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

Home > Environmental Health

Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting The Soil Instead. [1]

"When someone asks farmer Naiku Gaikwad about soil pollution in his village, he points to an abandoned 40-foot well filled with plastic."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
International [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [9], 06/05/2025
  • Read more about Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting The Soil Instead. [1]

"Top CDC Covid Vaccine Adviser Quits After RFK Jr. Ended Recommendations" [10]

"A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after federal health officials rescinded long-standing recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Science [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [17], 06/05/2025
  • Read more about "Top CDC Covid Vaccine Adviser Quits After RFK Jr. Ended Recommendations" [10]
June 24, 2025

Mongabay Webinar: How To Cover Plastic Pollution [18]

This installment of Mongabay’s free webinar series for journalists will comprise a discussion with three experts for their insight on how to cover this pressing issue which experts are calling a global human health crisis. 8 am ET.

Other Events [19]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [20]
Pollution [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
International [8]

"Why Trump’s Push For ‘Gold-Standard Science’ Has Researchers Alarmed" [21]

"Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research." 

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [24]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [26], 06/04/2025
  • Read more about "Why Trump’s Push For ‘Gold-Standard Science’ Has Researchers Alarmed" [21]

Deep Cuts Erode Basics Of US Public Health System, Threaten Worse To Come [27]

"Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drove a van to schools in North Carolina to offer vaccinations and a program that provided free tests to sick people in Tennessee."

Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: AP [29], 06/04/2025
  • Read more about Deep Cuts Erode Basics Of US Public Health System, Threaten Worse To Come [27]

Fearing Radioactive Waste, Pa. Community Fights to Stop Landfill Re-Opening [30]

"For years, residents of Grove City, Pennsylvania, have fought to stop a decades-old landfill from resuming operations in their town. They were worried the landfill would make legacy pollution in the area worse. But in 2022, information about the kind of waste the landfill would accept raised new fears."

Activism [31]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Infrastructure [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Waste [34]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Source: Inside Climate News [36], 06/04/2025
  • Read more about Fearing Radioactive Waste, Pa. Community Fights to Stop Landfill Re-Opening [30]

"White House Proposes Shutting Down Chemical Safety Agency" [37]

"An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [38]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [40], 06/04/2025
  • Read more about "White House Proposes Shutting Down Chemical Safety Agency" [37]

"Trump Touts US Steel-Nippon Steel Deal That Could Result In More Coal" [41]

"The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of pollution."

Air [42]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Canary Media [43], 06/03/2025
  • Read more about "Trump Touts US Steel-Nippon Steel Deal That Could Result In More Coal" [41]

From Fear to Fascination — A New Insect Narrative [44]

Media coverage of “bugs” is often sensationalistic and centered on fear and disgust. But conservation photographer and writer Danae Wolfe says journalists should be highlighting the importance, beauty and plight of insects and spiders. Reporting that offers alternative perspectives on these essential creatures can inspire curiosity and admiration, and encourage efforts to protect them. Wolfe on why to write about insects.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [31]
Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [46]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [24]
Food [47]
Forests [48]
Journalism & Media [20]
Pollution [6]
Science [15]
Wildlife [49]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
International [8]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
  • Read more about From Fear to Fascination — A New Insect Narrative [44]

UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [50]

"Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report" 

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [51]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [6]
Public [7]
Europe [52]
Source: Guardian [53], 06/02/2025
  • Read more about UK: Toxic Pesticide Found In Tampons 40x Higher Than Legal Limit For Water [50]

Pages

  • « first [4]
  • ‹ previous [54]
  • …
  • 109 [55]
  • 110 [56]
  • 111 [57]
  • 112 [54]
  • 113
  • 114 [58]
  • 115 [59]
  • 116 [60]
  • 117 [61]
  • …
  • next › [58]
  • last » [62]
  • 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/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=112

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/plastic-mulch-promised-better-harvests-it-may-be-hurting-soil-instead [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [9] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/06/this-farming-shortcut-promised-better-harvests-it-may-be-hurting-the-soil-instead/ [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/top-cdc-covid-vaccine-adviser-quits-after-rfk-jr-ended-recommendations [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [17] https://wapo.st/4kR636X [18] https://www.sej.org/calendar/mongabay-webinar-how-cover-plastic-pollution [19] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-trump-s-push-gold-standard-science-has-researchers-alarmed [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [26] https://wapo.st/4dHBI8o [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/deep-cuts-erode-basics-us-public-health-system-threaten-worse-come [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [29] https://apnews.com/article/public-health-measles-rfk-maha-trump-d863f53a5d370413de8d165d5ab96e65 [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fearing-radioactive-waste-pa-community-fights-stop-landfill-re-opening [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [36] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03062025/pennsylvania-community-fights-to-stop-landfill/ [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-proposes-shutting-down-chemical-safety-agency [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [40] https://wapo.st/4dHupNU [41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-touts-us-steel-nippon-steel-deal-could-result-more-coal [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [43] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/green-steel/nippon-us-deal-trump-coal [44] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/fear-fascination-new-insect-narrative [45] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [50] https://www.sej.org/headlines/uk-toxic-pesticide-found-tampons-40x-higher-legal-limit-water [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [53] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/toxic-pesticide-levels-found-in-tampons-40-times-higher-than-legal-limit-for-water [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=111 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=108 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=109 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=110 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=113 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=114 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=115 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=116 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=864