"The War Zone In Gaza Will Leave A Legacy Of Hidden Health Risks"
"A toxic mix of dust, ash, and other material from 15 million tons of rubble now blankets the territory and all who live there."
Source: Grist, 01/11/2024
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"More Than 900 Widely Used Chemicals May Increase Breast Cancer Risk"
"Ninety percent of the chemicals identified as potential breast carcinogens in a new study are found in everyday products in homes and workplaces."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/10/2024
Liter Bottle of Water Contains Quarter Million Nanoplastic Particles
"The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers."
Source: AP, 01/09/2024
Where Has All The Honey Gone? Scientists Explain Declining Yields
"It’s a question that has bedeviled beekeepers across the US in recent years: where has all the honey gone? Scientists now say they have some answers as to why yields of honey have declined, pointing to environmental degradation that is affecting all sorts of bees, and insects more generally."
Source: Guardian, 01/09/2024
"Three Of California’s Biggest Climate Polluters Are In The Bay Area"
"California’s largest greenhouse gas polluters, from power plants to oil refineries to chemical manufacturers, produced slightly fewer emissions last year than the previous year, federal data shows. But it’s still too much planet-warming gas to cut significantly into the problem of climate change, environmentalists say."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/08/2024
Analysis: "‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish"
"A recent study from The Environmental Working Group found that just one serving of fish can be equivalent to a month of drinking water contaminated with 48 parts per trillion of the common chemical PFOS."
Source: Washington Post, 01/05/2024
"Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex"
"As toxic pesticides and vanishing habitats have driven down the populations of bees and other pollinators, some flowers have evolved to fertilize their own seeds more often, rather than those of other plants."
Source: NYTimes, 01/05/2024
"Consumer Reports Finds 'Widespread' Presence Of Plastics In Food"
"Consumer Reports has found that plastics retain a "widespread" presence in food despite the health risks, and called on regulators to reassess the safety of plastics that come into contact with food during production."
Source: Reuters, 01/05/2024
Proposed Youngstown Tires-To-Gas Plant Paused Over Environmental Justice
"Officials in Youngstown, Ohio, have dealt a setback to a company’s plan to build and operate a recycled tire waste-to-energy plant near the center of the city and adjacent to a neighborhood of predominantly Black residents, enacting a one-year moratorium on such industrial processes."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/04/2024
‘Major’ Problem in Texas: Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It
"Industrial developers describe facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/03/2024
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