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"Is RFK Jr. Backing Big Food’s Drive To Overturn Tough New State Laws?" [1]

"Secretary Kennedy echoes industry talking points on food safety laws"

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [12], 12/19/2025
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Chemicals In Food System Creating Health Burden Of $2.2Tn A Year: Report [13]

"Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 12/11/2025
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France's Tap Water Is Widely Polluted With TFA, The Most Common PFAS [18]

"A French state health agency analyzed over 600 samples of drinking water. 92% of them contained traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), the smallest PFAS molecule, which is suspected to be toxic. "

Chemicals [14]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [19]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
Europe [21]
Source: Le Monde [22], 12/08/2025
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"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [23]

"Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [15]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Floodlight [28], 12/08/2025
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"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals" [29]

"“Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement leaders have put out a petition calling for Donald Trump to fire Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin, who, since being appointed in late January, has quickly moved to undo toxic chemical regulations and fast-track pesticide approvals."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [14]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [15]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [32], 12/08/2025
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From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [33]

When writer Gulnaz Khan saw how global warming drove both natural loss and spiritual breaks for surrounding human communities, it started her on a PBS documentary series exploring sacred sites around the world threatened by climate change. But she also undertook another odyssey, one from writer to visual storyteller. What she learned on her journey from text to screen, in the new EJ InSight column.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [31]
Food [7]
Forests [35]
Government [36]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [38]
Natural Resources [39]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [40]
Science [41]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [27]
Region: 
International [16]
Africa [42]
Asia [43]
South America [44]
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Public [10]
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Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup [45]

"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [7]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 12/05/2025
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Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers [49]

"A large body of science has linked phthalates to a variety of serious health conditions, including premature birth and infertility."

Chemicals [14]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [19]
Food [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [15]
Science [41]
Technology [50]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [51], 12/03/2025
  • Read more about Phthalates Are In Our Food, Decades After Scientists Recognized Dangers [49]

"Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub" [52]

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]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Government [36]
Science [41]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Source: NYTimes [53], 12/01/2025
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"‘Climate Smart’ Beef? After A Lawsuit, Tyson Agrees To Drop The Label." [54]

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

Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [7]
Journalism & Media [38]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Grist [55], 11/26/2025
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