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Opinion: Leaders at Davos need to pay attention to the crossroads of climate change, health, and security

18.01.2023

As CEOs and world leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, they might be surprised to see less snow out of the window than usual …

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Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

11.01.2023

The air in Mexico City was once so toxic that people watched as dead birds fell out of the sky. In 1992, the United Nations declared the city the most …

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Why EPA’s long-awaited proposal on two ‘forever chemicals’ is bound to be controversial

21.12.2022

By the end of this year, the Environmental Protection Agency has promised to propose new national drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the most studied pollutants among …

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Opinion: Real-time data are needed to monitor health after disasters

08.11.2022

Weather-related disasters like the millions of Floridians left without power by Hurricane Ian or the record monsoon rains that have claimed 1,500 lives in Pakistan have increased five-fold in the …

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‘If I were a hospital, I’d be reading the tea leaves’: Pressures grow on the health care industry to reduce its climate pollution

27.10.2022

Flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and other climate-driven weather extremes in recent years have catapulted hospitals into emergency mode and devastated the communities they serve, with Hurricane Ian’s deadly rampage through …

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A minuscule new HHS office has a mammoth goal: tackling environmental justice

11.10.2022

WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,” and you’ll get 10 answers. For Jackson, Miss., residents, it is ensuring potable water after …

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Opinion: Will there be a Supreme assault on public health?

03.10.2022

In just seven days last June, the U.S. Supreme Court set back public health by 50 years. The court’s conservative majority rolled back efforts to address the pressing threat of …

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Opinion: How the Inflation Reduction Act can help decarbonize the health care industry

30.09.2022

The climate crisis — the greatest threat to human health in history — is often framed “in ways that pay little attention to its health dimensions,” as the authors of …

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Opinion: Report: More people should be tested for potential exposure to ‘forever chemicals’

15.08.2022

Nearly every American has been exposed at some point to a class of compounds known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS for short. These substances, sometimes referred to as …

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