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2026. April 24, 2017 | Scroll.in, India
Cancer has exploded in Bihar as people drink water poisoned with arsenic.
Arsenic levels in water have been as high as 3,880 parts per billion in parts of the state. Pollution standards cite 50 parts per billion as harmful. 2027. April 21, 2017 | Reuters
Lead poisons children in Los Angeles neighborhoods rich and poor.
Lead poisoning afflicts hundreds of areas across Los Angeles County, from affluent hubs to low income or gentrifying areas, Reuters finds. The results surprised some local leaders, showing how lead hazards persist even in a health-conscious region. 2028. April 20, 2017 | United Press International
Air pollution linked to year-round runny noses.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered a direct biological and molecular association between air pollution and chronic nasal symptoms. 2029. April 20, 2017 | New York Times
Trillions of plastic bits, swept up by current, are littering Arctic waters.
The world’s oceans are littered with trillions of pieces of plastic - bottles, bags, toys, fishing nets and more, mostly in tiny particles - and now this seaborne junk is making its way into the Arctic. 2030. April 18, 2017 | The Guardian
Air pollution as bad for wellbeing as partner's death, say researchers.
The effect on wellbeing of exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a gas mostly produced in diesel fumes, is comparable to the toll from losing a job, ending a relationship or the death of a partner, research suggests. 2031. April 18, 2017 | International Business Times
New technology turns chemical warfare agents like sarin and mustard gas into harmless dirt.
The machine removes toxic chemicals without creating any hazardous by-products and has a 99.99% success rate. 2032. April 14, 2017 | Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom
Traffic pollution may lower levels of 'good' cholesterol, study says.
Traffic pollution may increase the risk of heart disease by lowering levels of "good" cholesterol, a study suggests. 2033. April 14, 2017 | Ecologist
El Salvador bans metal mining.
Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development. But the reality was a nightmare. After a long campaign, El Salvador has just become the first country to ban all metal mining. 2034. April 13, 2017 | Chicago Tribune, Illinois
Chromium spill near Lake Michigan brings new attention to cancer-causing pollutant.
Federal environmental officials scrambled to protect Lake Michigan from a cancer-causing metal spilled into a northwest Indiana tributary. 2035. April 11, 2017 | Environmental Health News
Carbon dioxide may worsen hog farmworkers’ breathing problems.
Hog farm dust already hurts farmworker lungs—new research says elevated CO2 could make it worse. 2036. April 10, 2017 | Times of London, United Kingdom
Toxic sofas linked to surge in thyroid cancer.
Scientists have warned that chemicals used to fireproof millions of British sofas could be linked to a surge in deadly thyroid cancer. 2037. April 8, 2017 | Food Navigator
Glyphosate to join Proposition 65 list.
The herbicide glyphosate is to be added to the list of chemicals known to cause cancer under California's Proposition 65 legislation, which means companies producing products containing residues of the popular herbicide may in future have to feature warning labels. 2038. April 7, 2017 | The Guardian
Farms could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals.
Virtually all farms could significantly cut their pesticide use while still producing as much food, according to a major new study. 2039. April 6, 2017 | New York Times
Advocacy groups ask for ban on common pesticide.
Groups asked to ban chlorpyrifos from food within 30 days if the Environmental Protection Agency cannot prove it is safe. 2040. April 5, 2017 | Huffington Post
Moms exposed to Monsanto weed killer means bad outcomes for babies.
Concerns about the world’s most widely used herbicide are taking a new twist as researchers unveil data that indicates pervasive use of Monsanto Co.’s weed killer could be linked to pregnancy problems. 2041. April 4, 2017 | Alabama Media Group
Cancer-linked chemicals build up in 'every organ' in mice, UAB researchers find.
Certain man-made chemicals — believed to be in the bloodstream of nearly every person on Earth thanks to heavy use in consumer manufactured products — also build up in the brains, hearts, livers, bones and skin of mice according to a study. 2042. April 3, 2017 | Chemical & Engineering News
New hazardous waste incinerator comes online.
The $120 million incinerator—the first built in the U.S. in two decades—can handle industrial and laboratory chemicals, manufacturing by-products, medical waste, and other solid and liquid materials. 2043. March 30, 2017 | MLive Detroit, Michigan
Experts agree EPA review of dioxane, other toxic chemicals is needed.
The EPA's decisions in the months and years ahead will influence the levels of toxic chemicals allowed in people's homes, communities and bodies for generations to come, says a former EPA scientist and policy advisor. 2044. March 29, 2017 | Consumer Reports
Protect your kids from the long-lasting effects of childhood lead poisoning.
New research suggests early exposure has an impact on adult IQ. 2045. March 29, 2017 | Radio New Zealand, New Zealand
Lead exposure linked to lower IQ in New Zealand.
High lead levels in New Zealand cities during the 1970s and 1980s appear to have led to a loss of intelligence in adults, researchers say. 2046. March 28, 2017 | Washington Post
Lead exposure alters the trajectory of children’s lives decades later, study finds.
Children with higher blood-lead levels were more likely in midlife to have lower IQs and live lower on the socioeconomic ladder, according to new research that offers one of the clearest looks yet at the potential long-term health impact of the potent neurotoxin. 2047. March 26, 2017 | Bloomberg News
From bad air to birth defects, 5 hidden risks of slashing the EPA.
Fifty former officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are firing back in a lengthy analysis that details, program by program, what amounts to a starvation diet for the EPA. 2048. March 24, 2017 | Forbes
Asbestos-linked cancer remains a killer, just as asbestos remains commonly used.
At least 80% of people diagnosed with mesothelioma have had confirmed exposure to asbestos. Others likely had exposure without realizing it since it can take decades before mesothelioma develops in the thin lining of the lungs, chest, abdomen and heart. 2049. March 22, 2017 | Time Magazine
Do you live near toxic waste? See 1,317 of the most polluted spots in the U.S.
Hazardous waste sites are scattered all across the country, from a Brooklyn canal once surrounded by chemical plants to a shuttered garbage incineration facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 2050. March 22, 2017 | Reuters
Lead poisoning afflicts neighborhoods across California.
Dozens of California communities have experienced recent rates of childhood lead poisoning that surpass those of Flint, Michigan, with one Fresno locale showing rates nearly three times higher, blood testing data obtained by Reuters shows.
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