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![Aerial view of sterilizer facility in Georgia]()
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Two lawsuits challenge the EPA’s regulation of ethylene oxide
As the regulatory fight over toxic sterilization facilities continues, the health of more than 14 million people may hang in the balance.
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![A woman farmer in Zimbabwe in a field of wilting crops]()
![A woman farmer in Zimbabwe in a field of wilting crops]()
One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world.
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![The outside of a white warehouse building with trucks bearing Amazon Prime's branding and logo lined to load from it]()
![The outside of a white warehouse building with trucks bearing Amazon Prime's branding and logo lined to load from it]()
Deal of the day: New study links online shopping to air pollution
Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.
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![Railroad cars on fire and derailed off track, flung to the sides of the tracks with a ball of fire and lots of dark smoke.]()
![Railroad cars on fire and derailed off track, flung to the sides of the tracks with a ball of fire and lots of dark smoke.]()
Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans
A new study found traces of hazardous chemicals from the East Palestine disaster in 16 U.S. states.
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The kids are not alright: Countries fail to include children in their climate plans
A study of 160 countries show a third don't mention children at all.
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When West Nile virus turns deadly
How climate change is complicating efforts to contain America's most common mosquito-borne illness.
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What’s behind the record outbreak of spongy moths in the eastern US?
Blame drought — and a careless French entomologist.
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
A new series explores how climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.
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![An illustration of a woman in an hourglass looking outside at a stork carrying a bundle. Around them, a hurricane swirls.]()
![An illustration of a woman in an hourglass looking outside at a stork carrying a bundle. Around them, a hurricane swirls.]()
Four lost pregnancies. Five weeks of IVF injections. One storm.
A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.
