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Children from families with low incomes and families of color are exposed to more neurotoxic chemicals and experience greater harm that impacts brain development and contributes to developmental delays according to a review of more than 200 studies published today in the peer-reviewed journal, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP).
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- If you find yourself stuck in a traffic jam and you start to feel fuzzy-headed, the diesel exhaust from the truck in front
Drax accused of driving ‘environmental racism’ after further pollution claims against wood pellet mills in US deep south. Company billed as UK’s ‘largest source of renewable energy’ has now been forced to make settlement payments for air pollution claims against three of its US pellet plants - two of them are sited in poor, majority-Black communities
BY MADELEINE STONE PUBLISHED JULY 2, 2021 … In California, for example, vulnerable populations are more exposed to fireworks pollution on the Fourth of July. That’s according to a recent study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on air pollution exposure across the state due to Independence Day fireworks. At its peak, the smoke from these events can be comparable to that from wildfires, the study found. The authors also showed that fireworks smoke may be creating an additional—albeit short term—health risk for communities already dispro...