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Federal research linking āforever chemicalsā to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. Thereās no medical treatment yet.
Studies suggest official numbers vastly underestimate heat-related injuries and illness on the job. To institute protections, the government must calculate their cost ā and the cost of inaction.
Montana has earmarked $3.7 million to address widespread high levels of lead in school drinking water. But it likely isnāt enough to solve the problem.
Where trees are growing ā and who has access to their shade ā affects health and well-being, especially in one of the hottest states in the country.
³Ō¹Ļ²»“ņģČ and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
The military first documented health concerns surrounding chemicals known as PFAS decades ago yet has continued to use firefighting foam made with them. Despite scores of lawsuits by its personnel and high rates of testicular cancer among troops, it has been slow to investigate a connection.
With millions of Americans suffering under relentless heat waves this summer, more people are seeking medical attention for heat-related illnesses. As temperatures get more extreme, hospitals, fire departments, and ambulance crews are preparing to treat more patients for heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
As drought and climate change threaten water supplies, municipalities around the country are ramping up water reuse efforts. But they have to overcome the āyukā factor.
As much of the U.S. faces extremely high summer temperatures, Texasā Republican governor, Greg Abbott, has taken steps that effectively eliminate mandated water breaks for construction workers. In response, protesters from the Lone Star State came to Washington, D.C., to press for federal protections for such outdoor workers.
Itās been the summer of broken weather records around the world ā for heat, rain, and wildfire smoke ā advertising the risks of climate change in a big way. But, apparently, itās not enough to break the logjam in Washington over how to address the growing climate crisis. Meanwhile, in Texas, women who were unable to get care for pregnancy complications took their stories to court, and Congress gears up to ā maybe ā do something about prescription drug prices. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join Julie Rovner, ³Ō¹Ļ²»“ņģČā chief Washington correspondent, to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Meena Seshamani, the top administrator for the federal Medicare program.
A proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule calls for companies to disclose PFAS manufactured or imported since 2011. The chemical industry is upset because such compliance would cost an estimated $1 billion, while environmental health advocates worry because the rule wouldnāt ban the chemicals outright.
³Ō¹Ļ²»“ņģČ and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
State researchers offer recommendations on how schools can become more heat-resilient in the face of global warming. Proposed changes to state law could make it easier to build shade structures.
As the West grapples with a megadrought, its driest spell in at least 1,200 years, rising levels of arsenic ā a known carcinogen ā in Coloradoās San Luis Valley offer clues to what the future may hold.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program ā often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.
āPandoraās Gambleā describes how 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of wastewater potentially containing anthrax, Ebola, and other deadly pathogens spilled from an Army facility in Frederick, Maryland, in 2018.
A growing body of research is finding links between air quality and mental health, as therapists report seeing patients with symptoms linked to pollution.
The full health risks of wearing apparel made with PFAS, also known as āforever chemicals,ā are still unknown. But states are taking action so clothing makers will remove them.
Since 2005, central Appalachia has recorded a tenfold increase in cases of severe black lung disease among long-term coal miners. Now, federal regulators are expected to propose a new rule to protect against silica dust, which causes the most severe form of black lung, progressive massive fibrosis.
President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address that federal funds will pay to replace lead pipes in hundreds of thousands of schools and child care centers. In the meantime, schools are dealing with high lead levels now.
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