Plastic pollution, explained - EHN
WEBJun 4, 2020 — About 79% of plastic is ending up in landfills or as litter in our environment. (Credit: Tom Fisk/Pexels) Plastics are an untamed and unmanaged beast: More than 1 million plastic bags are used every minute, with an average "working life" of only 15 minutes. 500 billion plastic bags are used annually—and that's just plastic bags.
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What is environmental health? - EHN
WEBJul 21, 2022 — Environmental health impacts every one of us. We reap the benefits of clean air, clean water, and healthy soil. If our environment is unhealthy, with toxic chemicals saturating our resources and pollution abundant, then our health also suffers. It is also an important field of study because it looks at the “unseen” influences on your health.
After a decade of research, here’s what scientists know about the ...
WEBApr 15, 2019 — Fracking has been linked to preterm births, high-risk pregnancies, asthma, migraine headaches, fatigue, nasal and sinus symptoms, and skin disorders over the last 10 years, according to a new study. Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a process of extracting oil and gas from the Earth by drilling deep wells and injecting a mixture ...
Where does PFAS contamination come from? - EHN
WEBFeb 15, 2022 — Discarded products such as clothing, carpet, bedding, and food packaging can release PFAS into landfills, where rainwater moves it (along with other chemicals), creating a concentrated toxic waste that infiltrates soil and nearby water sources like rivers and lakes. Typical landfill waste treatment systems do not remove PFAS.
A lasting legacy: DuPont, C8 contamination and the community of …
WEBJan 7, 2020 — PARKERSBURG, W. Va. – Tommy Joyce is no cinephile. The last movie he saw in a theater was the remake of "True Grit" nearly a decade ago. "I'd rather watch squirrels run in the woods" than sit through most of what appears on the big screen, he said.
Environmental Injustice - EHN
WEBJun 1, 2020 — Worth your time: Environmental injustice in Pittsburgh: Poor, minority neighborhoods see higher rates of deaths from air pollution. Chemical waste: People of color make up nearly half the population in fence-line zones – areas closest to hazardous chemical facilities. They are almost twice as likely as whites to live near dangerous …
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WEBDonations to EHN, The Daily Climate and Environmental Health Sciences are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our EIN is 88-0663738. EHS was incorporated in 2022. Before that, for 20 years starting in April 2002, EHS was a project of an umbrella nonprofit, Virginia Organizing. Environmental Health Science federal 990 form.
One year after our “Fractured” investigation on fracking: What’s ...
WEBMar 31, 2022 — Despite our investigation providing shocking evidence that children who live near fracking operations are being exposed to harmful chemicals, little has changed in the last year. While some inroads have been made at the federal level to address health concerns related to fracking, legislative attempts at the state level have repeatedly failed.
Glyphosate, explained - EHN
WEBMar 2, 2022 — Glyphosate is the most widely-used herbicide in the world. As a non-selective herbicide, it kills most plants. Scientists now link glyphosate to a number of human health problems, from cancer and neurological diseases to endocrine disruption and birth defects. But the full range of glyphosate’s health effects remains unknown.