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"Public Health: 'Sluggish' Agency Slow To Act On Toxic Baby Products" [1]

"Often described as "nonstick" chemicals, the presence of PFAS in kitchenware has become more widely known as environmental groups have raised alarms about their toxicity. One place consumers might not expect to find the highly toxic class of substances? Baby products."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [9], 08/06/2020
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Small California Town Takes on Oil Industry Health Threats [10]

"The mostly low-income, Latino residents of Arvin have joined with other communities to demand setbacks for wells. Their slogan: “No drilling where we are living.”"

Activism [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [5]
Public [7]
California [13]
Source: InsideClimate News [14], 08/04/2020
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"How Joe Biden’s Surprisingly Ambitious Climate Plan Came Together" [15]

"During a recent virtual fundraiser focused on climate action, former vice president Joe Biden made a direct appeal to voters young enough to be his grandchildren."

Activism [11]
Climate Change [16]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [19], 08/04/2020
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India: "Sixty-Thousand Evictions in the Name of Environmentalism" [20]

"The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is relocating whole slums to help restore polluted rivers. Is it doing more harm than good?"

Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
Asia [23]
Source: Undark [24], 08/03/2020
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Scholars: Pendley Has History of “Overt Racism” Toward Native People [25]

"William Perry Pendley pushed rhetoric, legal arguments, and policies that sought to deprive Indigenous people of their rights."

Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Intercept [27], 08/03/2020
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Air Pollution Remains Worst In US Communities Of Color Despite Progress [28]

"Wealthy white Americans are still getting to breathe cleaner air than lower-income communities of color, despite significant nationwide reductions in pollution since the 1980s, according to a new study."

Air [29]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Pollution [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [30], 07/31/2020
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"A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything." [31]

"Torrential rains have submerged at least a quarter of Bangladesh, washing away the few things that count as assets for some of the world’s poorest people — their goats and chickens, houses of mud and tin, sacks of rice stored for the lean season." "The country’s latest calamity illustrates a striking inequity of our time: The people least responsible for climate change are among those most hurt by its consequences."

Climate Change [16]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Justice [5]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
Asia [23]
Source: NYTimes [33], 07/31/2020
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"EPA Rule Extends Life Of Toxic Coal Ash Ponds" [34]

"The Trump administration is extending the life of giant pits of toxic coal sludge, a move critics say further risks contamination of nearby water sources."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [36], 07/31/2020
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COVID Hospital Data System That Bypasses CDC Plagued By Delays, Errors [37]

"Earlier this month, when the Trump administration told hospitals to send crucial data about coronavirus cases and intensive care capacity to a new online system, it promised the change would be worth it. ... Instead, the public data hub created under the new system is updated erratically and is rife with inconsistencies and errors, data analysts say."

Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [38]
Government [26]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [40]
Science [41]
Technology [42]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [43], 07/31/2020
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"Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back." [44]

"African-Americans are 75 percent more likely than others to live near facilities that produce hazardous waste. Can a grass-roots environmental-justice movement make a difference?"

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Pollution [21]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [45], 07/30/2020
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