Environmental Health

Bill Sought To Reckon With Sludge Use On New Hampshire Farms: How it Went

"Earlier this year, a proposal from the New Hampshire House sought to pause the practice of applying PFAS-containing sewage sludge to farmland in New Hampshire. But over the course of multiple packed hearings and after a handful of amendments, the bill’s provisions have changed shape, sparking concern among some early supporters."

Source: New Hampshire Bullwtin, 05/14/2026

"Can MAHA Change the Way Medical Schools Teach Nutrition?"

"In early March, in the lobby of the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood alongside medical leaders and other cabinet members to make an announcement. The administration had secured agreements with over 50 medical schools to provide at least 40 hours of nutrition education as part of a medical-school degree, Kennedy said—nearly a third of the roughly 160 accredited medical schools in the United States.

Source: Civil Eats, 05/13/2026

Bayer’s Proposed Roundup Settlement Pays Lawyers, Snubs Plaintiffs: Critics

"A class action settlement proposed in the nationwide Roundup litigation would award $675 million to lawyers who negotiated the settlement, while plaintiffs suffering from cancer would receive, on average, $10,000 to $165,000 each, according to a new court filing in the case."

Source: The New Lede, 05/13/2026

EPA Plan: Let Work Start On Data Centers, Power Plants Before Air Permits

"EPA on Monday proposed allowing data centers, power plants and other industrial facilities to begin certain construction work before obtaining required federal air permits."

Source: E&E News, 05/13/2026

Red State AGs Want EPA To Censor Public Database About Chem Plant Hazards

"A group of 18 state attorneys general are pushing EPA to delete its public online database of chemical facilities, citing vulnerabilities to hackers or other security threats."

Source: E&E News, 05/13/2026

RFK Jr. Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence

"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said little publicly about vaccines in recent months, at the behest of a White House worried that his unpopular stance will hurt Republicans in November’s midterm elections. But he has not abandoned his quest for evidence that they are unsafe."

Source: New York Times, 05/12/2026

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