Thursday, April 23, 2026

European Environment Committee Votes Against Glyphosate Renewal

"So long as serious concerns remain about the carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties of the herbicide glyphosate, the EU Commission should not renew its authorization."

Women’s health is on the chopping block, again

Defunding Planned Parenthood could cause a national health crisis for low-income women – and men, too.

Add this horror story of teacher charged $109K after heart attack to long list...

"The lesson is, if you live in America and get charged an outrageous medical bill, you better hope you can find a journalist to write about it."

Free school meals for all children can improve kids’ health

A bill proposed in Congress aims to make free school meals a permanent fixture in all states.

Washington D.C. passes law allowing medical marijuana reciprocity with other states

This proposal to expand the D.C’s medical marijuana law also demonstrates another important reality.

US legislation to hold global shipping industry accountable for climate and air pollution introduced...

“This is a big step forward for climate smart ports and a clean energy future for every community.”

World’s Largest Food Distributor Commits to Source 100% Cage-Free Eggs

Sysco said that the transition to a 100 percent cage-free egg supply chain by 2026 will require significant collaboration amongst industry participants

Health insurance companies could skyrocket premiums

The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped when it comes to a pandemic and citizens will be the ones to suffer.

A pandemic of fallacious thinking and civic irresponsibility: The precarious state of reason

Who anticipated the awful arguments/claims that would result in response to the Pandemic?

20 million acres of U.S. cropland may be contaminated by PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

“The EPA could today require treatment plants to test sludge for PFAS and warn farmers that they may be contaminating fields, but it has refused to do so.”