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"No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating" [1]

"More than 1,000 chemicals that migrate from packaging into food pose serious health risks, a new study shows. But the vast majority of chemicals lack enough information to tell if they’re safe."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [9], 09/03/2026
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Trump’s Tactics to Lower Beef Prices and Appease Ranchers Fall Short [10]

"The Trump administration has rolled out several programs intended to pacify consumers frustrated with high beef prices and ranchers angered by beef imports."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Technology [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
South America [16]
Source: New York Times [17], 09/03/2026
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Almost Half World’s Farmers Poisoned By Pesticides Every Year: Experts [18]

"Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Technology [15]
Public [7]
International [22]
Source: Guardian [23], 09/03/2026
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Secretive Deals May Cut Billions From US Global Health Spending: Analysis [24]

"The Trump administration is working to cut global health funding to developing nations by tens of billions of dollars by 2030, according to a new analysis of the secretive agreements U.S. officials have pursued with more than a dozen governments to date."

Agriculture [2]
Conflict/Corruption [25]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [12]
Food [6]
Health [27]
Infrastructure [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [22]
Source: Washington Post [31], 09/01/2026
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Oysters, Boisterous or Scarce, Fuel Local Environment Stories [32]

The world may be your oyster, but if you’re an environmental journalist, the oyster may also be your story. The latest TipSheet points out (amid numerous tasty serving tips) that oysters say a great deal about the health of local waters … and of the humans who consume the mollusk. Get a dozen-plus oyster story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [34]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Food [6]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [29]
Natural Resources [36]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [37]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [38]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
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Public [7]
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More Dangerous, Drug-Resistant Salmonella Rising In US Poultry [42]

"Amid a busy season of summer food recalls and illnesses, sustainable farming advocates are warning that salmonella bacteria found in poultry is increasing strains most likely to cause illness, hospitalization and death, and that such bacteria are also increasingly resistant to antibiotic medicine."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [21]
Technology [15]
Wildlife [43]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The New Lede [44], 08/31/2026
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El Niño Climate Patterns Supercharged By Burning Fossil Fuels, Study Finds [45]

"‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year"

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [46]
Disasters [26]
Food [6]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [47], 08/28/2026
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MAHA Moms Take On Coal [48]

"The Make America Healthy Again movement has taken on many issues over the past few years: pesticides, processed foods, vaccines. Now it has another target, and it’s one that President Trump likes to promote: coal."

Activism [49]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: New York Times [50], 08/27/2026
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Living With Drought Has Taught Pastoralists Lessons The World Needs [51]

"Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [46]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [22]
Source: Grist [52], 08/26/2026
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In A Global First, Mexico Approves Use Of RNA-Based Fungicide [53]

"Grape growers in Mexico have a new tool to fight powdery mildew, a common fungal disease, after the country became the first in the world to approve the commercial sale of an RNA-based biofungicide." "Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes"

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [20]
Technology [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [22]
Source: Science [54], 08/26/2026
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