American families will face increasing rates of environmental-related illnesses and premature deaths, including lung and cardiovascular diseases, due to the Trump administration’s sweeping rollbacks of air quality regulations, health professionals warn. By Dana Drugmand American families will face increasing rates of environmental-related illnesses and premature…
Slaughterhouses and meat and poultry processing plants use large volumes of water to clean carcasses, machinery, work surfaces and floors. The wastewater can cause harmful algae blooms, kill swaths of fish and expose local communities to bacteria that cause gastrointestinal illness. By Natasha Gilbert Slaughterhouses…
Commercial beekeepers reported that, on average, they lost 62% of their colonies from June 2024 to February, according to a survey of 702 U.S. beekeepers. Preliminary sampling of live and dead bees has failed to show a cause, and a team of at least 16…
Story at-a-glance Chronic diseases in children are increasing dramatically, with childhood cancers up 35% from 50 years ago and neurodevelopmental disorders now affecting 1 in 6 children An estimated 350,000 manufactured chemicals exist globally, with production growing 50-fold since 1950 and expected to triple by…
A new peer-reviewed scientific report outlines a mechanism by which non-ionizing radiation can disrupt the biology of living systems, even at levels much lower than what’s needed to heat tissues. The telecom industry has consistently claimed that non-ionizing radiation is harmless to human health. The…
v-Fluence, which created profiles on over 3,000 organizations and 500 people and made the profiles available to pesticide industry executives and others, collected more than $400,000 from USAID between 2013 and 2019. The funds were funneled through the International Food Policy Research Institute. A…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the EPA to reassess the legality and applicability of the Endangerment Finding, a move seen as a step toward dismantling federal environmental regulations. The Clean Air Act of 1963 didn’t initially list carbon dioxide (CO2) as…
The climate movement is shifting its messaging from moral imperatives to economic benefits, framing green energy as a source of jobs, prosperity and wealth creation. This rebranding raises concerns about the authenticity of the green energy narrative and whether it’s merely a political maneuver…
In a move that has reignited debates over federal priorities and corporate narratives, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has instructed its employees to scrub references to climate change from agency websites. The directive, issued Thursday and confirmed by an internal email obtained by POLITICO, calls…
Story at-a-glance Formaldehyde, a common chemical in household products like furniture and building materials, poses significant health risks including cancer, asthma and fertility problems, according to investigations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) A long-awaited EPA report, released in 2024, downplayed formaldehyde risks, particularly…
President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn a critical EPA draft rule that aimed to limit toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in industrial wastewater, reversing environmental progress made under the Biden administration. PFAS, linked to cancer, liver damage and immune system dysfunction, are a growing…
Across the world, public finances are stretched dangerously thin. Per-person growth continues dropping while costs are climbing for pensions, education, health care and defense. (Article by Bjorn Lomborg republished from NYPost.com) These urgent priorities could easily require an additional 3%-6% of GDP. Yet green campaigners are loudly…
Scientists have discovered a massive underground aquifer beneath Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, containing at least 81 cubic kilometers of water – more than twice the volume of Lake Mead. The aquifer, described as a “continental-size lake stored in the rocks,” is likely the largest of its kind…
California’s wildfires are incinerating structures containing PVC materials, releasing highly toxic dioxins into the air. These “forever chemicals” are carcinogenic and pose severe health risks, including cancer, reproductive issues and immune system damage, even at extremely low exposure levels. Dioxin-laden ash is settling on…
Lance D Johnson, Natural News The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report in December stating that formaldehyde presents an “unreasonable risk” to human health, citing links to cancer, asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems. Despite the declaration, the report downplays the risks to communities…
By Dr. Faith Coleman Most people know by now that microplastics are building up in our environment and within our bodies. However, according to Dr. Leonarde Transande, director of environmental pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine, there are ways to reduce the influx of plastics…
Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated regulations on Dec. 3 that will prevent PFAS, often referred to as forever chemicals, from being fast-tracked for approval through an exemption process. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,…
By StudyFinds In a world drowning in plastic waste, scientists have achieved what once seemed impossible: they’ve created a plastic that’s as strong as conventional materials but dissolves completely in seawater. This revolutionary material, developed by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science…
Authored by Rachel Ann T. Melegrito via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge) The shirt on your back, the carpet beneath your feet, and the takeout container from last night’s dinner share a troubling secret: They’re slowly breaking down into invisible particles that are turning up…
By Study Finds Could a common plastic chemical be hindering human fertility on a global level? Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered new evidence about a chemical that’s nearly impossible to avoid: benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), found in everything from vinyl flooring to children’s toys,…
