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"EPA Seeks To Add DINP Plasticizer To Toxics Release Inventory"

"Twenty years after first suggesting it, federal regulators on Monday proposed adding a group of plastic additives common in toys, flooring and fabric coatings to its list of toxic chemicals, concluding that it can "reasonably be anticipated to cause cancer and serious or irreversible chronic health effects in humans.""

Source: EHN, 08/09/2022

"COVID Sewage Surveillance Labs Join the Hunt for Monkeypox"

"The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S. communities."

Source: NPR, 08/09/2022

"Biden Surveys Flood Damage In Kentucky, Pledges More US Help"

"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday witnessed the damage from deadly and devastating storms that have resulted in the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history, as they visited the state to meet with families and first responders."

Source: AP, 08/09/2022

"Peter Dykstra: The Birth of Greenwashing"

"When I was growing up, I had a fascination with phonies – that certain brand of phonies that make millions off a gullible public by offering a warped reality."

Source: EHN, 08/08/2022

Five More Arrested In Brazil Over Murders Of Phillips And Pereira

"Brazilian police arrested another five people in connection with the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira on Saturday, and said one of the suspects already in custody was likely the leader of an illegal fishing mafia based in the Amazon region."

Source: Guardian, 08/08/2022

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