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After One Scientist Questions New Microplastics Findings, Others Fire Back [1]

"A prominent scientist criticized microplastics research methods. Others are defending the work."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [5]
Health [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 01/20/2026

Trump’s Biggest Inaugural Donor Benefits from Worker Safety Weakening [15]

"Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster."

Agriculture [16]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Source: Capital & Main [20], 01/13/2026

"New Dietary Guidance Pushes Whole Milk, Warns Against Processed Food" [21]

"The Trump administration released new dietary guidelines Wednesday that call for Americans to limit highly processed foods, such as those high in added sugars and sodium, and that endorse products that had once been discouraged by many nutritionists, such as whole milk, butter and red meat."

Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [4]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [22], 01/08/2026

Even in This Toxic River — A Salmon Story [23]

Seattle’s heavily polluted Duwamish River is no place to catch fish — except for salmon, which pass quickly through these troubled waters on their way from the sea to their freshwater spawning grounds. With fishing pole in hand, environmental journalist Alex Brown joins jostling crowds of industrial-zone anglers and catches a firsthand view of a spectacle that is both anomalous and awe-inspiring.

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Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Food [5]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [27]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
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"Is RFK Jr. Backing Big Food’s Drive To Overturn Tough New State Laws?" [29]

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

Agriculture [16]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [31], 12/19/2025

Chemicals In Food System Creating Health Burden Of $2.2Tn A Year: Report [32]

"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."

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People & Population [7]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Source: Guardian [33], 12/11/2025

France's Tap Water Is Widely Polluted With TFA, The Most Common PFAS [34]

"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 [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [35]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
Europe [36]
Source: Le Monde [37], 12/08/2025

"Corn’s Clean-Energy Promise Is Clashing With Its Climate Footprint" [38]

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

Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [25]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [39]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [8]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [27]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Floodlight [41], 12/08/2025

"Maha v Maga: Feud Grows As Trump EPA Rolls Back Rules On Toxic Chemicals" [42]

"“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 [16]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [17]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [18]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [44], 12/08/2025

From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [45]

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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Biodiversity [25]
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Environmental Justice [43]
Food [5]
Forests [47]
Government [48]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [49]
Natural Resources [50]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [51]
Science [9]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [27]
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International [13]
Africa [52]
Asia [53]
South America [54]
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