County Commissioners Deny Request AGAIN for Cell Tower; “We don’t know if the technology that exists today is more harmful, less harmful”
#CellTowers #Health #Safety #EMF #Radiation
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/01/county-commissioners-deny-request-again-for-cell-tower-we-dont-know-if-the-technology-that-exists-today-is-more-harmful-less-harmful.html
#CellTowers #Health #Safety #EMF #Radiation
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/01/county-commissioners-deny-request-again-for-cell-tower-we-dont-know-if-the-technology-that-exists-today-is-more-harmful-less-harmful.html
Activist Post
County Commissioners Deny Request AGAIN for Cell Tower; “We don’t know if the technology that exists today is more harmful, less…
Around this time last year, Idaho’s Kootenai County Commissioners put the kibosh on AT&T’s plans to build a cell tower on Potlach Hill.
E-Bikes Caused Record Fires, Injuries, & Deaths Last Year In NYC
#EBikes #LithiumIonBatteries #RightToKnow #InformedChoice #Safety
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/01/e-bikes-caused-record-fires-injuries-deaths-last-year-in-nyc.html
#EBikes #LithiumIonBatteries #RightToKnow #InformedChoice #Safety
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/01/e-bikes-caused-record-fires-injuries-deaths-last-year-in-nyc.html
Activist Post
E-Bikes Caused Record Fires, Injuries, & Deaths Last Year In NYC - Activist Post
In total, e-bikes caused 267 fires, causing 18 deaths and 150 injuries in the city, the New York Fire Department (FDNY) told Fox News.
#Pesticide manufacturers want to limit states and localities from passing and enforcing additional requirements for warnings and information related from pesticides, bending the rules so that people sickened by exposure to these chemicals can’t seek any remedies.
Pending House and Senate bills would achieve the companies’ goal. The bills include the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act, or H.R. 4288, and the EATS Act, or H.R. 4417/S. 2019. Proponents may try to attach the bills to the farm bill or other major legislation.
#Agriculture #Chemicals #Health #Safety #GetToxicsOut
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/02/let-states-and-communities-protect-their-citizens-pesticides
Pending House and Senate bills would achieve the companies’ goal. The bills include the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act, or H.R. 4288, and the EATS Act, or H.R. 4417/S. 2019. Proponents may try to attach the bills to the farm bill or other major legislation.
#Agriculture #Chemicals #Health #Safety #GetToxicsOut
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/02/let-states-and-communities-protect-their-citizens-pesticides
Environmental Working Group
Let states and communities protect their citizens from pesticides
Pesticide makers could undermine state and local governments’ right to adopt rules that protect communities from exposure to toxic crop chemicals, if some members of Congress get their way. They’re looking make their case during debates over this year’s farm…
New GM plants: EU Commission has lost #science and #safety from sight
#GMOs #EU #FoodSupply
https://ensser.org/press_release/new-gm-plants-eu-commission-has-lost-science-and-safety-from-sight/
#GMOs #EU #FoodSupply
https://ensser.org/press_release/new-gm-plants-eu-commission-has-lost-science-and-safety-from-sight/
Expert Letter Opposing the Weakening of #Italy’s Strict #Wireless #Radiation Limit
#WiFi #EMF #Technology #Health #Safety
https://ehtrust.org/expert-letter-opposing-the-weakening-of-italys-strict-wireless-radiation-limit/
#WiFi #EMF #Technology #Health #Safety
https://ehtrust.org/expert-letter-opposing-the-weakening-of-italys-strict-wireless-radiation-limit/
Environmental Health Trust - Education, Research, and Policy to Reduce Environmental Risks.
Expert Letter Opposing the Weakening of Italy’s Strict Wireless Radiation Limit
Explore the impact of weakening of Italy's strict wireless radiation limit on public health. Learn why ICBE-EMF urges greater protection against RF exposure.
#Metformin in #Pregnancy: Mixed Outcomes for Developing Brain - Neuroscience News
#Pharmaceuticals #GestationalDiabetes #Babies #Safety #InformedConsent
https://neurosciencenews.com/metformin-neurodevelopment-25772/
#Pharmaceuticals #GestationalDiabetes #Babies #Safety #InformedConsent
https://neurosciencenews.com/metformin-neurodevelopment-25772/
Neuroscience News
Metformin in Pregnancy: Mixed Outcomes for Developing Brain
A new study explored the effects of metformin, a common treatment for gestational diabetes, on offspring's brain development in a mouse model.
Safer sprayers: Options for #springcleaning
#Health #Safety #ChildrensHealth #EnvironmentalHealth #RightToKnow #InformedChoice #GetToxicsOut
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/03/safer-sprayers-options-spring-cleaning
#Health #Safety #ChildrensHealth #EnvironmentalHealth #RightToKnow #InformedChoice #GetToxicsOut
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/03/safer-sprayers-options-spring-cleaning
Environmental Working Group
Safer sprayers: Options for spring cleaning
It’s official: spring is right around the corner. With the warmer weather and the season’s holidays approaching, people everywhere are dusting window sills, wiping counters and spraying bathrooms. But think twice before using your usual cleaning supplies.
Hair-straightening cream tied to woman's repeated kidney damage
#HairProducts #SalonProducts #Hairstyling #Health #Safety #InformedChoice
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/hair-straightening-cream-tied-to-womans-repeated-kidney-damage
#HairProducts #SalonProducts #Hairstyling #Health #Safety #InformedChoice
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/hair-straightening-cream-tied-to-womans-repeated-kidney-damage
livescience.com
Hair-straightening cream tied to woman's repeated kidney damage
A woman developed kidney damage three times in two years after repeatedly visiting a salon for a hair-straightening treatment.
Luckily, this tower was NOT at a school or in a residential neighborhood!
#CellTowers #Safety
https://turnto10.com/news/local/cell-phone-tower-collapse-crash-bristol-rhode-island-field-woods-investigation-debris-damage-no-injuires-march-25-2024
#CellTowers #Safety
https://turnto10.com/news/local/cell-phone-tower-collapse-crash-bristol-rhode-island-field-woods-investigation-debris-damage-no-injuires-march-25-2024
WJAR
Cell phone tower falls over in Bristol
Investigators are looking into why a cell phone tower in Bristol collapsed.
California’s Latino communities most at risk from exposure to brain-damaging weed killer
#Paraquat #Pesticides #Farmworkers #Health #Safety #California
https://www.cleveland.com/reckon/2024/04/californias-latino-communities-most-at-risk-from-exposure-to-brain-damaging-weed-killer.html
#Paraquat #Pesticides #Farmworkers #Health #Safety #California
https://www.cleveland.com/reckon/2024/04/californias-latino-communities-most-at-risk-from-exposure-to-brain-damaging-weed-killer.html
Cleveland OH
California’s Latino communities most at risk from exposure to brain-damaging weed killer
Growers’ use of the neurotoxic weed killer paraquat is concentrated in just five agricultural counties, leaving low-income Latinos disproportionately exposed to a chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease, a new analysis shows.