If there’s any safe way to seek out news on the Internet, scrollable outlets aren’t it. When there is always another headline, another article, our understanding of recent events is often left to whatever attention-grabbing title and blurb that gets pulled into the meta description.That is a dangerous habit in any situation, but it may
It may be incremental change, but it is progress.As 2021 ends, the European Union is pushing for tighter controls on PFAS in the new year. Despite pushback from a number of industries, the measure is expected to limit how and where PFAS are used.Creating restrictions can be costly and time-consuming. There are also many variations of
Cancer Research Worth Writing Down This YearIf we really knew everything about cancer, we’d be able to cure it by now. While the success rates of modern cancer treatments have steadily improved outcomes for most types of cancer, we might still be scratching the surface of truly understanding how to fight this disease.What we do know, however,
Photo by Sara Louise KinsellWhile I am the founder of Less Cancer, I’m not a believer that it is possible to legislate good health. What I do know is that with smart policies we can protect those that cannot protect themselves-especially children.One example is the legislation coming in Ohio, Senate Bill 78, which is proposing a
The Devil We Know NH Film Series on a snowy night in WakefieldLast week was a productive week in the NH House. Several important pieces of legislation passed the House and Senate floor. Here’s a summary:HB494, relative to removal or containment of contaminants from the Coakley Landfill passed the House Floor on a whopping vote of
Paula Tracy photo Peter Britz, representing the Coakley Landfill Group, and Portsmouth City Attorney Robert Sullivan oppose a bill to force the state to clean up the Coakley Landfill in North Hampton.It has been 3 years since the state DHHS confirmed the existence of a double cancer cluster. The cancer cluster means that children in our
There has been a lot of talk about water. In Michigan, we’re surrounded by it, we’re reliant on it, and we’re fiercely defensive of it. However, there has been a wide gap between the wishes of residents and the priorities of our chosen legislators. For all of the former governor Rick Snyder’s term, which was
In 2014, the City of Portsmouth had to shut down the well that supplied the most drinking water in the Seacoast due to high levels of chemicals. We don’t know how long people were drinking water they should not have been while at work or daycare at Pease, but it likely was for quite some
Cancer sucks.There, I said it. I have lost count how many friends, family members, professional colleagues, and acquaintances have been diagnosed with cancer, undergone treatments, “survived,” run the races, worn the awareness bracelets and tees, and unfortunately, too many who died from the disease, complications, or even the treatments that were supposed to be saving
Photo by Jong MarshesThe Environmental Protection Agency has been declawed, defanged, and neutered in the past two years, and while there are dozens of heart-breaking examples of how weak the EPA has become, the one takes the cake.Maybe it’s because my home state, Michigan, is still reeling and dealing with the Flint Water crisis. Maybe it’s because
