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Environment & Health

Tainted Drugs: When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker
A review of thousands of FDA documents reveals how poorly manufactured or contaminated drugs can reach consumers.

As a Result of Shutdown, National Parks Overflow With Trash and Human Waste
Park experts are now warning that the damage may take years to undo.

Trump’s EPA Pick Is an Ex-Coal Lobbyist With a Toxic Agenda
Wheeler has gutted fuel efficiency standards and rolled back emissions rules for carbon and mercury.

2019 Will Be a Big Year for Water
There will be new limits to the Clean Water Act, growing threats from climate change and aging infrastructure to fix.

Despite Shutdown, Trump Is Pushing Forward Plans to Drill in Arctic
With Trump, oil drilling takes priority over essential services like trash pickup in national parks.

Energy Transfer Opens Mariner East 2 Pipeline Amid Hazard Worries, Investigation
Mariner East 2 has proved to be one of Pennsylvania's most troubling pipeline projects.

Kiss What Is Left of Your Medical Data Privacy Goodbye
Insurers and medical providers are actively cooperating to help Big Pharma peddle more drugs to you.

Pelosi’s Actions on Climate Fall Woefully and Inexcusably Short of What We Need
Varshini Prakash, founder of the Sunrise Movement, discusses more.

Trump Administration Gifts the World Shutdown, Drilling and Coal
The government shutdown, and several other actions by the administration, could have long-lasting environmental effects.

Medicaid Patients Suffer as Layers of Private Companies Profit
Subcontractors can deny or skimp on patients' services.