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Mexico Desperate For Water While Drinks Companies Use Billions Of Litres [1]

"As drought grips cities like Monterrey, people queue with buckets for brackish water. But Coca-Cola and other firms are still extracting groundwater".

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Mexico [6]
Source: Guardian [7], 08/08/2022
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Tijuana Sewage Spill Shutters Calif. Beach And Shoreline, Yet Again [8]

"Adam Wraight pulled a blue sewage "warning" sign out of the sand near Imperial Beach Pier on Thursday morning, replacing it with the more ominous yellow and red placard telling beachgoers that waters were officially closed."

Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [10]
Mexico [6]
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune [11], 08/08/2022
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"Communities Near 23 Sterilization Plants Have Increased Cancer Risk: EPA" [12]

"Communities near 23 sterilization facilities across the U.S. have increased risks of cancer due to the facilities’ emissions of a toxic chemical, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said this week."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Hill [15], 08/05/2022
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"U.S. Cities Push The Homeless To Live In Tent Camps" [16]

"Cities tackling a surge of street homelessness are offering official camps while penalizing people sleeping in public elsewhere".

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [17], 08/05/2022
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History of DDT Ocean Dumping Off L.A. Even Worse Than Expected, EPA Finds [18]

"After an exhaustive historical investigation into the barrels of DDT waste reportedly dumped decades ago near Catalina Island, federal regulators concluded that the toxic pollution in the deep ocean could be far worse — and far more sweeping — than what scientists anticipated."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [10]
Source: LA Times [19], 08/05/2022
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"Senate Passes Long-Sought Bill To Help Veterans Affected By Burn Pits" [20]

"The Senate voted Tuesday night to pass a long-sought bipartisan legislation to expand health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The final vote was 86-11."

Air [21]
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [24]
Pollution [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: CNN [25], 08/03/2022
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Whistleblowers Give New Evidence of EPA Failure to Assess Toxic Chemicals [26]

"A group of whistleblowers has provided evidence that the Environmental Protection Agency has not adequately assessed the health risks posed by several new chemicals on the grounds that they are corrosive."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [9]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: The Intercept [28], 08/02/2022
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"Pollution: 'Forever Chemicals' In Rainwater Exceed Safe Levels" [29]

"New research shows that rainwater in most locations on Earth contains levels of chemicals that "greatly exceed" safety levels."

Chemicals [13]
Consumer [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [30]
Source: BBC News [31], 08/02/2022
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"At Least 14 Potential Heat Deaths In Oregon After Hot Spell" [32]

"Oregon authorities are investigating four additional deaths potentially linked to last week’s scorching heat wave, bringing the total number of suspected hyperthermia deaths to 14."

Climate Change [33]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [2]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
Source: AP [36], 08/02/2022
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"Federal Office Focused On Climate Change And Health Has Zero Funding" [37]

"Congress has not yet funded the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity at the Department of Health and Human Services".

Climate Change [33]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [38], 07/29/2022
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