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"PFAS In Pesticides: 'A Problem Of Epic Proportions'" [1]

"'Forever chemicals' are present in multiple common pesticides, according to new testing conducted by an environmental watchdog group and released exclusively to E&E News."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 03/08/2021
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Study Finds Wildfire Smoke Harms Humans More Than Pollution From Cars [9]

"Tens of millions of Americans experienced at least a day last year shrouded in wildfire smoke. Entire cities were blanketed, in some cases for weeks, as unprecedented wildfires tore across the Western U.S., causing increases in hospitalizations for respiratory emergencies and concerns about people's longer-term health."

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [12]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [13], 03/08/2021
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Use of Disinfectants Has Soared, Sparking New Scrutiny Of Ingredients [14]

"Disinfectant use has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic as people try to keep their hands and surfaces clean. But one family of cleaning chemicals is receiving scrutiny for potential health concerns."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [16], 03/08/2021
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"Biden Admin Ditches Trump 'Open Science' Order" [17]

"The Interior Department today scrapped its version of the Trump administration's controversial "open science" dictate that critics say unduly constrained research important for environmental policy decisions."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [22], 03/04/2021
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Popular Flea Collar Linked To Almost 1,700 Pet Deaths. EPA Silent. [23]

"Rhonda Bomwell had never used a flea and tick collar before. Pierre, her 9-year-old Papillon service dog, was mostly an indoor animal."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Investigate Midwest [24], 03/04/2021
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Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Sign of Trouble for Plummeting Coal Industry [25]

"A federal bankruptcy judge in West Virginia could soon decide whether to allow the Blackjewel coal mining company, once the nation’s sixth-largest coal producer, to shed responsibility for thousands of strip-mined acres, setting up a potential crisis over clean-up and reclamation of the land."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [29]
Pollution [5]
Waste [30]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 03/04/2021
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Fractured: Harmful Chemicals Haunt Pennsylvanians Surrounded By Fracking [32]

"We tested families in fracking country for harmful chemicals and revealed unexplained exposures, sick children, and a family's "dream life" upended."

Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [33], 03/04/2021
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Weekslong Water Crisis in Mississippi Hitting Black Residents Hardest [34]

"Infrastructure failures following bitterly cold temperatures caused dozens of water mains to burst and freeze, leaving thousands without running water for weeks."

Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [36], 03/03/2021
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"Environmental Settlement Tool’s Reboot Leaves Target on its Back" [37]

"A popular tool brought back by the Biden administration is expected to fuel future legal challenges for the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency in their shared enforcement of anti-pollution laws."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [28]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [38], 03/02/2021
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"Who Will Clean Up The 'Billion-Dollar Mess' Of Abandoned US Oilwells?" [39]

"As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere".

Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [40], 03/01/2021
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