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DDT s toxic legacy can harm granddaughters of women exposed, study shows
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Doctor who uncovered Flint water crisis to deliver keynote address
KINGSTON â The University of Rhode Island has chosen Mona Hanna-Attisha, the Michigan doctor responsible for uncovering the Flint water crisis, to deliver the keynote address at this yearâs commencement.Â
She will also receive an honorary doctorate degree in recognition of her courage for exposing the public health crisis that occurred when the city â in a cost-saving move â switched its water supply from the Detroit system to the Flint River. The switch, which was made in 2014, resulted in toxic lead contamination and coinciding outbreaks of Legionnairesâ disease.
According to President David M. Dooley, her remarks and the bestowing of an honorary degree upon her âcould not come at a more important time.â
Federal toxicologist, health advocates push for tougher limits on ‘forever chemicals’
The debate in Augusta over health standards for PFAS is occurring against a backdrop of a growing contamination hotspot in central Maine.
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Judy Poulin and others in Fairfield have been instructed to stop using their well water for drinking and cooking because of high levels of PFAS.
The federal government’s former top toxicologist testified Tuesday in support of setting tougher limits in Maine on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water, but cautioned the state may want to be even more aggressive.
Maine lawmakers are considering nearly a dozen bills seeking to address growing concerns about contamination with PFAS, a class of widely used industrial chemicals that have been linked to health problems. Frustrated by slow federal action, groups are pushing for Maine to join a handful of other states – including Massachusetts and Vermont – in setting an aggressive health
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IMAGE: NIEHS, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the first federal agency to earn the International WELL Building Institute s Health-Safety Rating. view more
Credit: International WELL Building Institute
On March 30, 2021, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) became the first federal agency to achieve the International WELL Building Institute s Health-Safety Rating. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, NIEHS upgraded facility operations and management practices to protect staff and others who visit the institute s campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and those efforts have now earned global recognition.
NIEHS, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), joins organizations such as JP Morgan Chase and the New York Yankees in receiving the WELL building seal of approval. The WELL rating system is designed to encourage organizations to make workplaces and community spaces as safe and health-promo
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