DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Their harmful impacts on human and ecosystem health are generally well understood. Nearly all synthetic pesticides are derived from fossil fuels, and like other petrochemical products such as plastics and nitrogen fertilizer, they emit greenhouse gasses throughout their manufacturing and use.

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GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? Integration of EJ as a major component of social justice that substantially reduces income inequality, health care, housing and other quality of life disparities.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? EPA also should prepare an integrated health risk assessment to provide a scientific basis for agency decision making. Protecting at-risk populations.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? EPA also should prepare an integrated health risk assessment to provide a scientific basis for agency decision making. Protecting at-risk populations.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, has not told residents about the health risks they face. TCEQ documents obtained by Public Health Watch show that some of those early readings were double the level Texas considered safe at the time. Emerging research also connects it to diabetes and reproductive problems.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In June, Public Health Watch, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and Grist published a year-long investigation about pollution, power, and politics in the Texas petrochemical industry. One by one, the residents filtered into the small community center and found seats in the rows of plastic chairs. Mark Felix.

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Grist

AUGUST 26, 2020

For instance, just a few years prior, he had argued that increasing smog levels might have health benefits — a view at odds with decades of research. In one interview, he went so far as to suggest that reducing ozone levels might result in worse public health outcomes. “I

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