011 Deepwater Horizon oil and gas spill, and recovery is uncertain, new research concludes."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [16], 10/20/2026
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Fla. Cleanup Set to Begin This Fall, Decades After Superfund Designation [17]

"Plenty of storms have hit Pensacola, Florida’s westernmost city, in the 450 years since its founding, but among the worst has been the storm over the toxic waste site nicknamed “Mount Dioxin.”

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 10/20/2026
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EPA Quietly Backtracks On Claims US Has Phased Out Toxic Pfas Compounds [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly backtracked on a claim that the US has phased out two of the most dangerous Pfas compounds – Pfoa and Pfos."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [14]
Technology [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Guardian [25], 10/19/2026
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New Research Reveals Toxic Dangers Of Smoke From Urban Firestorms [26]

"A study of Maui survivors found high amounts of toxic metals in their bodies for as long as 18 months after the fire. Another study found the Eaton Fire’s smoke had lead concentrations up to 250 times higher than normal."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [28], 10/16/2026
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“Forever Chemicals” Pollute More Than 80% Of Tested US Waterways [29]

"If you swam, fished or paddled a lake or river in the US over the past couple of years, there’s a more than 80% chance the water contained toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new report."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The New Lede [30], 10/16/2026
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Supreme Court Weeds Out $28 Million Roundup Ruling [31]

"The high court reversed a California man's victory against Monsanto over the agricultural giant's failure to warn of Roundup's cancerous risks, dooming similar cases in the future."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
California [33]
Source: Courthouse News Service [34], 10/16/2026
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EPA Is About to Hand Oil and Gas Companies a Huge Methane-Related Gift [35]

"Rolling back regulations will give industry players “exactly what they’ve long wanted.”"

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [27]
Conflict/Corruption [36]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Mother Jones [37], 10/16/2026
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The Fire Retardant in the Seafood Chain [38]

"A chemical additive helped stop fishmeal from catching fire on ships, but it carried a downstream carcinogenic risk to modern food systems."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Food [39]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [40]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 10/15/2026
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What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs? [42]

"Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [27]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Infrastructure [44]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [13]
Technology [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 10/14/2026
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