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The atrocities of unregulated lead-acid battery recycling across Africa were recently investigated in a New York Times article. This account brought due attention to a pollution problem that has also resulted in a public health disaster here in the United States. Steps should be taken to clean up this industry, and lessons from this failure can help ensure better outcomes in other essential efforts, such as lithium-ion battery recycling. ... read full post
Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said Monday. ... read full post
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Twice a year, the World Health Organization convenes an expert panel to decide what should go into vaccines for the coming flu season in each hemisphere, based on the highest-circulating strains. It takes six months to decide which strains to include, purify the seed ingredients, mass produce the shots in eggs and get them into vials to go into arms. ... read full post
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... read full post
In trial, 82% saw weight rebound and cardiovascular health reverse after withdrawal.
List of countries in which police don't carry guns, including countries where police shootings are impossible.
Clean, affordable water is essential for healthy communities and a resilient environment. But the pervasive overuse of synthetic fertilizers in large-scale industrial agriculture is straining the systems that keep our water safe. ... read full post
An environmental chemistry laboratory at Duke University has solved a longstanding mystery of the origin of high levels of PFAS—so-called "forever chemicals"—contaminating water sources in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. ... read full post