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"Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably." [1]

"If you eat a daily serving of fruits and vegetables, critical components of a healthy diet, you’re likely ingesting a hefty dose of pesticides too, new peer-reviewed research shows."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [10], 09/25/2025
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Trump Tylenol Push Could Actually Increase Autism Rates, Researchers Warn [11]

"Experts fear that Donald Trump’s anti-painkiller tirade could lead to an increase in risk factors for autism, and don’t trust the administration to assess data as it continues to search for a cause."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [13]
Science [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: WIRED [15], 09/25/2025
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"In Washington, A Battle Builds Over A Right To Sue Pesticide Makers" [16]

"It’s been seven years since Germany’s Bayer bought US agrochemical giant Monsanto, inheriting not only the company’s vast portfolio of seeds and pesticide products, but also more than 100,000 lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Bayer, which has so far paid out billions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts to cancer victims, has been working – so far in vain – to put an end to the litigation and to block any future such cases."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The New Lede [20], 09/25/2025
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Leaders Vowed To Cut Climate Pollution, Then Doubled Down On Fossil Fuels [21]

"The world is producing too much coal, oil and natural gas to meet the targets set 10 years ago under the Paris Agreement, in which countries agreed to limit climate pollution and avoid the worst effects of global warming."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Pollution [19]
Technology [27]
Public [8]
International [28]
Source: NPR [29], 09/25/2025
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"‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Cases Are Increasing In The US" [30]

"Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists."

Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [12]
Science [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [28]
Source: AP [32], 09/24/2025
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"Trump Narrows Scope Of Safety Reviews For Some Chemicals" [33]

"The Trump administration is proposing to narrow the scope of safety reviews of chemicals that are already out on the market, it said Monday."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [13]
Pollution [19]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [34], 09/24/2025
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Chicago Has Thousands of Lead Pipes — and Millions of Unspent Dollars [35]

"No U.S. city has more toxic lead pipes pumping water into people’s homes. And millions of federal and city dollars earmarked to replace them remain unused, a city official said Monday, at the same time that the city is struggling to keep up with deadlines to warn people of the risks."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 09/24/2025
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"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate" [39]

"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [28]
Source: E&E News [41], 09/24/2025
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October 15, 2025

DEADLINE: IJNR Great Lakes Federal Funding Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Workshop [42]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring journalists to Western Lake Erie, Nov 18-21, 2025, to explore the impacts Trump administration changes are having on local communities and what they mean for interests across the Basin, from agriculture, to energy, to fisheries and more. Deadline: Oct 15.

Workshops and Fellowships [43]
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Environmental Health [5]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [40]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]

Chinese Mining Firm Downplays Toxic Spill as Residents Reel From Impacts [44]

"A Chinese mining company is denying that its toxic waste spill, one of this year’s worst environmental disasters, had a “significant impact” on the environment or local communities."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Natural Resources [46]
Pollution [19]
Public [8]
Africa [47]
Asia [48]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 09/23/2025
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