Study finds black-colored plastic kitchen utensils, takeout containers may contain cancerous chemicals due to...
Researchers discovered everyday black plastic cooking utensils contain harmful flame retardants through current recycling processes.
‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA
The new standard, finalized in March 2024 and fully enforceable since the start of 2026, closes this gap and practice that often misled consumers who believed they were supporting American ranchers.
CDC sharply narrows routine childhood vaccine guidance under Trump administration overhaul
Medical organizations warn changes bypassed scientific review and could increase preventable illness.
Plastics endanger human, planetary health at ‘every stage of their lifecycle,’ study finds
From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, recycling and disposal, the study concluded that plastics are a "grave, growing, and under-recognized danger" causing disease and death.
What Cuba can teach us about health care
Even Trump supporters agree we can learn something from the country’s universal, low-cost health care system. It’s that good.
Trump administration withdraws proposed PFAS regulations, giving polluters a green light
Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks spark outrage over PFAS deregulation.
Common weedkiller ingredient diquat linked to organ damage and gut harm as EPA resists...
New research shows diquat, used in place of glyphosate, is more toxic and banned abroad but widely sprayed in US agriculture.
Private equity looted Connecticut hospitals, leaving patients and staff in crisis
A new Senate report reveals how private equity firms gutted community hospitals, endangered patients, and left taxpayers and workers to clean up the mess.
States introduce AI bills affecting health care
More than 250 AI bills in health care were introduced in 47 states since October.
Newly launched scorecard tool ranks food packaging for sustainability and safety
The goal of the project is to help businesses and consumers make informed decisions that reduce their environmental impact while also protecting human health.