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"Raw Milk Is Booming. A Salmonella Outbreak Highlights Its Risks." [1]

"When Jackie’s 9-year-old son came down with a low-grade fever in October, she chalked it up to a typical back-to-school bug. But his illness worsened over the next couple of days. “His skin tone looked gray,” she said, and near-constant diarrhea left him unable to sleep and too weak to stand."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [9], 07/30/2024
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Track Harmful Algal Blooms With Data. Avoid Bad Clams [10]

It’s summertime and the living is easy for algae that can be hazardous to human health. Climate heating and agricultural pollution are making the problem worse. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores useful sources of data for tracking trends. Plus, tips on how to use the data for local reporting on the risks posed by this seasonal threat.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [5]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"Maryland Wants Invasive Fish Out Of The Water — And On Your Dinner Table" [24]

"As northern snakehead and blue catfish continue to proliferate, the state is trying to get more people to eat them."

Biodiversity [12]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [5]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: Washington Post [26], 07/19/2024
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"Top Ag Republican Offers Bleak Prognosis For Farm Bill" [27]

"Congress might be better off leaving an already overdue five-year farm bill unfinished in 2024, Arkansas Republican Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday."

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Politics [28]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [29], 07/19/2024
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"Rescuing Kelp Through Science" [30]

"Breakthrough genetic research at a Massachusetts lab could save the world’s vanishing kelp forests—and support American kelp farming, too."

Agriculture [2]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [5]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [31]
Source: Civil Eats [32], 07/18/2024
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"The People Who Feed America Are Going Hungry" [33]

"Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [34]
Food [5]
People & Population [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [36]
Source: Grist [37], 07/18/2024
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The Most Expensive Farm Bill Ever Is Stalled, Blocking Climate Funds [38]

"Lawmakers approved spending bills for agriculture this week, but bickered over environmental regulations and the lack of progress on the bill."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [28]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 07/15/2024
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"Farmworkers In The US Cultivate Their Own Heat Safety Standards" [40]

"The Fair Food Program works to boost farmworker safety by appealing directly to major brands and consumers".

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [34]
Food [5]
People & Population [35]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [42], 07/10/2024
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‘Endangered’ USGS Pesticide Database Shows Wide Chemical Impact [43]

Pesticides are a major environmental and public health issue — harming vulnerable human populations, as well as contributing to declines in insect populations and even the birds that feed on them. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores an invaluable government database that reports estimates of county-level use of a wide array of these chemicals, but which recently faced severe cutbacks. Read more about the Pesticide National Synthesis Project.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [28]
Food [5]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Financing of Meat and Dairy Giants Grows Thanks to Big American Banks [45]

"The world’s biggest banks and investors are continuing to funnel billions of dollars to carbon-intensive industrial livestock companies, undermining their own pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and fueling an ongoing boom in meat and milk production that threatens global climate goals."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [28]
Food [5]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [46], 07/03/2024
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