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Consumers can slash their exposure to certain types of indoor air pollution by using “green” labeled cleaning products, according to new research.
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Could farm fertilizers be driving Corn Belt cancers?
By Keith Schneider
BERNE, Minn. – It was a hot afternoon in mid-July and 60-year-old Brian Bennerotte was making a pilgrimage of sorts, navigating a shotgun-straight, gravel road south of Minneapolis on a journey through a landscape stitched with crop and livestock farms as far as the eye can see.
California court dismisses lawsuit over nuclear power plant
By Shannon Kelleher
A California state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an environmental group seeking to force Pacific Gas & Electric Power Co. (PG&E) to adhere to a 2016 pledge to fully retire the state’s last nuclear power plant by 2025.
Critical hearing looms in battle over California’s last nuclear power plant
By Shannon Kelleher
Opponents of a nuclear power plant in California face a key court hearing next week, a potential turning point in a long-running battle over the fate of the state’s last nuclear power plant.
New worries about risks PFAS and other chemicals pose for pregnancies
By Carey Gillam
California researchers have found new evidence that several chemicals used in plastic production and a wide array of other industrial applications are commonly present in the blood of pregnant women, creating increased health risks for mothers and their babies.
As climate change threatens farming, incentives for cover crops could help
Once a farmer understands how ecosystems function, planting cover crops is an obvious choice. At least, that’s what North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown believes. For nearly three decades, Brown has been planting his cash crops (barley, oats, wheat, rye, and others) alongside cover crops—plants that are not for sale but instead are planted among cash crops to help retain water, prevent erosion, and increase soil fertility.
California’s “Skittles bill” could kick off broader actions against food additives
By Shannon Kelleher
After years of US debate over widely used food additives, California is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban additives found in popular candies and other processed foods.
EPA move to allow new pesticide use on food crops worries health advocates
Federal regulators are poised to allow US farmers to start applying a pesticide currently restricted to non-food uses on fields producing an array of food crops in a move that scientists and advocates say could threaten human and ecological health.
Fishing fans take note: New study shows eating what you catch could be hazardous to your health
By Grace van Deelen
People who eat just one US freshwater fish a year are likely to show a significant increase of a cancer-causing chemical in their bloodstream, new research warns.
Tests find PFAS in baby products and pet food packaging
By Shannon Kelleher
Testing on popular brands of infant bedding, bibs and other products for babies found nearly one third contained toxic PFAS chemicals and there were indicators that all of the products tested could contain PFAS, the Environmental Working Group said this week.