July 23, 2019
Stories tagged "toxic chemicals"
May 26, 2019
Service Members Face Danger From More Than Enemy Fire
This Memorial Day we honor the military service of Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation. In April of 2018, the Department of Defense provided Congress a list of contaminated U.S. military bases — the document, according to Healthline,...May 2, 2019
Military Struggling to Deal With Climate Disasters and Environmental Emergencies
The military is struggling to cope with a series of climate change related disasters and other environmental health and safety emergencies. Defense News reported yesterday that funding ran out yesterday for relief efforts at Tyndall Air Force Base related to...March 27, 2019
Acting Secretary of Interior Shelves Study of Impact of Pesticides on Endangered Species
According to The New York Times, David Bernhardt, who has been nominated to be the Secretary of Interior, personally intervened to squash the planned public release in 2017 of a thorough report that was years in the making on the negative impacts of three major...February 14, 2019
Eating Ultra-processed Foods Correlates to Higher Mortality
A study published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) based on research conducted in France found that an increase in the consumption of ultra-processed foods appears to result in overall higher mortality risk in adults. According to...January 6, 2019