A new study says Americans are endangered by flame retardant chemicals through dust and air in their cars, especially in hotter temperatures. Those chemicals are in seat foam to slow down fire if the car bursts into flames. While some types of flame retardant chemicals have already been legally restricted due to negative health effects, […]
If you were to ask yourself when America has faced the very worst drug crisis in its history the answer would be right now. For the first time in U.S. history, fatal overdoses peaked above 112,000 deaths, with young people and people of color among the hardest hit. Drug policy experts, and people living with […]
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee didn’t immediately […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. Susan Balfour, 62, was incarcerated for 33 years at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility until her […]
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