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Biden Announces $3B to Replace Lead Pipes – More …

WebBy Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities What’s New? President Biden recently announced $3 …

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51 Leading Environmental Advocacy and Public Health …

WebOne of the world’s leading international nonprofit organizations, Environmental Defense Fund creates transformational solutions to the most serious …

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health – a …

WebWe have even more information this week about the ways climate change poses a threat to human health. The U.S. Global Change Research Program just …

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How pollution impacts human health

WebEDF and our partners at Kaiser Permanente combined our block-by-block data of traffic-related air pollution collected with Aclima-equipped Google Street View cars with the …

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Another reason to reduce methane emissions: Saving lives

WebSarah Vogel, Ph.D., is Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities Cutting methane emissions is one of the fastest, most effective ways to stabilize the climate. It …

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EDF Health May 9, 2024 #

WebOn February 9, 2024, the European Commission published a proposed regulation [PDF, 502KB] that would ban most uses of bisphenol A (BPA) in materials that …

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Meet the mother-daughter duo fighting climate change together

WebJen Chandler and her mother, Hazel, have made fighting climate change a family tradition. ( Courtesy Hazel Chandler) That was in 1968. By the time her second …

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Chemical Action Map

WebOur new map offers tools to encourage EPA to do better risk assessments of chemicals. Exposure to many chemicals causing the same or similar health harms increases the …

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Good manure management must involve ammonia emissions, too

WebIn addition to managing methane, digesters offer other benefits for farmers such as keeping out rainwater, which reduces the volume of manure which needs to be …

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Safer food through informing consumers

WebThe third pillar of leadership: informing consumers. Sharing ingredient and contaminant information with consumers is key to business leadership on food. It can build consumer …

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The Health Benefits of Solar Power Generation

WebThe Health Bene ts of Solar Power Generation 1 Introduction Renewable energy is the world’s fastest-growing energy source, set to become the leading

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Electrifying Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles: A Critical Step …

WebBy: Marilynn Marsh-Robinson As the impacts of climate change reveal themselves to North Carolinians in the form of heat, flooding, wildfires, drought, and …

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Air pollution's unequal impacts in the Bay Area

WebAccording to estimates from our study, more than 2,500 lives are lost and 5,200 children develop asthma every year due to traffic-related air pollution ( nitrogen …

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FDA’s squishy definition of adverse health effects of substances in …

WebMaricel Maffini, consultant, and Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals. What Happened. A recent peer-reviewed publication criticized FDA’s criteria …

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On-Bill Repayment in New Jersey

WebCLEAN ENERGY FINANCING On-Bill Repayment in New Jersey SPURRING CLEAN ENERGY, CREATING JOBS AND SAVING PEOPLE MONEY How it works On-bill …

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The science behind toxic inequities in beauty and personal care

WebThe science behind toxic inequities in beauty and personal care products. Jennifer McPartland, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist with the Health Program. Prominent …

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EDF Health Environmental Defense Fund

WebEDF Health. 2 months 1 week ago. What’s New Today, we are excited to introduce the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) latest initiative—the Chemical Exposure Action …

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Consumers continue to rate chemicals in food as top food safety …

WebTom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals. For the eighth year in a row, consumers rated chemicals as their top food safety concern according to the annual …

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MEMO – REQUEST FOR ACTION ON FLOOD RESILIENCE

Webimplementing them -- or spending money to do so -- via the 2016 H. Rept. 114-91 - Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. In the Further Consolidated Appropriations …

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Trump’s Toxic Superfund Agenda

WebTrump’s Toxic Superfund Agenda. Administrator Pruitt’s Superfund scheme promotes cronyism and secrecy. The Trump administration’s proposal for EPA’s Superfund …

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