NEW: Read the latest story from The Holdouts, a project from Public Health Watch about the 10 states without Medicaid expansion ⬇️

NEW from WUSF Public Health Watch Stephanie Colombini Kim Krisberg - Thousands die from opioid overdoses in Florida each year. Could Medicaid expansion save lives? wusf.org/health-news-fl…

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced the nation’s first drinking water standards for six types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. grist.org/accountability…

U.S. drug overdose deaths have soared over the past decade, and every state is being impacted. But research suggests states that haven’t expanded Medicaid coverage, such as Florida, are passing up an opportunity to save more lives.
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U.S. drug overdose deaths have soared, and every state has been impacted.

But research suggests that states without Medicaid expansion, such as Florida, are passing up an opportunity to save more lives.

NEW from Health News Florida & Public Health Watch: publichealthwatch.org/2024/04/10/flo…

Over 200 chemical plants, including many in Texas near the Gulf Coast, must cut toxic emissions to protect nearby residents from cancer risks, per a new EPA rule announced Tuesday. bit.ly/3PVyuDy

This is so outrageous- a 16 year old loses both legs when the company violated child labor laws. Yet they can still hire minors for this incredibly dangerous work? Laws are there to protect our kid’s futures -not to allow exploitation. nwlaborpress.org/2024/04/vancou…

LA Considers Safety Rules To Combat Rising Silicosis Rates laist.com/news/la-city-s…

Read details about the $6.6 million settlement the State of Texas & the U.S. reached yesterday regarding the 2019 Deer Park fire at ITC that released plumes of hazardous chemicals into the air and water for days. By Elena Bruess via Houston Landing texastribune.org/2024/04/03/tex…

USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg to Visit Elba, Alabama Historically Black Shiloh Community Damaged by Flooding. Learn More: ow.ly/QM7U50R6Fzr
#civilrights #infrastructure #JUSTICE40 #BIL #USDOT #ALDOT #ShilohFlood #EnvironmentalJustice #highwayrobbery

Last week: “Back home in his district—state House District 21, a vertical stretch of rural, metro, and industrial communities sandwiched between Houston and Louisiana—the needs for affordable #healthcare are high. ...” buff.ly/3x5XJMS

For the last three years, the water piped into Midland colonias have contained traces of arsenic and other chemicals above the mandated state standards, according to records TCEQ. Carlos Nogueras reports for Texas Tribune: texastribune.org/2024/04/01/mid…

Thanks to students and faculty Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston College who heard me talk last week about 'The Cancer Factory,' which lays bare one of America's worst outbreaks of occupational disease.
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EPA finds cancer-causing chemicals over screening levels near Fifth Ward creosote site trib.al/IFVyJxR

'That's insane' -- community responds to OSHA slashing penalties in a chemical plant case. ky3.com/video/2024/03/… OSHA's 'discount on danger' is discussed in this terrific report from Center for Progressive Reform cpr-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/OSHA…