Controversial pesticide research all but vanished from a major conference(usrtk.org)

158 points by stareatgoats 2 years ago | 68 comments

US Kleenex plant contaminated drinking water with PFAS, lawsuit says(theguardian.com)

7 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 0 comments

Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US(arstechnica.com)

104 points by amichail 3 years ago | 21 comments

3M knew its chemicals were harmful decades ago, but didn't tell the public(minnesotareformer.com)

334 points by Jimmc414 2 years ago | 166 comments

Minnesota Reformer investigative article reporting that internal 3M documents show the company knew for decades its PFAS chemicals were harmful but concealed it.

Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease(science.org)

674 points by lonelyasacloud 3 years ago | 317 comments

Science magazine news article reporting that a common environmental contaminant chemical raised Parkinson's disease rates by 70% in one population.

Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water(bbc.com)

435 points by Jimmc414 1 year ago | 1019 comments

BBC News article reporting that Utah has become the first US state to ban fluoride in its public water supply.