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Truthout Interviews Dr. Jeff Ritterman on Roundup and Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Jeff Ritterman discusses the latest research linking glyphosate, the key ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, to an epidemic of chronic kidney disease in many parts of the world.
Monsanto’s Herbicide Linked to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic: Could It Topple the Company?
Monsanto's herbicide Roundup has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease epidemic that has appeared in Central America, Sri Lanka and India.
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The Poisoners and Their Accomplices
"Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA" takes up where Rachel Carson left off - and the news is not good.
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A Forgotten Community in New Orleans: Life on a Superfund Site
Despite the danger from toxins remaining in the area, government funds were earmarked for rebuilding, not relocating.
Take a Walk on a Leaky Uintah Basin Oil Well With a Whistleblowing Oil and Gas CEO
In response to national news in late May that pointed to a potential cluster of stillborn births in the heavily drilled and fracked Uintah Basin, we take you inside …
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The Kauai Cocktail
Highly toxic pesticides are being applied to GMO test fields on Kauai at a much higher rate than on most US farms, an analysis of new data reveals.
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In Developing World, Pollution Kills More Than Disease
Pollution, not disease, is the biggest killer in the developing world, taking the lives of more than 8.4 million people each year
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How the EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A Whistleblower’s Story
While working at the EPA, Dr. David Lewis published evidence that a New Hampshire teen died and other neighbors were harmed from living near land applied with sewage sludge.
Portland’s E. Coli Scare: How Mushrooms Could Have Helped Prevent It
Filters that contain fungi with powerful antibiotic properties can help remove harmful bacteria from water.
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After Crash Killing 47, Oil-by-Rail on Trial in Canada, Maine
A trial of activists opposed to oil trains in Auburn, Maine, raise essential issues in the use of this dangerous alternative to pipeline transport of fossil fuels.