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134M Poultry And Counting: Charts Show Counties Hardest-Hit By Bird Flu [1]

"The latest data from the CDC and USDA show the continued devastating effects of bird flu outbreaks across the United States – with Iowa, the nation's leading egg producer, suffering substantial losses."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Food [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Wildlife [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Investigate Midwest [13], 01/27/2025
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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [14]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

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Forests [20]
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Health [22]
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"FDA Bans Red Dye No. 3 From Foods" [34]

"U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk."

Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [36], 01/16/2025
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"In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer" [37]

"For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [25]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [39], 01/15/2025
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"D.C. Area On Alert After Bird Flu Detected In Poultry In Maryland, Delaware" [40]

"Bird flu outbreaks have been detected at three poultry operations in Maryland and Delaware, impacting more than 500,000 chickens and leading to heightened alert among officials in the Washington region."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [8]
Wildlife [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Source: Washington Post [43], 01/13/2025
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Fish Weirs Are Still Banned. This First Nation Wants To Build A New One. [44]

"Sumas First Nation is trying to construct a fish weir on its traditional territory in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, in the face of environmental and bureaucratic obstacles"

Environmental Justice [18]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Food [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [46]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [11]
Canada [33]
Source: The Narwhal [47], 01/10/2025
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"Extreme Weather Events Pose Outsized Risks for Food Delivery Workers" [48]

"As climate change worsens, the people delivering your food are increasingly exposed to heat, wildfire smoke and other dangerous weather events."

Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [8]
People & Population [46]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 01/08/2025
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"Campaigners Celebrate As Firm Making First-Ever GMO Fish Ceases Operations" [50]

"AquaBounty Technologies, the first company in North America to get regulatory approval to sell a genetically engineered animal for human consumption — an Atlantic salmon spliced with genes from other fish — announced on Dec. 11 that it was closing its last facility, ceasing fish farming activities, and culling remaining stock.

Activism [51]
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Fish & Fisheries [45]
Food [8]
Technology [52]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Canada [33]
Source: Mongabay [53], 01/08/2025
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Pet Food Pulled In 12 States After Ore. Cat Dies From Bird Flu-Tainted Chow [54]

"A brand of natural cat food sold in California is being pulled from store shelves after reports that a cat in Oregon who ate the pet food contracted bird flu and died."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Food [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: McClatchy [55], 01/07/2025
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"Tribunal Says Mexico Violated Trade Agreement In Banning GM Corn" [56]

"An international tribunal set up to resolve disputes between the United States, Mexico, and Canada has ruled that Mexico violated the terms of the international trade agreement in banning the import of genetically modified (GM) corn for human consumption."

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Consumer [4]
Food [8]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mexico [57]
Source: The New Lede [58], 01/06/2025
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