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Above the Fold – Week’s Best & Covid
Environmental Health News puts out weekend ‘summary’ emails, in addition to their daily emails.
EHN Week’s Best: April 16, 2021: forever chemicals on paper straws; Piney Point pollution; jails and environmental justice; DDT; PFAS; drought’s impact on farming water; rechargeable batteries – real cost; Mexico and coal; heavy metals […]
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How an election in Greenland could affect China — and the rare-earth minerals in your cellphone
Washington Post: How an election in Greenland could affect China — and the rare-earth minerals in your cellphone.
Sitting on vast, untapped reserves of uranium and rare-earth minerals, Greenland holds the keys to massive wealth.
But many Greenlanders […]
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Study: Algal blooms – 2 articles
Environmental Health News: Algal blooms target sea otter hearts. A toxin formed during algal blooms, which are increasingly common due to climate change, leaves sea otters at risk of deadly heart disease. Within the past decade, those working on the frontlines of marine health have treated an unprecedented number of […]
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This is environmental racism. How a protest in a North Carolina farming town sparked a national movement
Washington Post: ‘This is environmental racism’. How a protest in a North Carolina farming town sparked a national movement.
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Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds
New York Times: Florida Crisis Highlights a Nationwide Risk From Toxic Ponds. Thousands of open-air waste pools near power plants, mines and industrial farms can pose safety dangers from poor management and, increasingly, the effects of climate change.
They are ponds the size of city blocks: Wastewater pits that […]
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Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame
The Guardian: Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame. Researchers believe a factor is a chemical used in drycleaning and household products such as shoe polishes and carpet cleaners in the US.
Asked about the future of Parkinson’s disease in the US, Dr Ray […]
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Exclusive: EPA reverses Trump stance in push to tackle environmental racism
The Guardian: Exclusive: EPA reverses Trump stance in push to tackle environmental racism. Environmental Protection Agency launches crackdown on pollution that disproportionately affects people of color.
Michael Regan, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, has sought to revive the effort to confront environmental racism […]
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EHN Sciences.org- April 9, 2021
EHSciences.org produces many links to environmental and health related stories. They are well worth subscribing to.
Above The Fold – Children’s News: DDT; PFAS; chemicals’ impact on male fertility; Black maternal health; children held in toxic detention centers; their ‘Fractured’ investigation; toxic heavy metals in baby food; federal support for […]
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Environmental Health News, March 26, 2021
Articles include: mystery chemicals found in pregnant women; Europe’s plastic boom and US fracking; US Chemical Safety Board & trump; Paraquat poisoning; Florida’s lead poisoning problem; pesticides in US streams; Study paper released last week on Florida manatees exposed to weed killer adds glyphosate; […]
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Studies: Masks are adding to coastal trash & harming wildlife – 2 articles
OCRegister.com: Masks aren’t only reason pandemic is adding to coastal trash. A new study documents COVID-19’s role in increasing plastic pollution on beaches and in the ocean. Disposable masks, gloves and wipes are helping suppress the spread of COVID-19, but they’re adding significantly to plastic litter that’s trashing our shores and […]
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