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FDA Probing Tampon Safety After A Study Found Toxic Metals In Popular Brands [1]

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will investigate the ingredients in tampons, after a study released earlier this summer found toxic metals in products from over a dozen popular brands."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [11], 09/18/2024
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Should Weather Data Really Be Withheld From the Public? [12]

Project 2025, which many consider a blueprint for a second Trump term, calls for breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and pivoting its National Weather Service to commercial operations, shutting down its free flow of data to news outlets and others. WatchDog Opinion column argues a not-so-hidden motive is at the heart of these sweeping changes: the desire to obscure evidence of climate change.

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WatchDog [13]
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Climate Change [14]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Environmental Politics [16]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Policy [19]
Science [8]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [9]
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Worldview Data Expands Environment Reporter’s Strike Zone [20]

A sweeping array of satellites observes our planet and sends vast amounts of data back — data that the powerful NASA Worldview website can translate into graphic form to help journalists tell some of the environment beat’s most central stories. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the strengths and weaknesses of Worldview in covering everything from wildfires and floods to climate.

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Reporters Toolbox [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Science [8]
Technology [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [23]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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Colleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become 'Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction' [24]

"For decades, oil and gas companies have donated tens to hundreds of millions of dollars to colleges and universities, sat on governing boards, sponsored scholarships and built pro-fossil fuel programming and curriculum — resulting in real or apparent conflicts of interest for universities and their researchers."

Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [26]
Journalism & Media [18]
Policy [19]
Pollution [7]
Science [8]
Technology [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [23]
Source: Floodlight [27], 09/06/2024
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Sea Surface Temperature Data Tells Many Environmental Stories [28]

With hurricane season expected to kick into high gear, a key data source for reporters is sea surface temperatures. But this widely available information can also tell reporters something about many other water-related environment stories, whether algal blooms, bacterial risks to public health or the prospects for entire estuarine systems. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you dip your toe into this important data pool.

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Reporters Toolbox [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [18]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [23]
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Public [9]
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September 17, 2024

DEADLINE: NASW's SciWri24 Community Support Grants for Indigenous Journalists [35]

The National Association of Science Writers is offering two travel grants of up to $3,000 to Indigenous journalists with an interest in writing about science, medicine or the environment to attend this year's ScienceWriters annual meeting in Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 8-11. Apply by Sep 17.

Awards and Grants [36]
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Diversity [37]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [18]
Science [8]
Technology [22]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]

"The Hidden Life Of Seeds" [38]

"Buried in the earth, almost too small to see, seeds have long been underestimated — dismissed as mere inert specks, barely even considered alive. Yet the more closely researchers have examined these embryonic plants, the more they have learned about their dynamism and endurance."

Agriculture [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Natural Resources [41]
Science [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [23]
Source: Washington Post [42], 08/29/2024
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Industry Scientists Back EPA Finding That Pesticide Is Not a Cancer Risk [43]

"The consultants, who worked for Dow, the pesticide’s manufacturer, help corporate interests defend their products against environmental and health regulations."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Science [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 08/29/2024
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Chemical Industry Scientists Plan To Derail PFAS Rule On Drinking Water [45]

"Scientists with financial ties to industry and histories of producing controversial research to derail chemical regulations are mobilizing to attack strict new federal drinking water limits for toxic PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, documents reviewed by the Guardian reveal."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: HuffPost [46], 08/28/2024
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Counting All the Fish in the Sea Even Trickier Than Scientists Thought [47]

"A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic."

Fish & Fisheries [29]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [9]
International [23]
Source: NYTimes [48], 08/23/2024
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