Environmental Health

Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’

"Heat and humidity as severe, prolonged and far-reaching as this week’s would have been “virtually impossible” in the Northeast and eastern Canada before humans began warming the planet, a team of scientists said on Friday."

Source: New York Times, 07/06/2026

EPA Approves Three New Fluorocarbon Pesticides

"The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international definition, though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  is disputing the characterization."

Source: The Hill, 07/02/2026

Trump Unit Seeks To Stomp Out All Fires Quickly, Reviving Old Policy

"The deaths of three U.S. government firefighters in a Colorado wildfire are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire service and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly."

Source: AP, 07/02/2026

EPA Plans Roundtable On “Safety Challenges” Of Paraquat Weed Killer

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Tuesday that it will host a roundtable to hear from scientists, farmworkers, community advocates, and others to discuss the “documented safety challenges associated with the chemical,” and explore “potential solutions and alternatives.”"

Source: The New Lede, 07/02/2026

U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”"

Source: New York Times, 07/02/2026

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