Grassroots Environmental Education

09/04/2026

Accumulated evidence on the harms of gas leaf blowers has bolstered the rationale for regulation.

Two-stroke engines—the technology underpinning gas-powered leaf blowers—have been phased out of virtually every other industry due to their debilitating impacts on worker health. Yet two-stroke engines remain commonplace in the landscaping industry, raising enormous environmental justice concerns, as half of all landscape workers nationally are Latino.

09/04/2026

The materials used in home construction, the furniture and textiles within the home, and all the other plastic-based materials in all of our homes are making firefighting more toxic and difficult to fight. Hear HAZMAT expert Silverio Caggiani discuss what today's brave firefighters are dealing with.

House fires are becoming more and deadly than ever before, thanks to the increasing use of in home and furnishings. In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new court ruling ordering the to explain why it has still not updated its 30-year-old radiation exposure guidelines, and how the administration is quietly working to hide the astronomical costs of climate-related events. Then firefighting and expert Silverio Caggiani explains how fighting fires has become increasingly dangerous as modern homes are filled with plastic, including , floor covering, , , and even

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Buckeye Environmental Network

09/03/2026

"By actively unnecessary medications, such as long-term sleeping pills that pose a high risk of adverse effects, pharmacists can drastically reduce chemical waste and lower the carbon footprint of health care delivery. Furthermore, pharmacists can champion stewardship and prioritize prescribing environmentally preferred alternatives. For instance, shifting patients from older, high-carbon propellant inhalers to dry-powder alternatives provides the same clinical benefits for management while dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions." full story at Drug Topics

Pharmacists can and should take advantage of all they can do to reduce pharmaceutical impact on the environment. Learn more about the impacts of antimicrobials here: https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/antimicrobials

09/03/2026

Solar energy can reduce harmful air pollution.

The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and the American Lung Association of New York are hosting a special webinar – Breathe Easy - Solar Power, Health and Affordability – on Thursday, September 10, at 12pm EST.
Register here: https://actions.nylcv.org/a/ala-solar

09/02/2026

"-In total, 17 EDCs [endocrine disrupting chemicals] were found in the 37 bottled waters tested, including chemicals used in plastic , pharmaceutical drugs, and cosmetics.
-Water in bottles contained more EDCs than water in glass bottles, with B and acetaminophen being the most abundant chemicals detected.
-More expensive bottled water brands contained higher levels of toxic chemicals, potentially from multiple layers of plastic packaging." full story at Environmental Health News

Avoiding plastic water bottles is smart, saves money, and is beneficial for you and your family's health. Learn more at https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/bottled-water

09/01/2026

"A drumbeat of calls for data centers to make their own power has been sounding for months among regulators, consumer advocates, and other stakeholders. Proponents of this approach argue it will shield utility ratepayers from data center costs. And it might." full story at Grist.org

Without regulation, the power plants being built for data centers bring all sorts of pollution problems including more fracking for natural gas. Learn all about fracking and why more of it should be avoided at all costs at grassrootsinfo.org/fracking

08/31/2026

"According to Kalkstein, who taught army cadets there for 17 years, he told the dean at a November 2025 meeting that an order to cut from the curriculum content about the human causes of climate change was immoral and potentially illegal.
It “would be like trying to teach the law without being able to even mention the constitution”, he said." full story at The Guardian

Climate change is caused by human-related activity. Grassrootsinfo.org is your resource for living as safely as possible in this increasingly toxic world filled with misinformation and suppressing the truth.

08/24/2026

“It’s very hard for the individual consumer to know what’s in the products, even if they are super-conscientious and reading the labels,” said Kristen Knox, a research scientist with the Silent Spring public health non-profit, which has also tested personal care products for toxic chemicals but was not involved with this research. “Consumers don’t have access to a lab." full story at The Guardian

Limiting exposures to toxins like phthalates and bisphenols is smart. The personal care products industry does not make that easy. Learn more about avoiding these toxins at https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/common-exposures

08/23/2026

The government wants to increase the amount of radiation people are exposed to. What could be wrong with that? https://www.greenstreetnews.org/post/increasing-public-exposure-to-radiation-with-cindy-folkers

08/17/2026

Manufacturing company 3M knew more than 50 years ago that its products – including components in “forever chemicals” – could be hazardous to the health of humans and animals and damage the , the [Australian] federal government has claimed in court documents. Full story at The Guardian

They knew. And we know. Learn how to avoid PFAS forever chemicals at grassrootsinfo.org/pfas