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Health

Tiny gut “sponge” bacteria found to flush out toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”

Scientists have discovered that certain species of microbe found in the human gut can absorb PFAS — the toxic and…

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Health

Fire smoke exposure leaves toxic metals and lasting immune changes

Healthy adults exposed to fire smoke — which can be composed of gases, particulate matter, and toxins — showed alterations…

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Health

Recycled plastic is a toxic cocktail: Over 80 chemicals found in a single pellet

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study with researchers from University of…

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Environment

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem | Charles Watson

The recent ecological collapse of the River Wye due to pollution from intensive agriculture has been well documented. But the…

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Politics

Trump administration moves undercut RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda on toxic chemicals : Shots

RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda proposes to get rid of toxins in the environment and food supply. But…

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Environment

Swedish ‘queen of trash’ jailed for dumping thousands of tonnes of toxic waste | Sweden

A Swedish entrepreneur who once called herself the “queen of trash” has been sentenced to six years in prison for…

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Politics

Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules : NPR

Some industrial facilities like oil refineries and chemical plants emit toxic air pollution. Congress has voted to roll back rules…

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Environment

How an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmare | Invasive species

For his entire life, John Lmakato has lived in Lerata, a village nestled at the foot of Mount Ololokwe in…

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Environment

Are surging shark sightings and strandings linked to South Australia’s toxic algal bloom? | Sharks

Shark sightings and strandings are unusually high across South Australia amid a prolonged toxic algal bloom, but scientists say it’s…

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Environment

Toxic wildfire pollution infiltrates homes of 1bn people a year, study finds | Air pollution

Toxic pollution from wildfires has infiltrated the homes of more than a billion people a year over the last two…

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