Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
Now comes the court’s crippling of the most important federal weapon available to avoid catastrophic climate change and its associated killing of tens of thousands of Americans every year with fossil fuel air pollution. When it comes to environmental hazards, air pollution is by far the most common, with 90 percent of the world’s 2.2
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Breathing ethylene oxide in the air over a long period of time is associated with an increased risk of developing cancer, especially white blood cell and breast cancers. The FDA, which is part of HHS, regulates approved methods for medical device sterilization and initiated a process to identify alternative sterilization methods in 2019.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. What are the health impacts associated with breathing it?
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 25, 2023
This means that our congressional representatives will debate and discuss scientific integrity protections in committee and potentially even vote on the issue in coming months. Stop attacks on science and urge Congress to pass this bill It is hard to overstate the importance of codifying scientific integrity protections into law.
Legal Planet
MAY 11, 2023
Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. Then a coalition of states and environmental groups challenged the denial, and the result was the landmark decision Massachusetts v. In the year 2023, the U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
New in this UCS analysis is a look at the public health co-benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuels that occur from decarbonizing our economy. for our purposes–refers to tiny particles in the air that can be found in sources like smoke, dust, soot, or even liquid. Fine particulate matter–or PM 2.5 micrometers.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
There is no EPA standard for indoor air.) Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7
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