bisphenol a

Top Tweets
coal plants repurposed for battery storage
Record-breaking heat wave intensifies across the Southwest
Biden considers emergency session of Congress for disaster relief
California exempts prisons from workplace heat protections despite risks to inmates
environmental health pollution
Credit: Pixelshot

What is environmental health?

Examining a massive influence on our health: the environment.

We've been reporting on environmental health for 20 years. But what is environmental health? You've got questions, and we have answers.

Keep reading...Show less
Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action before it becomes a toxic dustbin
www.cnn.com

Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action before it becomes a toxic dustbin

Great Salt Lake is also known as America's Dead Sea -- owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart -- but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.
plastics being mixed with oil Frankenstein fuel
www.forbes.com

Was plastics being mixed with oil in Mauritius spill to produce a horror ‘Frankenstein fuel’?

New findings from leading international scientists warn of 'unusual' characteristics discovered in Mauritius oil spill, 'unlike anything seen in an oil spill before.'

emerging contaminants becoming ubiquitous

Little known about non-natural chemicals increasingly being found in environment

Pesticides, ingredients from sunscreen, an artificial sweetener and the plasticizer bisphenol-A,were among the chemicals found.

Noise pollution: What you need to know about the carbon footprint of streaming music
www.cbc.ca

Noise pollution: What you need to know about the carbon footprint of streaming music

It turns out your mother may have been right about your music after all.
New E.P.A. plan could free coal plants to release more mercury into the air
www.nytimes.com

New E.P.A. plan could free coal plants to release more mercury into the air

The proposal could set a precedent reaching far beyond mercury rules and would represent a victory for the coal industry.
State officials say continue caution when it comes to water
www.whqr.org

State officials say continue caution when it comes to water

The death toll in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence currently stands at 39. In New Hanover County, an 85-year old man died from an infected cut after cleaning storm debris. Much of the storm-related pollution, and risk for infection, is in the water.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE