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After my daughter’s cancer diagnosis, I helped discover our town is a cancer hot spot.
This USA Today opinion piece discusses a North Carolina activist’s crusade to stop the spread of cancer in children in her town.
After two years of painful headaches, body temperature problems, weight fluctuations and constant fatigue, my 16-year-old daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer on June 28, […]
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Above the Fold & Daily Climate Weekend Reader
For the week ending September 29, articles include a discussion of air travel-related emissions, weedkiller-infused coffee beans, plastics, a report on PFAS contamination of California drinking water, California water shortages, a second look at a devastating bird loss study, climate change in the Arctic, and salmon and […]
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Bee-killing Neonicotinoids build up in the environment.
This FoodTank article discusses a study that shows bee-killing Neonicotinoids build up in the environment.
Insects are our professors of agriculture, guiding organic farmers like me in maintaining a healthy farm ecosystem. That is why I am so concerned about the overuse of toxic pesticides and the massive insect die-offs
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Study: Insect ‘apocalypse’ in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides
This National Geographic article discusses why insects are being driven to extinction. Insect ‘apocalypse’ in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides. Bees, butterflies, and other insects are under attack by the very plants they feed on as U.S. agriculture continues to use chemicals known to kill.
America’s agricultural […]
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Free Lance-Star Editorial: Preserve Ag land for agriculture
This editorial is way off base.
Why should agricultural land be off-limits for solar projects? Solar projects are more environmentally friendly than housing developments. And they are more economically beneficial as they don’t require massive outlays of tax dollars for roads, schools, etc.
Solar farms don’t use massive amounts of water […]
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Public health pioneer blames campaign cash for science rifts
This E&E News article discusses Public health pioneer blames campaign cash for science rifts.
Linda Birnbaum is leaving the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, but her work advancing science and public health is likely to continue.
The outgoing director still intends to research toxic, nonstick chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]
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How the Plastics Industry Is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World
This The Intercept article discusses how the plastics industry is fighting to continue polluting the world.
The contest was sponsored by A Bag’s Life, a recycling promotion and education effort of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, a lobbying group that fights restrictions on plastic. That organization is part of the […]
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2 articles on plastics
This article discusses South Carolina’s Sullivan’s Island beach is strewn with tiny plastic pellets, and cleanup isn’t likely. The pellets are nurdles, the raw material used to make virtually every commercial plastic item in the market. They are a toxic petroleum product that can poison or clog the guts […]
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Study: Humans May Be Accidentally Geoengineering the Oceans
This Scientific American article discusses how Humans May Be Accidentally Geoengineering the Oceans. Iron particles released by industrial activities are falling into the seas in greater quantities than previously thought.
Iron particles, released by human industrial activities, are one example of a pollutant that goes into the atmosphere and eventually settles into […]
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Chesapeake states grapple with ‘forever chemical’ contaminating drinking water
This article discusses how Chesapeake states grapple with ‘forever chemical’ contaminating drinking water. Widely used in consumer and industrial products, including fire-fighting foam, PFAS are now cropping up in ground water near military bases, airports, factories.
The suburban community midway between Harrisburg and York is among the latest nationwide to discover that […]
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