Friday, April 19, 2024

New study finds high levels of forever chemicals in freshwater fish across US

“People who consume freshwater fish, especially those who catch and eat fish regularly, are at risk of alarming levels of PFAS in their bodies."

Appeals court denies Monsanto’s request for reconsideration post controversial Reuters story

"Like all of its other products and campaigns, Monsanto's motion is equal parts poison, deception and chutzpah."

Meet the volunteer organizing team helping non-union workers during the pandemic

EWOC is an experiment in running a labor organizing project through a large network of volunteers outside of formal unions or worker centers.

How Monsanto manufactured ‘outrage’ at chemical cancer classification it expected

“Glyphosate is suspect… Monsanto’s argument is unacceptable.”

‘Ludicrous’ as Flint Tells Residents: Pay for Poisoned Water or We’ll Cut You Off

'All arreas should be cleared. No one should have to pay for this.'

Trump reinstates old abortion restrictions cutting off U.S. funding to international groups that offer...

Organizations receiving funding cannot even counsel pregnant women on the option of abortion, or else they risk losing all U.S. funding.

Number of Covid boosters given in US exceeds single shots in 8 African nations...

“Our leaders’ failure to help bring the vaccines to everyone, everywhere will keep us on a cruel and never-ending cycle of illness, death, and economic suffering.”

Proposed PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ regulations fail in U.S. Congress

Although progress on limiting has stalled in the U.S. Congress, states are introducing and passing their own regulations and bans on forever chemicals.

Who else might like Medicare for All? Retired coal miners who just had their...

"Because of the inherent health risks for mine workers, we can easily see the need for a health system that guarantees they get the care they need. Only Medicare for All solves these problems, and provides the security workers need."

Corporations are funding health and nutrition research – here’s why you should be worried

Many experts in nutrition and public health suggest that the food industry is copying tactics from tobacco companies. Corporations can now determine our health.