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"Detroiters Grapple With Unknowns As Lead, Arsenic Found At Demo Sites" [1]

"Arsenic and lead are among the contaminants found at dozens of Detroit neighborhood demolition sites, according to the first round of test results released by the city late last month amid state and local investigations — at least one criminal — into potentially toxic dirt used as backfill across hundreds of vacant lots."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
Source: Detroit Free Press [10], 01/14/2026
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States Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut Funds Instead. [11]

"The Senate is taking up a spending package passed by the House of Representatives that would cut $125 million in funding promised this year to replace toxic lead pipes. "

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [6]
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Source: Inside Climate News [19], 01/13/2026
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"EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution" [20]

"In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [21]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
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Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [22]
Health [23]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [6]
Science [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: NYTimes [25], 01/13/2026
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"The War Over a Weedkiller Might Be Headed to the Supreme Court" [26]

"The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to take up a case involving weedkillers and cancer that could effectively curtail one of the largest waves of tort litigation in American history."

Agriculture [27]
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Source: NYTimes [28], 01/12/2026
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"EPA Plans To Give 11 Coal Plants A Free Pass On Toxic Ash Disposal" [29]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to let 11 coal plants dump toxic coal ash into unlined pits until 2031 — a full decade later than allowed under current federal rules."

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Source: Canary Media [31], 01/12/2026
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"Here’s Why New EPA Rules On ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Could Fall Short" [32]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to regulate five types of phthalates, chemicals that are widely used in plastics and other common products."

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Source: Washington Post [33], 01/09/2026
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Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules [34]

"In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks."

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Source: ProPublica [36], 01/09/2026
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"Hundreds Of Groups Urge Congress Not To Weaken Chemical Safety Law" [37]

"Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law as Republican lawmakers signal a willingness to reopen the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)."

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Source: The New Lede [38], 01/08/2026
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"Environmental Health Perspectives Joins The ACS Publications Portfolio" [39]

"The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is proud to announce that Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) has joined the ACS Publications portfolio. EHP is a globally respected journal with a legacy as a premier source for research findings at the intersection of the environment and human health."

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Source: ACS [43], 01/08/2026
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FDA Misses Another Deadline To Ban Formaldehyde In Hair-Straighteners [44]

"The US Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black women."

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Source: CNN [45], 01/08/2026
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