Home county says he ll vote for impeachment despite threats of retaliation from some constituents impeach Levon they said in was that they were handing stuff. Impeachment can t be about your own political skin if voting for impeachment meant that I wasn t coming back tough luck for me approach from a group also interrupted a town hall meeting with another 1st term Democrat who supports impeachment Alyssa s lochan she won by flipping a Michigan District long held by the g.o.p. For n.p.r. News I m Quinn Klinefelter in Detroit there is new evidence that they think nicotine increases the risk of chronic bronchitis and other respiratory diseases as N.P.R. s Allison Aubrey reports the latest findings reveal potential long term health effects of the cigarette use among people who ve never smoked traditional cigarettes it s well known that smoking cigarettes increases the risk of respiratory disease but the new study finds people who only use East cigarettes have about a 30 percent increased
Will research on gun safety under reported deal the spending bill side for a House vote as soon as tomorrow would provide 25000000 for gun violence research divided evenly between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Here s N.P.R. s Martin cost the federal spending on gun violence research has been limited by Republican an n.r.a. Opposition to anything that looks like advocacy for gun control especially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jeffrey Swanson is a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for gun policy and research I don t think it sends a message it s the 1st time in 25 years that the c.d.c. Has been able to devote this amount of money specifically to gun violence without having to you know hide it under the radar the c.d.c. Already collects data on firearm deaths and other agencies do gun violence studies but Swanson says this money could expand research into new topics such as the effectiveness of red fla
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General investigated how the agency handled air pollution concerns during 27000 hurricane Harvey in Texas the storm flooded industrial facilities and forced dozens of major refineries and chemical plants to shut down causing the release of toxic air pollution the new report finds that the e.p.a. And local environmental authorities did not monitor that air pollution adequately and didn t communicate effectively with residents about what they might be exposed to residents who do not speak English were particularly cut off from information they did not find that the e.p.a. Spread inaccurate information after hurricane Harvey the inspector general calls for the e.p.a. To make a new plan for monitoring air pollution during and immediately after storms and communicating with the public about it Rebecca her sure n.p.r. News a year and $1.00 trillion dollars spending measure that caps a difficult month long battle over spending priorities appears of a bit of something for everybody with hard
For a boycott of the hallmarks channel after the cable t.v. Channel pulled ads from the wedding site Zola that featured a lesbian couple N.P.R. s Laura Wamsley reports the ad for the wedding planning site Zola shows a couple at the altar wishing they had used the service before their big day do you think solo could have made planning your perfect wedding in your we. If you re going to band Kiss and walk down the aisle as a married couple Hallmark pulled the ad and 3 others featuring the couple after pressure from an organization called 1000000 Moms which says the ad promotes homosexuality Hallmark says it removed the ads because the controversy was a distraction because all us Hallmark did not object to an ad in which I had a sexual couple was seen kissing the site has since pulled its other ads from the channel Human Rights Campaign president Alfonzo David criticised Hallmark s move as shameful saying channel whose brand is love hall mark is leading with fear and discrimination Laure