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Topic: Chemicals

Coffee Pouring in Two Mugs (Getty Images/Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Could decaf coffee be banned?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Various Halloween Candies (Getty Images/Westend61)

Why are we still eating Red Dye No. 3?

Ashlie D. Stevens
A man holds a glass under a running tap. (Marius Becker/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The technologies used to purify water

Joe Charbonnet - The Conversation
French farmer Nicolas Denieul sprays Roundup 720 glyphosate herbicide produced by US agrochemical giant Monsanto on May 11, 2018, on a field of no-till corn in Piace, northwestern France. (JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Big Ag's glyphosate conspiracy

Matthew Rozsa
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Officials continue to conduct operation and inspect the area after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, United States on February 17, 2023. (US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Should I be afraid of this chemical?

Nicole Karlis
A torn seat from an old car (Getty Images/Nicki1982)

A plant-based polyurethane alternative

Srikanth Pilla, James Sternberg - The Conversation
Dusting a broccoli seed bed, the speeding plane throws out a tail of insect-killing dust that gets underneath as well as on top of the small leaves. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

The toxic legacy of DDT

Andru Okun - Undark
Close up side shot of microplastics lay on a person's hand (Getty Images/pcess609)

The plastic chemical in your blood

Matthew Rozsa
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A $.99 cent store in Los Angeles, CA (Carlos Chavez/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Yvette Cabrera
A worker, engulfed inside a plume created by the CIPP process, speaks with a researcher who wears a full face respirator to protect against chemical exposures. (Courtesy of Andrew Whelton / Undark)

Questions linger over worker's death

Robin Lloyd - Undark
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SVOCs altering children’s microbiomes

Lila Westreich - Massive Science
Cleaning up: On August 31, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced that the United States Air Force has started up an additional granular activated carbon filtration system to capture historic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination caused by the use of firefighting foam at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy)

PFAS pollution may make COVID worse

Anna Robuck - Massive Science
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Like working at an oil refinery

Lupita D. Montoya, Aaron Lamplugh - The Conversation
An extensive collection of permissible food additives includes several known or suspected carcinogens. (27707/Pixabay)

The untested chemicals in packaged foods

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner - Truthout
Cleaning up: On August 31, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced that the United States Air Force has started up an additional granular activated carbon filtration system to capture historic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination caused by the use of firefighting foam at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy)

The fight against “forever chemicals”

Michael Green - Truthout
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Plastic is probably harming your health

Robin Scher - Independent Media Institute
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The EPA and Pentagon lied about PFAs

Abrahm Lustgarten - ProPublica
In this photo taken Oct. 9, 2014, body products on display at a Whole Foods in Washington. There’s a strict set of standards for organic foods. But the rules are looser for household cleaners, textiles, cosmetics and the organic dry cleaners down the street. Wander through the grocery store and check out the shelves where some detergents, hand lotions and clothing proclaim organic bona fides. Absent an Agriculture Department seal or certification, there are few ways to tell if those organic claims are bogus. Some retailers, like Whole Foods, have stepped in with their own requirements for what can be labeled organic. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Do Americans care about chemicals?

Anna Robuck
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Reduce exposure to hormone-disruptors

Caroline Cox - Alternet
(NBC10)

Asbestos found in Claire's makeup kits

Jarrett Lyons
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(Reuters/Aly Song)

Dan Ross - FairWarning
(<a href='url to photographer'>Lightspring</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Paul Feldman - FairWarning

Sage McHugh - Alternet
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Fireball recalled in Europe

Lindsay Abrams
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