Toxic Air, Toxic Drinking Water, Toxic Infrastructure

All Lives Matter? Pro-Life?

EPA won’t ban chlorpyrifos pesticide tied to children’s health

In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/15/toxic-water-soaring-lead-levels-in-childrens-blood-create-state-of-emergency-in-flint-mich/?utm_term=.97eb24c10772

The Chemical Erin Brockovich Warned About Is in Water All Over America Activists are warning residents of some major cities to avoid drinking water straight from the tap.

The places across N.J. where too much lead has been found in the water https://www.nj.com/news/2019/04/the-places-across-nj-where-too-much-lead-has-been-found-in-the-water.html

3 Major Water Issues Currently Plaguing Essex County and Surrounding NJ Counties

Plastic river – This needs to go Viral! Literally, a River Flowing with #PlasticPollution

Costco to be the First Major Retailer to Dump Monsanto’s Roundup and Glyphosate Herbicide from its Shelves

Nestle water and flint

It was 84 degrees near the Arctic Ocean this weekend as carbon dioxide hit its highest level in human history https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/it-was-84-degrees-near-the-arctic-ocean-this-weekend-as-carbon-dioxide-hit-its-highest-level-in-human-history/

It was 84 degrees near the Arctic as carbon dioxide hit its highest level in human history – The Washington Post

More than 95% of world’s population breathing unhealthy air

Company may have leaked carcinogen into air for years – CBS News

Coal ash sites are leaking toxic chemicals into groundwater, report finds – The Washington Post

Drinking water serving 7.5 million Californians has been contaminated with toxic PFAS, new report says – CNN

A toxic warning to the world

Toxic “forever chemicals” found in drinking water throughout U.S. – USA TODAY

Don’t look, but a couple of mega-companies are about to take over your food supply

Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere – NPR

22 of America’s favorite burger chains get an ‘F’ for antibiotic beef policy – Yahoo Finance

Hundreds of studies over the last two decades are finding “fragrance” in beauty products and household cleaners are just as bad or worse for our health than secondhand smoke. Is it time for fragrance-free workplaces, hotel rooms and sections in restaurants?

The River – the farm security administration 1938 P. Lorenz https://www.loc.gov/item/2007640253/

Growing garbage crisis from 1987 The first of our new Retro Report series revisits the 1987 voyage of a barge loaded with New York garbage. It became an international fiasco, but foreshadowed the modern recycling movement.

At Least 138 N.J. Towns Have Drinking Water Toxin Made Famous By Erin Brockovich: Study At least 138 NJ communities have the cancer-causing toxin in drinking water made famous in the 2000 movie “Erin Brockovich,” a study says http://patch.com/new-jersey/westfield/least-138-n-j-towns-have-drinking-water-toxin-made-famous-erin-brockovich

Thousands of tons of microplastics are falling from the sky — Scientific American

Your Brain on Smog

Leading baby food manufacturers knowingly sold products with high levels of toxic metals, a congressional investigation found – CNN