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Why We Should Stop Eating Lettuce, Cyclospora Or Not [1]

"Explosive diarrhea is in the news." "Lettuce makes us sick, wastes resources and has minimal nutritional value. Why are we still consuming it?"

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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [15], 08/26/2026
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EPA Moves to Curb Public Input on State Data Center Air Permits [16]

"The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for communities to weigh in on proposed data centers, even as a backlash against the behemoth projects grows across the country." "Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects."

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Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [22]
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Government [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [25]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: New York Times [26], 08/26/2026
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Wisc. City Perfected Clean Water For Beer — Now It’s Fighting Nitrates [27]

"CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc. — Ever since Jacob Leinenkugel discovered spring waters here that were pure enough to brew his famous beer, this small Wisconsin city’s devotion to clean water has been paramount. That’s why in 1997, when Chippewa Falls utility managers detected potentially dangerous concentrations of nitrates in a well supplying city water, officials acted."

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Pollution [10]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: The New Lede [29], 08/25/2026
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Personal Care Products Are Awash In Unlabeled Toxic Chemicals: Study [30]

"Common personal care products widely contain unlabeled toxic chemicals, results from a new peer-reviewed study suggest. The testing of more than 110 items ranging from shampoo to baby lotions found evidence of unlabeled toxic chemicals in about 85%."

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Source: Guardian [31], 08/25/2026
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Leaked Memo Shows US Aims To Weaken Global Limits On Plastic Pollution [32]

"The United States has doubled down on its opposition to plastic production limits in global treaty talks, according to a diplomatic memo reviewed by The Washington Post, pushing to create a broad loophole to disregard the treaty on national security grounds."

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Waste [11]
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Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 08/25/2026
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Report: Big Food Firms Often Sue To Stop Or Slow Public Health Policies [36]

"The newsroom Lighthouse Reports, along with several partners around the globe, found food compa�nies have sued more than 200 times in the past 15 years as governments have tried to rein in unhealthy ingredients in people’s diets."

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Source: Investgate Midwest [37], 08/24/2026
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La. Oil Disaster Leaves Black Parents Asking How to Keep Their Kids Safe [38]

"As the Louisiana town recovers, residents wrestle with the increasingly difficult task of shielding children from a polluted future."

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Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [22]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [10]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [12]
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National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Source: Capital B [41], 08/24/2026
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NIH Plan To Keep Peer-Review Scores For Grants Secret Draws Concern [42]

"The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) wants to change a key step in the review process determining which research it funds, raising concerns about transparency and political interference."

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Environmental Health [6]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Science [47], 08/24/2026
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Trump Lifts Summer Gasoline Restrictions Early As Prices Remain Stubborn [48]

"The Trump administration is ending summertime smog restrictions on gasoline early this year in a bid to offer relief for high prices at the pump."

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Transportation [49]
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National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [50], 08/21/2026
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Great Waste In The Great Lakes: Plastic Pollution Is Clogging Our Waters [51]

"More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Each glass of treated lake water is laden with tiny bits of plastic — microplastics — made of toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases. Also contaminated are fish, staples of Midwestern fish fries and fish boils, and an important part of the diet of Indigenous tribes, certain immigrant populations and communities of color."

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Source: Chicago Tribune [52], 08/21/2026
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