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Babies Born Addicted to Opioids Cost U.S. Over $500 Million per Year

Babies Born Addicted to Opioids Cost U.S. Over $500 Million per Year

January 12, 2022 In the year preceding the onset of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, the opioid epidemic led the headlines. Studies were...

New Studies Reveal Fertility Risks for Those Exposed to Herbicides

New Studies Reveal Fertility Risks for Those Exposed to Herbicides

May 12, 2021 In 2018, Bayer AG acquired the Monsanto Company in a $63 billion gambit. Today, it is deemed one of the...

The Chipmaking Industry’s Toll on Reproductive Health

The Chipmaking Industry’s Toll on Reproductive Health

April 13, 2021 In the last few decades, technological advancements have immersed so solidly into the fabric of our global society that they...

EPA Urged to Use TSCA Authority on PFAS Maker The Chemours Co.

March 5, 2021 (Westlaw Today – Reuters) Enviros to EPA: Use novel power to get industry to pay for PFAS research. Public health...

Prescribed Opioids Among Pregnant Women May Cause Birth Defects

Prescribed Opioids Among Pregnant Women May Cause Birth Defects

January 29, 2021 Since the early 1990s, the United States has faced a unique crisis. Though we only make up around 5% of...

Fracking: A Contributor to Climate Change and Birth Defects

Fracking: A Contributor to Climate Change and Birth Defects

January 20, 2021 Many consider climate change the defining issue of our time. With each passing year, scientists uncover new findings that confirm...

Study Finds Toxins Leaking into Texas Groundwater

Study Finds Toxins Leaking into Texas Groundwater

December 15, 2020 An hour south of San Antonio lies the most contaminated groundwater in Texas, according to a report issued by the...

Hawaii Lawsuit Filed Against Monsanto Over Children’s Birth Defects

Hawaii Lawsuit Filed Against Monsanto Over Children’s Birth Defects

October 7, 2020 On October 24th, 2019, two Maui families filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and its parent corporation Bayer AG, alleging that...

César Chávez Day–The Commonwealth Not Helping Common People

César Chávez Day–The Commonwealth Not Helping Common People

March 31, 2018 America remembers César Chávez’s work to fight for the lives of farmworkers and the working poor. On March 31, the...