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Public Health
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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.
Proposed Plans for US-EU Trade Deal Would Weaken Health, Consumer, Worker and Environmental Protections
178 environmental, health, labor, and consumer organizations are demanding detailed explanations from EU and US trade negotiators about proposals to address differences in their laws.
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Dead Babies and Utah’s Carbon Bomb
A sudden and extreme spike in neonatal mortality in Utah's rural Uinta Basin is most probably related to the toxic air pollution related to the fossil fuel drilling/fracking frenzy …
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Democrats Push to Restart CDC Funding for Gun Violence Research
Two Congressional Democrats are unveiling legislation this morning that would restart the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's gun violence research efforts.
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission
The public deserves to know the shameful truth about the American Lung Association.
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People Are Not Mice: The Failing Animal Research Paradigm for Human Disease
What prevents successes in mice from becoming human cures and treatments?
Public Health Experts Identify Militarism As Threat
Scientist link public health and the detrimental effects of it from war.
In Fracking Hotbed, a Muted Approach to Regulation
In Ohio, where gas drilling is booming and toxic waste abundant, legislators acted modestly to address concerns about public safety.