ecology, physiology, toxicology
02/12/2021
Extraordinary Patient Offers Surprising Clues To Origins Of Coronavirus Variants Scientists are looking at a possible link between the mutations in the U.K. and South Africa — and those in a patient in Boston who had living, growing virus in his body for five months.
01/15/2021
Scientific Collaboration in a Divided World An initiative in Arctic bird conservation shows the value of cooperation across geographical and political boundaries
11/04/2020
https://www.facebook.com/5883397961/posts/10158766240927962/
Nov. 3 marks One Health Day through the CDC that brings attention to addressing shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface and recognizes health of people is connected to health of animals and our shared environment. Learn more at https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/one-health-day.html
09/19/2020
04/17/2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/climate/epa-mercury-coal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
E.P.A. Weakens Controls on Mercury The agency is changing the way it calculates the benefits of mercury controls, a move that would effectively loosen the rules on other toxic pollutants.
02/04/2020
'I Don't Believe This Is Happening': 911 Call Reveals Chaos After Delta Fuel Dump
'I Don't Believe This Is Happening': 911 Call Reveals Chaos After Delta Fuel Dump NPR has obtained audio of a 911 call made in the immediate aftermath of an incident, where Delta Air Lines Flight 89 dropped 15,000 gallons of jet fuel over the Los Angeles area.
01/28/2020
'This Will Be the Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the Country Has Ever Seen': Trump Finalizes Clean Water Rule Replacement "Waters that have been protected for almost 50 years will no longer be protected under the Clean Water Act."
12/03/2019
https://time.com/5736789/small-american-farmers-debt-crisis-extinction
'They're Trying to Wipe Us Off the Map.' Why Independent Farming in America Is Close to Extinction A perfect storm of factors has lead to the biggest crisis for American farmers in decades.
12/03/2019
Tree kangaroos are about to die out due to the planet’s addiction to palm oil Palm oil is found in crisps, pizza, noodles and donuts, as well as toothpaste, shampoo and biodiesel
11/12/2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/politics/flint-michigan-schools.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Flint’s Children Suffer in Class After Years of Drinking the Lead-Poisoned Water The city’s schools, stretched even before the lead crisis, are struggling with demands for individualized education programs and behavioral interventions for children with high lead exposure.
11/12/2019
Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish? The tally includes a nearly fivefold increase in ice-seal carcasses spotted on shore, along with strandings of emaciated gray whales.
09/22/2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q0xUXo2zEY
Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on the climate crisis Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have helped produce a short film highlighting the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle...