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"Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub" [1]

UPDATE: As of Dec. 1, NPR reports funding for USDA's Beltsville, Md., research center has been resored. No link available. 

"Industry groups and scientists have urged the Trump administration to reconsider its plan to close a renowned Agriculture Department center in Maryland and disperse its work around the country."

Agriculture [2]
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Climate Change [5]
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Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: NYTimes [15], 12/01/2025

FDA Pulls Proposal To Require Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For Asbestos [16]

"The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [20], 12/01/2025

"Atrazine Probably Causes Cancer In Humans, WHO Cancer Agency Says" [21]

"The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency has classified atrazine – the second most widely used herbicide in the United States – as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” adding to growing concerns about toxic exposures in the nation’s farm belt."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [22]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [19]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: US Right to Know [24], 12/01/2025

"‘Climate Smart’ Beef? After A Lawsuit, Tyson Agrees To Drop The Label." [25]

"Advocates say a recent settlement is a win in the fight to hold industrial ag giants accountable."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Food [9]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist [27], 11/26/2025

FDA Yanks Proposal Requiring Talc-Containing Cosmetics To Test For Asbestos [28]

"The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [19]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [20], 11/26/2025

"Va. Communities Resist Sewage Sludge On Farm Land As PFAS Concerns Grow [30]

"As worry mounts about health risks from exposure to ‘forever chemicals,’ Virginia communities push for testing and limits for biosolids"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Food [9]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [19]
Waste [31]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: Virginia Mercury [32], 11/26/2025

La. Health Official Who Halted State Vaccine Campaign Tapped As CDC’s No. 2 [33]

"A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new No. 2 leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [35], 11/26/2025

"How to Make TikTok Journalism Not Cringey? The EU Might Have an Answer." [36]

"ENTR, a European Union–funded media project, brings together Gen Z journalists to produce social-media-first news."

Activism [37]
Consumer [6]
Journalism & Media [26]
People & Population [23]
Public [12]
International [38]
Europe [39]
Source: CJR [40], 11/21/2025

Makah Tribe’s Treaty-Protected Whaling Rights Remain Blocked 2+ Decades Later [41]

"Despite the Makah Tribe’s success in getting a waiver to carry out their exclusive treaty right for whaling, the permitting process that had dragged on for over 20 years has now been effectively delayed  another year and a half – because of bogged-down federal bureaucracy. The Makah Tribe is the only one in the Lower 48 that has an exclusive treaty right to whaling."

Biodiversity [3]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [9]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [43]
Wildlife [44]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: ICT [46], 11/21/2025

CDC Site Now Denies Scientific Conclusion That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism [47]

"A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a number of public health and autism experts."

Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [26]
People & Population [23]
Science [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [48], 11/21/2025

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