Tag: public health
Disbanded air pollution panel finds EPA standards don’t protect public health
The panel supported the preliminary conclusions of a Draft EPA Policy Assessment that the current standards aren't requisite to protect public health.
Trump threatens to veto first-ever congressional action on “forever chemicals”
A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for nearly 70 years without our knowledge...
The scary new math of factory farm waste
Factory farms are exempt from reporting requirements under the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Now a new tool can provide solid evidence of the environmental harm they can cause.
If we want antibiotics to work, consumers have to put big...
Our current factory farming model is broken – environmentally, medically and morally.
Bad bugs: How the White House is stoking a world public...
Bad pathogens and bad policies go hand-in-hand.
12 farmworkers poisoned by toxic pesticide only one month after EPA...
Chlorpyrifos originates from a nerve gas developed by Nazi Germany.
Air Pollution is Creating a “Public Health Emergency”
Air pollution is increasing at an alarming rate and needs to be made a priority for public safety.
New Study Highlights Big Unknowns of Public Health Harm From Fracking’s...
Researchers had information on reproductive and developmental toxicity for only 24 percent of over 1,000 chemicals they looked at.
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Trump’s plan to gut Postal and Federal Workers’ Unions sparks fierce resistance
Unionized postal and TSA workers face a growing assault on collective bargaining rights as the Trump administration moves to dismantle protections and pave the way for privatization.
Trump’s legal offensive: How his executive orders seek to stifle opposition and punish dissent
Through executive actions targeting lawsuits and law firms, President Donald Trump is attempting to undermine legal challenges to his authority while retaliating against those who stand in his way.
Courage is contagious
Moving from fear to action in a disturbing world.
Is this the beginning or the end of a new Cold War?
The United States and our friends in Europe have a new chance to make a clean break from the three-way geopolitical power struggle between the United States, Russia and China that has hamstrung the world since the 1970s.
Rule Breakers: The compelling true story of Afghan girls who risked all to learn
Rule Breakers highlights the unique transformative power of education and raises awareness about the crucial importance of the right to education for girls in Afghanistan.