News | Environment & Health It’s Not Just BioLab. Major Chemical Accidents Are Alarmingly Common in the US. On average a major chemical accident occurred in the US roughly every four days since 2020. At least 57 were fatal. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout October 16, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health The EPA Is Mandating Removal of Lead Pipes. What Will Replace Them? The new rule is a step in the right direction, but cost-cutting could lead to a different kind of toxicity. By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout October 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Overdose Deaths May Be Decreasing Overall — But Not for Oppressed Communities The US is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities. By Elizabeth Hlavinka , Salon October 6, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Experts Sow Confusion About State of COVID Pandemic Amid Another Serious Wave Bipartisan rounds of strategic obfuscation follow each new COVID wave. By Rob Wallace , Truthout October 5, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fossil Fuel Industry Disproportionately Harms Low-Income Women, Women of Color Six key issues impacting women are highlighted in a new report, including health outcomes and environmental racism. By Cami Ferrell , EnvironmentalHealthNews September 21, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fracking Company Is Selected to Receive Federal Environmental Justice Funding CNX Resources has committed over 2,000 environmental violations since 2004. By Kristina Marusic , EnvironmentalHealthNews September 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As COVID Emergency Funding Sunsets, Public Health Faces Budget Cuts and Layoffs In some places, that pandemic cash did little more than keep small health departments afloat. By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez , KFFHealthNews September 9, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Remote Southwest Communities Resist Dangerous Combat Flight Training Expansion Increased military flight trainings would have dire environmental and public health effects in Arizona and New Mexico. By Sam Carliner , Truthout September 7, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Israel Bombs Shelter, Killing 11 as Polio Vaccination Effort Begins The attack comes at the start of three days of localized humanitarian pauses to allow aid workers to vaccinate children. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 2, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health How Climate Change Spread This Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness to the US Northeast Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne disease, has been spreading as temperatures rise. By Zoya Teirstein , Grist September 1, 2024 Truthout