Category: Public health
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Millions of Americans have never been this hot in October as historic heat wave hits
People cross the road amid hot weather in Covina, California, on Wednesday. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images CNN — Millions of people in the West are experiencing a dangerous and historic October heatwave with temperatures so extreme they’d be considered hot during the peak of summer. The heat has been so potent the United States soared…
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Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds
Photo: Woman pointing to area on mammogram x-ray, close-up CNN — Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found. “There is strong evidence that 76 known or potential breast carcinogens…
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BWS Consultants: Thousands Of Navy Water Tests After The Red Fuel Leak Are Invalid
Navy personnel assist residents at Halsey Terrace Community Center with filling containers full of clean, usable water following the Red Hill fuel spill. Consultants hired by BWS say subsequent test results that the Navy relied on to say its water system was safe were invalid. (Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021) Residents who use the water system affected…
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Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans
A firefighter walks through haze as the Park fire burns near Mineral, Calif., in early August. (Noah Berger / Associated Press) Extreme weather alerts for dangerous heat, wildfires, storms, flooding and other hazards have affected nearly everyone in the United States over the past few months. Tracking data from the National Weather Service, the nonprofit…
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Drought-driven water pollution hits California Latino communities hard
Drought-driven drinking water contamination is disproportionately affecting members of California’s Latino communities, a new study has found. Among the pollutants plaguing these water systems are arsenic and nitrate, which are linked to an increased risk of a variety of diseases, according to the study, published Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health. Some such illnesses…
