In a scathing opinion, a federal court on Thursday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide linked to brain damage in children. The ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals nullified the decision last year by then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to cancel the agency’s proposal to ban chlorpyrifos—an […]
By Olga Naidenko Mixtures of chemicals commonly found in consumer products are more likely to increase breast cancer risk than the same chemicals individually, according to a new analysis. But safety tests by government regulators don’t routinely evaluate the combined effects of multiple chemical exposures. For a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Toxicological Sciences, […]
Conservation and public health groups sued the Trump administration and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt on Wednesday for failing to protect endangered wildlife and the environment from the dangerous pesticide malathion. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that the EPA and the U.S. […]
By Robert Coleman Every spring the Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases our Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™. The guide can be used by anyone trying to avoid pesticides, but it’s especially important for parents to limit their children’s exposures to these toxic chemicals. The idea is simple: Parents can buy organic versions of the […]
By Derrick Z. Jackson If fish could wail, they would scream over the lethal powers granted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in part of the draft farm bill recently rolled out by the House Agriculture Committee. The bill, passed out of committee by Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) on a party-line vote last month, […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would start testing the soil in residential yards in Chicago’s Southeast Side for the dangerous neurotoxin manganese, The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. The EPA will also explain the soil sampling at a community discussion from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The yards to be tested are located […]
In the past 25 years, the world has made major progress improving child health and reducing child mortality. But all that hard work could be undone by climate change, a study published in Pediatrics Tuesday warned. Pediatricians Dr. Kevin Chan of Memorial University and Dr. Rebecca Pass Philipsborn of the Emory University School of Medicine […]
By Stacy Malkan “I want grandkids one day, so sperm is important to me because I’ve got three young boys,” said mom, author and social media genius Leah Segedie in a video introducing her “Save the Swimmers” campaign. “This is where my youngest rolls his eyes at me and says, ‘I know Mom. Avoiding plastics […]
By Kaamil Ahmed Red-faced and with his hair still wet, Hani Abu Amirah’s grandson sobbed as he shuffled over to where she sat, looking out on the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza’s Shati refugee camp. The boy’s distress stemmed from his decision to go swimming a little earlier that morning, one that incurred his father’s wrath […]
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