EPA chief clashes with Senate Democrats over Trump-era cuts to pollution and health programs
May 22, 2025, 1:08 pm By EHN Curators
A bitter Senate hearing erupted into shouting as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin defended sweeping grant cuts and environmental rollbacks under President Trump, sparring with Democrats over transparency and health impacts. Rachel…Texas school board faces lawsuit over lack of public notice on Exxon tax break vote
May 22, 2025, 4:49 am By EHN Curators
A Texas environmental group is suing a rural school district for allegedly violating state law by failing to properly notify the public ahead of a vote approving a major tax break for ExxonMobil’s proposed plastics plant. Dylan Baddour reports for Inside…Millions in the U.S. may rely on PFAS-contaminated drinking water
May 21, 2025, 6:00 am By Mackenzie White
Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first national drinking water standards for six hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would delay the timeline for…Gobierno de Trump cambia de opinión y autoriza reanudar proyecto eólico marino en Nueva York
May 21, 2025, 4:11 am By EHN Curators
Valorado por Equinor en 2,500 millones de dólares, el proyecto Empire Wind 1 incluye 54 molinos diseñados para suministrar 810 megavatios de energía a Brooklyn, que abastecerán a 500,000 hogares.Recortes de Trump en medioambiente, una amenaza para latinos
May 21, 2025, 3:53 am By Autumnspanne1
Los recortes que Donald Trump ordenó en materia medioambiental están dejando a miles de latinos en una situación de vulnerabilidad.Exposure to chemical mixtures linked to an increased risk of autism in children
May 16, 2025, 5:12 pm By Environmental Health Sciences Staff
While many previous studies have only considered the effects of individual chemicals, a recent study published in Environmental Research found that pregnant mothers’ exposure to multiple classes of chemicals increased their children’s risk of developing…Op-ed: To curb chronic disease in Americans, the FDA needs to assert regulatory control over toxic chemicals in our food
May 15, 2025, 6:00 am By Frederick vom Saal et. al
Editor's note: This op-ed was written by Frederick vom Saal and 15 co-authors. The full list of co-authors, their affiliations, and their contact information is included below. As senior environmental health researchers and physicians, we are united in our…Opinion: Investors should address the risk from undisclosed hazardous chemicals in investment portfolios
May 14, 2025, 6:00 am By Bill Walsh
In February 2025, consumers reacted to reports that toxic flame retardant chemicals had been found in black plastic spatulas made from recycled plastic. Sales of black nylon utensils plummeted over 20%, while sales of stainless steel and silicone products…Bolivia: cooperativas mineras piden modificar la protección del Salar de Uyuni para explotar litio
May 14, 2025, 5:33 am By EHN Curators
Bolivia: cooperativas mineras piden modificar la protección del Salar de Uyuni para explotar litio. Esta es la situación.El cambio climático duplica los días de calor con riesgo para las embarazadas
May 14, 2025, 5:22 am By EHN Curators
Un informe pone el foco sobre los efectos que el calor extremo provocado por el cambio climático tiene sobre los partos prematuros y problemas en la salud materna en todo el mundo; en España la zona mediterránea se lleva la peor parte.El cambio climático no da tregua: México se calienta más que el promedio del planeta
May 14, 2025, 5:11 am By EHN Curators
Mientras el mundo lo hace aproximadamente a 2 grados celsius por siglo, en el país el incremento es 3,2, según da a conocer la UNAM. Los Acuerdos Climáticos de París han establecido el límite clave en 1,5 °C.Pew hiring staff for new EDC program
May 10, 2025, 7:33 am By Sarah Howard
Five positions are open, including a Director, Public Policy Project Director, Science Project Director, and more. More info. Application deadlines are in May and June, 2025.Webinar: Communicating about EDCs & health: why words matter
May 9, 2025, 2:22 pm By Sarah Howard
In this July 8 webinar, Drs. Kevin Elliott and Laura Vandenberg will discuss the range of ways in which scientists can frame and present information on research findings. For example, framing an EDC-related health outcome as a disease or disability can help to…Webinar: Corporate drivers of disease: Exploring the UCSF industry documents library
May 9, 2025, 2:16 pm By Sarah Howard
This May 29 webinar features UCSF's Center to End Corporate Harm, launched earlier this year to bring together scientists to more systematically study the mechanisms and strategies corporations use to delay and prevent regulation of their health harming…Germany’s new conservative government shifts focus from climate to economic relief
May 9, 2025, 6:12 am By EHN Curators
Voters frustrated by high energy costs and inflation propelled Germany’s conservatives to power, prompting a recalibration of the country’s aggressive climate policies without fully abandoning its clean energy goals. Saqib Rahim reports for Grist. In…Another PFAS-containing pesticide headed for US registration
May 8, 2025, 2:04 pm By Brian Bienkowski
Editor's note: This story was originally published in The New Lede, a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission. US regulators are poised to approve a pesticide made with a controversial class of toxic…Huertos: Los niños que aprenden a cultivar la tierra en el primer municipio agroecológico de México
May 6, 2025, 10:16 am By EHN Curators
El 60% de las escuelas de El Limón, en Jalisco, tienen huertos donde siembran sin químicos para mejorar la relación con el medio ambiente, la salud y la alimentación.Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
May 6, 2025, 9:43 am By Cami Ferrell
HOUSTON — Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have previously violated the pollution limits in their permits have recently applied for new federal operating permits or renewals. These facilities include the Chevron Pasadena Refining facility,…Book excerpt: Detoxify
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Ashley couldn't stop staring at her hands. Swollen and slightly twisted, her fingers looked more like “deformed sausages,” as she described them, than what you’d expect to see in a relatively healthy twenty-seven-year-old woman. She held her hands out as…Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities
May 2, 2025, 10:13 am By Kristina Marusic
PITTSBURGH — On Wednesday, the morning after hurricane-like weather conditions killed at least four people and caused power outages at more than 400,000 homes in southwestern Pennsylvania, community advocates and scientists held an event to discuss how…
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