BREAKING NEWS

--- September 12th Panel Discussion ---

--- PLASTIC POLLUTION ---

— LA Times —
“L.A. County Sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over Their Role in Ongoing Plastic Pollution Crisis”
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— Mongabay —
“Studies Identify Microplastics Contamination Along Entire Brazilian Coastline”
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— Globalization and Health —
“A Toxic Relationship: Ultra-processed Foods and Plastics”
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— ProPublica —
“The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration”
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— The Lancet eBioMedicine —
“Association of Mixed Exposure to Microplastics with Sperm Dysfunction: a Multi-site Study in China”
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— LA Times —
“California lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of misleading the public about plastic recycling”
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— Washington Post —
“Scientists just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food packaging”
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— Frontiers —
“Potential mammary carcinogens used in food contact articles: implications for policy, enforcement, and prevention”
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— Independent —
“Study shows alarming cost of failing to act now on plastic pollution?”
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— Environmental Health News —
“Op-ed: Is plastic the biggest climate threat?”
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— ProPublica —
“The World is Drowning in Plastic”
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— Inside Climate News —
“Foes of New York Packaging Bill Used Threats of Empty Grocery Shelves to Defeat Plastics Bill”
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— Nature —
“Exploratory profiles of phenols, parabens, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances among NHANES study participants in association with previous cancer diagnoses”
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— Inside Climate News —
“Headed Toward the Finish Line, Plastics Treaty Delegates ‘Work is Far From Over’”
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— Time —
“A Test Told Me I’m Basically Made of Plastic. You Probably Are Too”
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— Science Alert —
“Scientists Confirm Microplastics Now Detected in Human Testicles”
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— The Guardian —
“Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study”
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— The Washington Post —
“THE PLASTICS WE BREATHE
Every time you take a breath, you could be inhaling microplastics.”
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— NPR —
“Talks for a Plastic Pollution Treaty are Stalling. Could the U.S. be Doing More?”
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— The New York Times —
“There's an Explosion of Plastic Waste. Big Companies Say ‘We've Got This’”
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— Environmental Integrity Project —
“Billions in Taxpayer Subsidies to U.S. Plastics Plants Support Illegal Air Pollution in Communities of Color”
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— The Washington Post —
“The Plastics Industry Would Like a Word with Your Kids”
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— Journal of the Endocrine Society —
“Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials:
An Estimate of the Attributable Disease Burden and Costs in the United States”
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— New York Times —
“Bottled Water Is Full of Plastic Particles. Can They Harm Your Health?”
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‍ --- LOUISIANA --- ‍

— Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis —
“Formosa Needs to Break Its Inertia on Proposed Louisiana Petrochemical Plant”
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— The Lens —
“Formosa Plastics gets Air Permits Back, but a Few Hurdles Remain”
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— The Guardian —
“Louisiana Court Upholds Air Permits for Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley”
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— The Hill —
“Judge Bars EPS Action in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley”
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--- PENNSYLVANIA --- ‍ ‍

— WHYY —
“Fracking in Pennsylvania Hasn't Gone as Well as Some May Think”
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— Scientific American —
“Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs”
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— Pittsburgh Business Times —
“Shell Plant’s Costs Much Higher than Previously Disclosed”
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— APNEWS.COM —
“Shell Agrees to Pay $10 Million for Air Pollution at Massive New Pennsylvania Petrochemical Plant”
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— TRIB Live —
“Report: Shell’s Ethane Plant in Beaver County has Not Spurred Growth”
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