5 people died from eating lettuce, but Trump’s FDA still won’t make farms test...
The FDA’s lack of urgency dumbfounds food safety scientists.
New study: Eating organic foods reduces your risk of getting cancer
"Although our findings need to be confirmed, promoting organic food consumption in the general population could be a promising preventive strategy against cancer."
Dr. Paul Farmer: Centuries of inequality in the US laid groundwork for pandemic devastation
“All the social pathologies of our nation come to the fore during epidemics.”
What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat coronavirus
ProPublica’s health reporter Caroline Chen explains what the conversation around asymptomatic coronavirus carriers is missing, and what we need to understand if we’re going to beat this nefarious virus together.
EPA is failing to protect school children from asbestos, internal watchdog agency says
"Without compliance inspections, the EPA cannot know whether schools pose an actual risk of asbestos exposure to students and personnel."
How immigrant communities are confronting COVID challenges
"With Caribbean people in general, we have a way of adapting to situations [that] we’re put into to make the most out of them.”
A post-COVID-19 recovery will not be possible if water, sanitation & hygiene are not...
The global economy and a concerted effort, coordination and imagination is needed to enable not only a worldwide recovery, but also to ensure that the world’s poorest people are not left behind.
Evenflo, maker of the “big kid” booster seat, put profits over child safety
Internal video of side-impact tests shows that children could be injured or killed in Evenflo's “Big Kid” booster seats. But the company continued to market them as “side-impact tested.”
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.
If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?
Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for every six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America's current farmers will retire.