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Environmental Groups Demand EPA Start Monitoring Microplastics In Water

"A new legal petition filed by more than 170 top environmental groups demands that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) begin monitoring for microplastics in drinking water, an essential first step to reining in pollution viewed as one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats."

Source: Guardian, 12/03/2024

"UN Calls For $2.6 Trillion Investment To Reverse Land Degradation"

"Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N. executive overseeing global talks on the issue told Reuters, quantifying the cost for the first time."

Source: Reuters, 12/03/2024

EPA Takes Partial Step To Ban Chlorpyrifos In Move Called “Unconscionable”

"The long and winding regulatory road for a pesticide known to be harmful to developing babies took another turn on Monday as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was planning to only partially ban the insecticide chlorpyrifos in farming."

Source: The New Lede, 12/03/2024

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