Gestational (during pregnancy) and childhood exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) increase cardiometabolic risk, or the risk of heart diseases and metabolic disorders, later in life, according to a Brown University study published in Environment International.
Because of their ubiquitous use in many products, studies report that PFAS compounds are detectable in infants, …
Biden EPA urged to set climate pollution cap
The Center for Biological Diversity and 350.org has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to set a nationwide greenhouse gas pollution cap under the Clean Air Act.
A nationwide greenhouse gas pollution cap under the Clean Air Act is a central premise of the progressive Climate President action …
A consensus appears to be taking root in Corporate America… what’s good for the environment can also be good for business.
Big businesses have been amplifying their sustainability initiatives and making trillion-dollar pledges to fight climate change. Meanwhile, consumers are increasingly concerned about business’ carbon footprints, and companies are feeling the pressure and urgency to …
Dave Johnson, Phylmar newsletter editor
For years, corporate learning has failed the employee, according to trainingindustry.com. The reasons are many:
Chipotle Mexican Grill said that executive compensation will now be linked to hitting targets tied to the company’s environmental and diversity goals.
The burrito chain is following in the footsteps of Starbucks and McDonald’s, both of which recently announced that performance for racial and gender diversity goals will impact executive compensation plans. Individual investors …
The US needs to commit to slashing its planet-heating emissions by at least half by the end of the decade to address the climate crisis and spur other countries to greater action, a coalition of American environmental groups has urged.
Joe Biden’s administration is set to unveil a new national emissions reduction target at a …
On average, 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, according to 2017 data from Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Since then, the United States has experienced a surge of overdose deaths during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a CDC health advisory (https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2020/han00438.asp) issued in December of 2020. …
More than one year after the first U.S. COVID-19 cases, many professionals continue to work remotely, however, some companies are bringing employees back to the traditional office as hundreds of thousands are vaccinated per diem. On Tuesday, Envoy released findings related to its Return to the Workplace Report detailing employee sentiments about returning to work …
There are new chemical regulations on the block, and your company’s supply chain might be implicated. These rules prohibit both the manufacturing of certain bioaccumulating chemicals as well as the distribution of products that contain these chemicals.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued five final rules regulating the manufacture and distribution of certain persistent, …
Rasha Kuran, infectious diseases physician and associate director of the Valley Fever Institute, Bakersfield, CA, http://valleyfeverinstitute.com/ says distinguishing between influenza and COVID-19 has been challenging, according to Valley Public Radio.
Most valley fever patients have symptoms similar to the cold or flu—some can even clear the disease without knowing they had it at all. But …
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