Health Jun 03 FDA food testing finds contamination by PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ By Ellen Knickmeyer, John Flesher, Michael Casey, Associated Press
Nation Mar 19 Jury decides Roundup weed killer was major factor in man’s cancer The unanimous verdict by the six-person jury in federal court in San Francisco came in a lawsuit filed against Roundup's manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto, which says studies have established that Roundup's active ingredient is safe. By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
Politics Jun 22 Watch 6:26 Congress, Obama find accord on regulation of household chemicals President Obama reached a rare agreement with Congress on a new law to regulate toxic household chemicals. The legislation, signed Wednesday, will give the EPA the authority to vet and ban tens of thousands of substances potentially harmful to humans,… By PBS News Hour
Health Mar 29 WHO: Long-cleared Roundup ingredient ‘probably’ causes cancer The World Health Organization announced findings that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp line of pesticides, is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”… By Megan Thompson
Health Jun 11 Health Concerns Heighten as Oil Spill Spreads The sobering images of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are widely known: oil covered birds and sludge-choked coastal grasses. But ecosystems may not be the only ones to see negative effects -- what about the spill's possible health impact… By Talea Miller