Consumer Reports Tested 49 More Baby Formulas for Lead and Arsenic
Almost half were good choices, including some powdered, ready-to-feed, and organic formulas
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Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia
Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.
DuPont part of up to $2 billion settlement over PFAS in N.J.
Shawn LaTourette, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) commissioner, called it “the largest environmental settlement in our state’s history.”
Radon could be an invisible lung cancer risk inside your Pennsylvania home
Roughly 40% of Pennsylvania homes are estimated to have elevated levels of radioactive radon, according to the state.
New heat map explores potential benefits of Philly Tree Plan with block-by-block detail
The maps are part of a new website developed by the Nature Conservancy’s Pennsylvania staff, which describes how citizen-scientists collected heat readings around the city last summer and what they found.
‘Forever chemicals’ found in 76% of Pennsylvania streams sampled
Scientists with the USGS first set out in 2019 to sample 161 waterways as a way of finding potential sources of PFAS contamination from 33 different compounds of the “forever chemicals.”
A new law is supposed to protect pregnant workers — but what if we don’t know how?
A new federal requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to those who are pregnant. But public health experts say not nearly enough is known about which work circumstances are dangerous for pregnancies.
‘That house was like an oven’: How residents of Philly’s hottest neighborhoods are coping as temperatures rise
Hunting Park is one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city, and temperatures here can rise some 20 degrees above other parts of Philadelphia.
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Supporting Communities to Reduce Lead Poisoning
The National Center for Environmental Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program is pleased to announce a new Notice of Funding Opportunity, Supporting Communities to Reduce Lead Poisoning.