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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, Linda Montel shows off supplies on a check in desk at Safer Inside, a realistic model of a safe injection site in San Francisco. The model is an example of a supervised, indoor location where intravenous drug users can consume drugs in safer conditions and access treatment and recovery services. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

It’s time for drug policy reform

Louise Arbour, Geoff Gallop, Miriam Aroni Krinsky
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
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-183121p1.html'>Robert Kneschke</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Vaccine misinformation on social media

Ana Santos Rutschman - The Conversation
Flavored vaping solutions are shown in a window display at a vape and smoke shop, Monday Sept. 16, 2019, in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns of vaping. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A banned chemical is hiding in e-cigs

Nicole Karlis
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With the skeleton of the World Trade Center twin towers in the background, New York City firefighters work amid debris on Cortlandt St. after the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The forgotten lesson of 9/11

Bob Hennelly
Pollen Allergy (Getty/BigPappa)

Your allergies are about to get worse

Nicole Karlis
Young man smoking electronic cigarette while drunk friends sleeping after party (Getty Images/ LightFieldStudios)

The future social costs of e-cigs

Shira Tarlo
FILE - In this April 23, 2014, file photo, Daryl Cura demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape Store in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) (AP)

Lack of regulation is killing vape users

Nicole Karlis
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People gather at the Place de la Republique square in Paris on May 18, 2019 to take part in a march as part of a worlwide call to demonstrate against Monsanto and other agri-business giants. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images) (Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)

Monsanto and the public's right to know

Michael Freeman - WhoWhatWhy
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Trump EPA sued: refusal to ban pesticide

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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Will extreme risk protection laws work?

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
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How housecats are killing seals

Nicole Karlis
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Amazon Echo Dot (AP/Mike Stewart)

Doctor Alexa will see you now

Janet Rae-Dupree - KFF Health News
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The most steps might not win

Bruce Horovitz - KFF Health News
Blood bag (Getty/pictorico)

Study: our guts can solve blood shortage

Lauren Sara McKee - Massive Science
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GOP Medicaid refusal caused death

Igor Derysh
A doctor holds Truvada pills at her office in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The costs that block HIV treatment

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
Braden Scott uses a device to support his left arm as he practices on the piano in Tomball, Texas on Friday, March 29, 2019. Braden was diagnosed with the syndrome called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, in 2016 and was paralyzed almost completely. (AP/David J. Phillip)

Mysterious polio-like virus alarming CDC

Nicole Karlis
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LGBTQ health care in jeopardy

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
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E-cigs to be banned in Juul's hometown

Nicole Karlis
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (picstever/Flickr)

The scary new math of factory farm waste

Tia Schwab - Independent Media Institute
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Airplanes plagued by low air quality

Shira Tarlo
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-87573p1.html'>Ivonne Wierink</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Antibiotics and factory farms

Christy Spees - Independent Media Institute
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