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Personal Care Products — Bringing the Problems Home [1]

Health and environmental concerns about some beauty items — like the use of formaldehyde in certain hair straighteners — have started to emerge as a focus for federal regulation. But as the latest TipSheet points out, the response has been slow and fitful. Meanwhile, here are story ideas and resources to help reporters find local angles for this environmental and public health hazard.

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EJToday FAQ [11]

Have questions about how EJToday curates its daily weekday digest of top environmental/energy news headlines of that day? Check out our FAQ, with answers to questions like what EJToday’s purpose is, how EJToday is produced and what criteria EJToday uses to select its headlines.

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#SEJSpotlight: Alex (Ching Lam) Ip, Founder and Editor in Chief, The Xylom [12]

Meet SEJ member Alex Ip! Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alex is the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Xylom, a student-led newsroom exploring the communities influencing and shaped by science. He also recently led a team to translate the KSJ Science Editing Handbook into Chinese (Traditional and Simplified).

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"Seagrass Resurgence Offers Ray Of Hope For Florida’s Hard-Hit Manatees" [13]

"The recovery of seagrass, the manatees’ favorite food, in Mosquito Lagoon means that an emergency hand-feeding program that has kept many of the starving aquatic animals alive over the last two winters can be discontinued, at least temporarily."

Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [18]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
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Source: Guardian [20], 01/05/2024
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Analysis: "‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish" [21]

"A recent study from The Environmental Working Group found that just one serving of fish can be equivalent to a month of drinking water contaminated with 48 parts per trillion of the common chemical PFOS."

Biodiversity [14]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [25], 01/05/2024
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"GOP Targets Biden’s $400 Billion Clean-Energy Loan Program" [26]

"Congressional Republicans are putting President Joe Biden’s $400 billion green bank in their crosshairs, seeking a repeat of the political victory they scored in 2011 with the scandal over collapsed solar company Solyndra."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 01/05/2024
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Two Large Offshore Wind Sites Sending Power To US Grid For The First Time [32]

"For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
Source: AP [34], 01/05/2024
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"Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex" [35]

"As toxic pesticides and vanishing habitats have driven down the populations of bees and other pollinators, some flowers have evolved to fertilize their own seeds more often, rather than those of other plants."

Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [14]
Chemicals [3]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [24]
Wildlife [18]
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International [37]
Source: NYTimes [38], 01/05/2024
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"Consumer Reports Finds 'Widespread' Presence Of Plastics In Food" [39]

"Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a "widespread" presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [22]
Food [40]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [41], 01/05/2024
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"Tough Choices Could Make 2024 A Wild Ride For Interior" [42]

"Interior Department officials enter a thicket this year overgrown with tough choices, evergreen litigation and plenty of political heat no matter which direction they go."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [43], 01/05/2024
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