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Share The Best Healthy Home Products of 2021 Even if you don’t consider yourself a homebody (the past year excluded), according to the EPA, we’re indoors about 90 percent of the time. This means that what we’re using, touching, and doing at home matters. And there are many steps we can take to boost our well-being inside. “You can start small, and every little swap you make can make a big difference,” says Heather Patisaul, PhD, an associate professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University. To help point you in...

This article is more than 1 month old Bottled water is atrocious for the environment. You’re better off buying a water filter for healthier, tastier water ‘Although water bottles are recyclable, Americans throw away about 80% of the bottles they use – and, by some estimates, Americans use 1,500 plastic bottles of water every second.’ Photograph: Seth Herald/AFP/Getty Images ‘Although water bottles are recyclable, Americans throw away about 80% of the bottles they use – and, by some estimates, Americans use 1,500 plastic bottles of water every second.’ Photograph: Seth Herald/AF...

EPA Rejects N.C. Environmental Groups’ Petition for "Forever Chemicals" Study Cape Fear River The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition from six North Carolina environmental groups that would have forced the Chemours chemical company to fund health studies on 54 types of “forever chemicals” released from its Fayetteville Works plant.  The EPA said in a January 7 response that the petitioners failed to prove the requested data was needed.  The petition was filed on October 14 by the Center for Environmental Health, Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape F...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Columbia College of Missouri recently announced its dean’s list for the fall semester (August through December 2020) To be named to the dean’s list, a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period and achieved a minimum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale. The following students who received the honor include: Dawn Varney of Altmar. Nickie Gardner of Parish.

Jamie DeWitt, toxicologist and associate professor at East Carolina University, has conducted extensive research on PFAS exposure and human health. (Photo: ECU) The COVID-19 vaccine could be less effective in people with high levels of perfluorinated compounds — PFAS — in their blood, several scientists announced today. High levels of PFAS exposure is known to be linked to a “plethora of adverse health effects,” including immune system disorders, said Linda Birnbaum, a toxicologist and former director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Science. That means people with...