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NY May Be 1st State Requiring Ingredient Labeling On Menstrual Products [1]

"A New York bill passed this summer would require labeling on menstrual products that lists the ingredients so women can avoid potential toxic exposure."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: EHN [8], 08/21/2019
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"EPA Sued Over Decision to Reinstate Bee-Killing Pesticide" [9]

"A pair of environmental groups are challenging the Trump administration’s decision to approve use of a bee-killing pesticide on more than 190 million acres of crops."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 08/21/2019
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Toxic Indiana Steel Mill Spill Kills Fish, Closes L. Michigan Beaches [14]

"Three Lake Michigan beaches remain closed after a northwest Indiana steel mill dumped toxic chemicals into a tributary earlier this week, an incident that was not reported to the public until hundreds of dead fish began floating past boaters."

Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Source: Chicago Tribune [18], 08/20/2019
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"Study Raises Questions About Fluoride And Children’s IQ" [19]

"A study of young children in Canada suggests those whose mothers drank fluoridated tap water while pregnant had slightly lower IQ scores than children whose mothers lived in non-fluoridated cities. But don’t dash for the nearest bottled water yet."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [20], 08/20/2019
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"Bristol Bay: EPA Deleted Scientists' Concerns About Pebble Analysis" [21]

"EPA scientists wanted their agency to ask for a new environmental review of the proposed Pebble mine project but were overridden by political staffers, according to several sources and a key document obtained by E&E News."

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [15]
Science [26]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Source: Greenwire [28], 08/19/2019
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Trump EPA Reverses Decision To Use 'Cyanide Bombs' To Kill Wild Animals [29]

"After sustained public outcry, the Trump administration has voided its decision to reauthorize controversial cyanide traps for killing wildlife."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [22]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [30], 08/16/2019
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"High Lead Levels Found in Sampling of Vermont Schools’ Water" [31]

"High lead levels have been found in drinking water of all five Vermont schools tested so far in a new state program."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 08/15/2019
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"Heavy Metals Found In Groundwater Near Coal Plants" [33]

"Environmental officials say heavy metals from coal ash have seeped into groundwater at a Duke Energy complex along Florida’s Gulf Coast."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [35], 08/15/2019
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Trump Defended Toxic Chlorpyrifos Pesticide. California Will Ban It. [36]

"California regulators on Wednesday took formal legal steps to ban a widely used pesticide that had been rescued from elimination by the Trump administration."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
California [37]
Source: LA Times [38], 08/15/2019
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"Politics: Sidelined CDC Climate Chief To File Whistleblower Complaint" [39]

"The former head of the Climate and Health Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to file a whistleblower complaint, E&E News has learned."

Climate Change [40]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [41]
Government [42]
Science [26]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ClimateWire [43], 08/14/2019
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