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"US Water Likely Contains More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Than EPA Tests Show" [1]

"A Guardian analysis of water samples from around the United States shows that the type of water testing relied on by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is so limited in scope that it is probably missing significant levels of PFAS pollutants."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [9], 07/07/2022
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Is A Uranium Mill In Utah Making Tribal Members Sick? Results In 2025 [10]

"A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer longstanding questions about whether it is affecting their health."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [11]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [12], 07/06/2022
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Heat Wave from the Midwest to the Southern US Prompts Heat Warnings [13]

"Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are currently in place as a massive heat wave is "consuming" most parts of the Midwest into the Southern US, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)."

Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Nature World News [16], 07/06/2022
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"Environmental Justice Advocates Slam Supreme Court Ruling" [17]

"The Supreme Court decision to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide emissions from power plants could make an already grave situation worse for those affected most by climate change and air pollution, advocates say."

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [21], 07/05/2022
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Shredded Trees, Dead Dolphins And Wildfires — How War Hurts Nature [22]

"When the fighter jet crashed into these northwestern Ukrainian woods, killing its 27-year-old pilot, splintering trees and spewing fuel, it tore a gash in the forest canopy. Then it exploded. The wildfire that followed charred trees and earth, threatening two nearby villages."

Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [23]
Military [24]
Public [7]
International [25]
Source: NPR [26], 07/05/2022
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"EPA: Flame Retardant Chemical Poses Unreasonable Risk" [27]

"A controversial substance once commonly used as a flame retardant poses outsize risks to both human health and the environment, according to EPA, in a decision that formalizes a new “whole chemical” approach to assessing the dangers of a compound."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Science [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [29], 06/30/2022
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WH Announces New Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy Prioritizing Outbreak Areas [30]

"The White House unveiled an updated monkeypox vaccination strategy Tuesday afternoon, with plans to send hundreds of thousands of doses to areas with confirmed outbreaks."

Environmental Health [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: McClatchy [31], 06/29/2022
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Mich. Court Rules Grand Jury Improperly Indicted Officials In Flint Case [32]

"Michigan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the indictment of former Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and several other officials in connection with the contamination of water in Flint was improper because the grand jury consisted of a single judge."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Source: The Hill [35], 06/29/2022
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Enviros Hope New Law Will Clean Up Wastewater Nutrient Pollution in Md. [36]

"The Chesapeake Bay Program reported on Wednesday that Maryland’s wastewater treatment facilities, operating in violation of discharge permits, contributed significant increases in nitrogen and phosphorus pollution last year in the bay."

Agriculture [37]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Water & Oceans [6]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 06/28/2022
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Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene, Other Risky Chemicals: Study [41]

"The natural gas delivered to homes contains low concentrations of several chemicals linked to cancer, a new study found. Researchers also found inconsistent levels of odorants — substances that give natural gas its characteristic “rotten egg” smell — which could increase the risk of small leaks going undetected."

Air [42]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [33]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [43], 06/28/2022
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