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Officials Underestimating PFAS Chemicals Lurking in US Food: Scientists [1]

"The American food supply is likely riddled with far more dangerous toxins than the average consumer would anticipate, and scientists say they lack sufficient, streamlined data about the “forever chemicals” lurking in food packaging and farmlands."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [7], 12/14/2021
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"EPA Stops Posting ‘Critically Important’ Data on Chemical Risks" [8]

"The EPA has all but stopped posting online data about new types of problems commercial chemicals may cause, frustrating public interest groups and businesses that use the information to make health and safety decisions."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [9]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Science [12]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 12/13/2021
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Industry Knew Health Risks Of Leaded Gas But Sold It For 100 Years Anyway [14]

"On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel blend into one of their test engines. Immediately, the engine began running more quietly and putting out more power."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Transportation [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Conversation [18], 12/10/2021
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"Biden ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban Targets Cookware, Carpet, Couches" [19]

"The White House’s ban on federal purchasing of PFAS-containing products will focus on cookware, carpets and couches, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s memo implementing President Biden’s sustainability executive order."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 12/10/2021
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"Brownfields Sites Poised for Big Funding Amid Equity Concerns" [22]

"Plans to use billions of infrastructure dollars to clean up and redevelop long-neglected brownsfield waste sites may cause unintended harm to low-income neighborhoods, advocates warned a House panel Wednesday."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [24]
Waste [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [26], 12/10/2021
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"‘It’s Grotesque’: Inside The Hill Methane Fight" [27]

"Progressives set out to write a reconciliation bill that would scrap special tax treatment for fossil fuel companies. Instead, they might hand the oil and gas industry a new subsidy."

Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [30], 12/10/2021
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The World Is Dangerously Unprepared For The Next Pandemic: Report [31]

"Nearly two years into a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 5 million people, every country, including the United States, remains dangerously unprepared to respond to future epidemic and pandemic threats, according to a report released Wednesday assessing the efforts of 195 countries."

Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [20]
Health [33]
Public [5]
International [34]
Source: Washington Post [35], 12/09/2021
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These Chemicals Disrupt Sexual Development of Children; They’re Everywhere [36]

"The EPA said that it would begin monitoring for DINP, a phthalate that causes birth defects and cancer, more than 20 years ago. It still hasn’t."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Intercept [37], 12/09/2021
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"Deal Forces EPA To Revisit Chemical Industry Emissions" [38]

"The Biden administration has tentatively agreed to revisit EPA air toxics standards for hundreds of chemical plants, signaling a move on an issue that groups framed as central to the pursuit of environmental justice.

Under the terms of a proposed consent decree officially made public today, the agency commits to consider tightening the existing emissions limits for synthetic organic chemical manufacturers on a series of deadlines running from next year to 2024.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [23]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: E&E News [39], 12/08/2021
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"Pushing Back On Lead Ammo And Fishing Tackle Misinformation" [40]

"A science denial campaign is being waged to keep lead in hunting and fishing. Who’s fighting back and how should they do it? "

"Groups including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the National Rifle Association (NRA), and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are waging science denial campaigns to keep lead products in hunting ammunition and fishing tackle.

As a result, wildlife is poisoned and human health is at risk.

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [42]
Wildlife [43]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: EHN [44], 12/08/2021
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