Douglas Main
Senior Writer and Editor at National Geographic
Writer at Freelance
writer & editor fascinated by too many things—nature, science, the environment. words: @nytimes @sciam @theatlantic @techreview. sometimes-painter & naturalist.
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2 weeks ago |
thenewlede.org | Douglas Main
Citing health concerns, newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he will direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending that states add fluoride to their water, and will convene a federal taskforce of independent health experts to study the health risks presented by the practice while establishing a new “optimal” level.
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2 weeks ago |
ehn.org | Douglas Main
Editor's note: This story was originally published by The New Lede and is republished here with permission. Corn growers across Midwestern states appear to be flouting regulations aimed at protecting important waterways from contamination with toxic atrazine weedkiller, according to an analysis of satellite imagery and field data that comes as US regulators ponder changes to rules for use of the pesticide.
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2 weeks ago |
ecotopical.com | Douglas Main
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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3 weeks ago |
thenewlede.org | Douglas Main
Plastics are negatively impacting our health in shocking ways, with the problem growing worse over time amid lax government regulations, a group of scientists and policy experts warned on Thursday. “We have, I think, a plastics addiction,” said Shanna Swan, a professor and epidemiologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said in a livestreamed conference hosted by Moms Clean Air Force. “The regulatory system is broken, in the way it fails to protect us,” Swan said.
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3 weeks ago |
thenewlede.org | Douglas Main
Utah has become the first US state to ban the decades-old practice of adding fluoride to public water supplies. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed the new law on Thursday, prohibiting fluoridation starting May 7. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of the practice, which started in the 1940s as a strategy to help people prevent cavities and reduce tooth decay.
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