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Chemical Recycling “A Dangerous Deception” Amid Plastic Pollution: Report [1]

"Chemical recycling — an umbrella term used to describe processes that break plastic waste down into molecular building blocks with high heat or chemicals and convert them into new products — will not help reduce plastic pollution, but rather exacerbate environmental problems, according to a new report by nonprofit environmental advocacy groups Beyond Plastics and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Source: EHN [11], 11/01/2023
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Glyphosate Cancer Findings Of “Extreme Concern” As Europe Weighs Safety [12]

"European researchers have found new evidence linking popular weed-killing products to cancer at levels currently considered safe."

Agriculture [13]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
Europe [14]
Source: The New Lede [15], 11/01/2023
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"Camp Lejeune Toxic Water Claims Already Top $3 Trillion, US Says" [16]

"Compensation claims filed by veterans and others who say they were sickened by toxic water at Camp Lejeune already total nearly $3.3 trillion, US Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [18]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [19]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 10/31/2023
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High-Risk Reporting Yields Results on Palm Oil Investigation [23]

The devastation caused by the Amazonian palm oil industry was at the heart of an investigation by Mongabay reporter Karla Mendes. But first she had to face hostile sources, intransigent regulators and a robbery attempt. Ultimately, the project not only won a reporting prize from the Society of Environmental Journalists but brought global awareness and government action. Her experience, in Inside Story Q&A.

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Agriculture [13]
Chemicals [2]
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Environmental Health [4]
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Environmental Politics [27]
Food [28]
Forests [29]
Government [30]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Natural Resources [33]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [20]
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"California Baby Food Testing Law Expected to Fill In FDA Gap" [36]

"A California law requiring baby food makers to test their products for toxic heavy metals is expected to surpass FDA guidelines in the race to pressure manufacturers to limit exposure, food safety groups say."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [28]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
California [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 10/30/2023
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"The Propane Industry’s Weird Obsession With School Buses, Explained" [39]

"Electric school buses are better for kids’ health. The propane industry has other ideas."

Climate Change [40]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Transportation [41]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Vox [42], 10/30/2023
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Virgin Islands Warns St. Croix Tap Water Contaminated With Lead And Copper [43]

"The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday warned that people on the island of St. Croix should not drink their tap water because officials found high levels of lead and copper."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [18]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: AP [45], 10/30/2023
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"Scientists Discover Why Dozens Of Endangered Elephants Dropped Dead" [46]

"In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why".

Biodiversity [47]
Environmental Health [4]
Wildlife [48]
Public [8]
Africa [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 10/26/2023
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"What to Know About Dengue Fever as Cases Spread to New Places" [51]

"Dengue, the excruciating mosquito-borne disease, is surging throughout the world and coming to places that had never had it. California just confirmed a rare U.S. case."

Climate Change [40]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [8]
International [10]
Source: NYTimes [52], 10/25/2023
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Pa. Gas Firms Used 160 Million Lbs. of Secret Chemicals From 2012 to 2022 [53]

"Oil and gas producers in Pennsylvania used some 160 million pounds of chemicals that they are not required by law to publicly identify in more than 5,000 gas wells between 2012 and 2022, according to research published on Tuesday."

Chemicals [2]
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Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 10/25/2023
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