Health + Wellness

Proposed PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Regulations Fail in U.S. Congress

Proposed PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Regulations Fail in U.S. Congress

In the last session, nearly all of the proposed bills for stricter regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or forever chemicals, failed in the U.S. Congress. Companies lobbied successfully against PFAS regulations, despite public health officials’ warnings of the links between PFAS and human health problems. PFAS are a group of […]

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    Gas Stoves Linked to 12.7% of U.S. Childhood Asthma Cases

    Gas Stoves Linked to 12.7% of U.S. Childhood Asthma Cases

    Gas stoves are responsible for more than one out of every eight cases of childhood asthma in the U.S., according to new research. The findings, published just before Christmas in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, come as the Biden administration considers taking action to safeguard the public from the health dangers […]

    Hundreds of Thousands More U.S. Service Members Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals Than DOD Acknowledges, Report Finds

    Hundreds of Thousands More U.S. Service Members Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals Than DOD Acknowledges, Report Finds

    The Department of Defense (DOD) has underestimated how many U.S. service members were exposed to potentially unsafe levels of forever chemicals in the drinking water served on military installations, a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found. While the DOD put the number of exposed service members at 175,000 a year at […]

    Democrats Call for Stronger Oversight of Gas Stove Pollution

    Democrats Call for Stronger Oversight of Gas Stove Pollution

    Democrats sent a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Wednesday asking for stronger regulation of gas stoves due to the indoor air pollution and negative health impacts they cause. Gas stoves can produce dangerous levels of indoor air pollution and even when turned off, can leak significant amounts of heat-trapping methane as well […]