SEJ
Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Pollution

‘Safe’ BPA Substitutes Tied To Infertility, Fetal Harm, Review Finds [1]

"Chemicals increasingly used to replace the toxic plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) may disrupt fertility, fetal development, and reproductive health through many of the same biological mechanisms, according to a narrative review of human, animal and laboratory studies."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: U.S. Right to Know [12], 02/20/2026
  • Read more about ‘Safe’ BPA Substitutes Tied To Infertility, Fetal Harm, Review Finds [1]

"Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits" [13]

"President Trump issued an executive order late Wednesday aimed at spurring the domestic production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller that has figured in health lawsuits."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [17], 02/20/2026
  • Read more about "Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits" [13]

"Pesticide Use And Cancer Risk Rise Together Across America’s Heartland" [18]

"America’s farmers and farmworkers, their families and neighbors, are being diagnosed with cancer at rates higher than the national average. A growing body of research indicates that pesticides are partly to blame."

Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Investgate Midwest [19], 02/20/2026
  • Read more about "Pesticide Use And Cancer Risk Rise Together Across America’s Heartland" [18]

Doctors, Scientists and Kids Sue EPA for Backtracking on Climate Regs [20]

"Two lawsuits filed Wednesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals mark the beginning of a rocky legal road for the Environmental Protection Agency following its reversal of a 2009 rule underpinning federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [22], 02/20/2026
  • Read more about Doctors, Scientists and Kids Sue EPA for Backtracking on Climate Regs [20]

"E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show" [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies’ brain development, internal agency documents show."

Air [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [26], 02/20/2026
  • Read more about "E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show" [23]

"Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight" [27]

"A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for the contamination on Monday."

Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: NYTimes [30], 02/19/2026
  • Read more about "Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight" [27]

NIH’s Bhattacharya Will Also Run CDC While Trump Seeks Permanent Director [31]

"National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will also temporarily become acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an administration official said Wednesday."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [15]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [8]
Science [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: AP [33], 02/19/2026
  • Read more about NIH’s Bhattacharya Will Also Run CDC While Trump Seeks Permanent Director [31]

Environmental Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Repeal Of Landmark Climate Finding [34]

"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Guardian [36], 02/19/2026
  • Read more about Environmental Groups Sue Trump EPA Over Repeal Of Landmark Climate Finding [34]

"What Are The Biggest Climate Polluters Near You?" [37]

"[D]o you know if there are major climate polluters near you? Thanks to several publicly available mapping tools, it’s never been easier to find out."

Climate Change [21]
Journalism & Media [38]
Pollution [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [39], 02/18/2026
  • Read more about "What Are The Biggest Climate Polluters Near You?" [37]

Thermal Drone Footage Shows Musk's AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Rules [40]

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is continuing to fuel its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage shows xAI is still burning gas at a facility in Southaven, Miss., despite a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling reiterating that doing so requires a state permit in advance."

Air [24]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Infrastructure [41]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [8]
Technology [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: Floodlight [43], 02/18/2026
  • Read more about Thermal Drone Footage Shows Musk's AI Power Plant Flouting Clean Air Rules [40]

Pages

  • 1
  • 2 [44]
  • 3 [45]
  • 4 [46]
  • 5 [47]
  • 6 [48]
  • 7 [49]
  • 8 [50]
  • 9 [51]
  • …
  • next › [44]
  • last » [52]
  • Contact Us  |
  • Donate  |
  • Join  |
  • Members  |
  • Privacy & Security Policies  |
  • Reach SEJ Members  |
  • Renew  |
  • Site Map
The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.

Source URL:https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/safe-bpa-substitutes-tied-infertility-fetal-harm-review-finds [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [12] https://usrtk.org/healthwire/bpa-substitutes-tied-to-fertility-damage-fetal-harm-generational-effects/ [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-order-aims-boost-weedkiller-targeted-health-lawsuits [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [17] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/trump-boost-weedkiller.html?smid=nytcore-android-share [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pesticide-use-and-cancer-risk-rise-together-across-america-s-heartland [19] https://investigatemidwest.org/2026/02/18/pesticide-use-and-cancer-risk-rise-together-across-americas-heartland/ [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/doctors-scientists-and-kids-sue-epa-backtracking-climate-regs [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [22] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18022026/epa-sued-for-backtracking-endangerment-finding/ [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-plans-loosen-mercury-rules-coal-plants-documents-show [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [26] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/climate/epa-mercury-coal-plants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NlA.tWIy.5lqVeixfdF1r&smid=url-share [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/potomac-sewage-spill-becomes-ecological-disaster-and-political-fight [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [30] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/climate/potomac-river-trump-moore.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.KC5T.8vIpMbzI0JBS&smid=url-share [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nih-s-bhattacharya-will-also-run-cdc-while-trump-seeks-permanent-director [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [33] https://apnews.com/article/bhattacharya-nih-cdc-trump-administration-429571340cdd3ac1ddba85f37984779c [34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-groups-sue-trump-epa-over-repeal-landmark-climate-finding [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [36] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuit [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-are-biggest-climate-polluters-near-you-0 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [39] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/what-are-the-biggest-climate-polluters-near-you/ [40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouting-clean-air-rules [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [43] https://floodlightnews.org/thermal-drone-footage-musk-ai-plant-epa-rules/ [44] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=1 [45] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=2 [46] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=3 [47] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=4 [48] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=5 [49] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=6 [50] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=7 [51] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=8 [52] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/120/all/target%3D%27_blank%27?page=785