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Corporate Studies Asserting Herbicide Safety Show Many Flaws: New Study [1]

"A new analysis of more than 50 previously secret, corporate-backed scientific studies is raising troubling questions about a history of regulatory reliance on such research in assessing the safety of the widely used weedkilling chemical known as glyphosate, the key ingredient in the popular Roundup herbicide."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
International [9]
Source: Guardian [10], 07/05/2021
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EPA Pulls Rule Allowing Use Of Radioactive Material In Road Construction [11]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn a 2020 rule that would allow a radioactive substance in some road construction."

Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [13]
Transportation [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [16], 07/05/2021
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"Canada Battles More Than 180 Wildfires With Hundreds Dead In Heat Wave" [17]

"Emergency responders in Canada are currently battling more than 180 wildfires in British Columbia amid an intense heat wave that has left hundreds dead in the Pacific Northwest."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [20]
Public [8]
Canada [21]
Source: NPR [22], 07/05/2021
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"Whistleblowers Claim EPA Altered Risk Reviews For Toxics" [23]

"Four whistleblowers in EPA's chemicals office allege officials tampered with key risk assessments and processes, according to a complaint filed by an environmental group on behalf of the agency staffers."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [25], 07/05/2021
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High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Found In Parts Of Houston [26]

"High levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been detected in air monitors in Houston neighborhoods near the busiest U.S. petrochemical port, according to a report issued on Thursday by Houston health officials and environmental groups."

Air [27]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [29]
Public [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 07/02/2021
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House, Setting Marker for Talks, Passes $715 Billion Infrastructure Bill [32]

"The House on Thursday laid down its marker for this month’s infrastructure negotiations, approving a five-year, $715 billion transportation and drinking water bill that would do more to combat climate change than the Senate’s bipartisan measure embraced by President Biden."

Climate Change [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [12]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [34], 07/02/2021
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"Hundreds Believed Dead In Heat Wave Despite Efforts To Help" [35]

"Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly — one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [36]
Forests [20]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Canada [21]
Source: AP [37], 07/02/2021
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Summer 2021 Algal Bloom Still Expected To Be Mild For Western Lake Erie [38]

"Despite searing heat and heavy showers at various times this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sticking to its prediction that western Lake Erie’s algal bloom this summer will be as small as last year’s and relatively mild overall."

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Source: Toledo Blade [40], 07/01/2021
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"In Video, Exxon Lobbyist Describes Efforts to Undercut Climate Action" [41]

"On the tape, made in a Greenpeace sting, he described working with “shadow groups” to fight climate science, and detailed efforts to weaken President Biden’s proposals to burn less oil."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [43]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [44], 07/01/2021
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"The Department of Yes" [45]

"How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America"

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [29]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Intercept [46], 07/01/2021
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