Food

October 24, 2023

Webinar: Assessing the Risk of PFAS From Land Applied Biosolids Vs. Other Common Exposure Pathways

The Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association (MABA) and the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association invite journalists to a webinar at Noon ET examining the benefits of land-applied biosolids vs. the consequences of ineffectual land application bans in the name of reducing PFAS exposure.

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"In A Warming World, Hunger Stalks Guatemala's Mayan Highlands"

"Crop failures are one reason an unprecedented number of migrants are heading to the U.S. border."

Central America & the Caribbean

South America

Source: Reuters, 10/16/2023

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"The Human Limit: Where Heat Worsens Hunger"

"In war-torn Yemen, malnourished children are struggling to survive as temperatures rise".

Source: Washington Post, 10/13/2023

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"How Climate Change Is Threatening Your Beer"

"Climate change is making it harder to grow hops, a key ingredient in beer".

Source: Washington Post, 10/12/2023

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Food Industry Influence Could Cloud the U.S. Dietary Guidelines: Report

"It is a long-running concern of government watchdogs: Some of the experts responsible for helping to craft the U.S. dietary guidelines also take money from big food and drug companies."

Consumer

Economy & Business

Environmental Health

Environmental Politics

Source: NYTimes, 10/10/2023

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EPA Refuses To Examine Toxicity Of ‘Inactive’ Pesticide Chemicals

"EPA says too many pesticide formulas exist to check all for the safety of ingredients that could harm humans, plants and wildlife".

Source: Guardian, 10/10/2023

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"What Will It Take To Make Traditional Foods Thrive Again?"

"Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink".

Biodiversity

Environmental Justice

Source: The Narwhal, 10/09/2023

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"Greenland's Inuit Falling Through Thin Ice Of Climate Change"

"The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse."

Source: AFP, 10/05/2023