By Chelsea Conaboy on April 30, 2019
Food sick: The U.S. has seen a significant increase in the number of people contracting certain foodborne illnesses, with more multi-state outbreaks in 2018 than at any point in the previous decade, reports Laura Riley of The Washington Post. Better, quicker diagnosis is one factor, but public health experts told Riley that holes in food…
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By Chelsea Conaboy on April 16, 2019
Review of numerous studies shows there is strong evidence–despite an industry narrative to the contrary–that fracking exposure is associated with an increased risk of certain health problems, including preterm birth and high-risk pregnancy, asthma flare-ups
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By Chelsea Conaboy on March 5, 2019
Faulty lines, fires sparked: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. acknowledged that its equipment likely started what became the most destructive fire in California’s history, burning nearly 14,000 homes last November and killing 85 people, the Los Angeles Times reports. The company has filed for bankruptcy protection and faces dozens of lawsuits from people who lost property…
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By Chelsea Conaboy on February 26, 2019
Environmental divide : In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment of the chemical ethylene oxide, marking it as a cancer-causing agent and dramatically lowering the acceptable threshold for healthy air. What happened after that, as explained by Sharon Lerner in The Intercept, illustrates the racialized nature of environmental regulation in the U.S. In affluent,…
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By Chelsea Conaboy on February 19, 2019
‘Our generation’s Agent Orange’: When New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer started covering the veterans affairs beat late last year, this was one of the first questions that popped up for her: “How was it that I had never heard of burn pits?” I had the same question last year as I sat on a…
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By Chelsea Conaboy on February 12, 2019
A rising tide of garbage on land and in the seas, and the related health hazards, help make a case for a global ban on single-use plastics.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on December 18, 2018
An epidemic of advanced black lung disease spread over Appalachia, killing more and more coal miners, while regulators sat on their hands
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By Chelsea Conaboy on November 27, 2018
The latest National Climate Assessment projects a rise in heat-related deaths and billions of dollars in economic damage by century’s end.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on October 9, 2018
The world’s leading body of climate scientists has issued a report saying that climate change is altering the planet more rapidly than previously thought and that things will have to change rapidly to moderate the effects,
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