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751. November 11, 2021 | Consumer Reports
Your herbs and spices might contain arsenic, cadmium & lead
Consumer Reports found that herbs and spices might contain arsenic, cadmium, and lead, based on tests of products from McCormick, Whole Foods, and dozens of other big brands. 752. November 10, 2021 | First Post
India struggles to breathe as it battles deadly combination of COVID-19 and air pollution
Doctors across India including in cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Indore, have started witnessing a surge in cases of chronic cough attacks, asthma and inflammation of the tissues around airways. 753. November 9, 2021 | UPI
U.S. heart attack rate dropped as COVID-19 lockdowns cut air pollution from driving, study says
Urban air cleared during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns as fewer commuters hit the road, and that might have resulted in one unexpected heart health benefit for Americans, a new study suggests -- fewer heart attacks. 754. November 8, 2021 | Reuters
Why air quality has deteriorated sharply in India's capital
Pollution has been hitting dangerous levels across New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month, in a sharp deterioration from October when people breathed the cleanest air in four years. 755. November 8, 2021 | Bloomberg
NYC schools show how to cut lead exposure in children
New York City reduced exposure to the dangerous toxin by finding and fixing problem drinking faucets. A new study finds Black students had the most to gain. 756. November 7, 2021 | Gulf News
Delhi chokes on Diwali: The cost of breathing
Delhi lives through an extreme shroud of smog - the kind that leads to not just the obvious symptoms of itchy eyes, headache and breathlessness but also serious respiratory long-term issues - like clockwork every year. 757. November 4, 2021 | The Sun-Gazette
California protest pesticides linked to childhood cancers
Tulare County-based advocates present two recent reports linking pesticides used in Tulare and Fresno counties to early childhood cancers. 758. November 3, 2021 | Coastal Review
Fish study’s findings trigger consumption advisory update
A recent study that showed fish favored by subsistence fishers along the Brunswick and Cape Fear rivers were found to have elevated levels of arsenic, hexavalent chromium and mercury has prompted a state health advisory. 759. November 2, 2021 | The Washington Post
Top economies responsible for 2 million air pollution deaths worldwide, mostly in developing countries
Fossil fuel burning by the world's richest nations and their citizens' consumption habits cause half the global deaths from fine-particle pollution, according to a new study. 760. November 2, 2021 | Propublica
The most detailed map of cancer-causing industrial air pollution in the U.S.
Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot. 761. November 2, 2021 | DW
Why Pakistan has some of the most polluted cities in the world
Air pollution is a major health challenge affecting millions of people in Pakistan. Experts warn that inadequate action to tackle the problem could prove disastrous for the country. 762. October 29, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Op-ed: The ghosts in our water 29 October
Last year, the global chemical giant Bayer agreed to pay $650 million to settle the claims of 2,500 cities, counties, and ports for cleanup of contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a notorious group of chlorinated chemicals that have long been linked to cancer and reproductive and immune system harms. 763. October 28, 2021 | UC Davis Health
How much is the dust in your home affecting your child?
When it comes to keeping kids safe, parents may not think about household dust as a potential hazard. But those fine particles all around your home can expose kids to a wide range of chemicals. 764. October 27, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Fast food burgers, fries, and pizza may leave you full of phthalates
As Americans devour a fast-food burger in the car or gobble up a chicken burrito in front of the TV, some may bite into phthalates, according to a new study in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 765. October 27, 2021 | CBC
Why India can't live without coal despite its negative environmental effects
India is not yet ready to leave coal behind, a critical energy source that provides more than 70 percent of the developing country's power as well as 4 million jobs, even as those in coal-rich states struggle with water scarcity and pollution. 766. October 26, 2021 | The Washington Post
World remains on a dangerous climate trajectory ahead of COP26
The findings raise the stakes for — and threaten to undermine — the success of a United Nations climate summit in Glasgow next week. 767. October 21, 2021 | Scientific American
How airborne microplastics affect climate change
Microplastics - minuscule bits of bottles, bags, synthetic fibers and other plastic waste that have broken up in the environment—are influencing Earth's climate as they circulate through the atmosphere. 768. October 19, 2021 | Scientific American
Rivers dump mercury into coastal fisheries
Rivers may carry as much as 1,000 tons of mercury to the world's coastlines every year, researchers report. This would make rivers the main way this potent neurotoxin reaches coastal oceans, where it most threatens public health. 769. October 19, 2021 | UPI
Scientists identify new chemicals in air pollution that trigger asthma in kids
Dust mites and smoke are known triggers of asthma in children. Now, scientists have identified previously unknown combinations of air pollutants that appear tied to the respiratory disorder. 770. October 19, 2021 | The New York Times
A move to rein in cancer-causing 'forever chemicals'
Michael Regan, the E.P.A. administrator, wants to limit a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer and is found in everything from drinking water to furniture. 771. October 18, 2021 | The Guardian
Australia’s trash tide: what researchers found as they studied 20m pieces of beach rubbish
An analysis of coastal rubbish collected over a decade reveals almost half of it is local litter, but in some areas plastic is washing up from overseas. 772. October 18, 2021 | The Guardian
Chemicals used in packaging may play role in 100,000 US deaths a year – study
Phthalates, also found in consumer goods, may contribute to loss of life among older Americans costing US $40-47bn a year. 773. October 15, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Electronic waste from just this year will outweigh the Great Wall of China
This year, each of us will throw out, recycle, or shove into a desk drawer an average of 16.8 pounds of old phones, laptops, toasters, and other electronics and appliances, according to the UN — a whopping total of 63.3 million tons of electronic waste worldwide. 774. October 14, 2021 | CBC
Irrigation shows early promise for reducing nitrate pollution from farms
Preliminary research on P.E.I. farms shows that irrigating potatoes helps the plants better use nitrogen in fertilizer, so it doesn't end up leaching into the environment. 775. October 14, 2021 | Environmental Health News
As masses of plaintiffs pursue Roundup cancer compensation, migrant farmworkers are left out
In 2018, a California school groundskeeper took Monsanto Company to court, alleging that Roundup, one of America's most popular weed killers, caused his Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer.
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