# water pollution (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover water pollution. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why cancer, not affordability, may be the biggest issue in Iowa’s midterms](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/cancer-rates-iowa-maha-pesticides-herbicides-glyphosate-farming-agriculture-midterm-elections-issues/) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ "State leadership and industrial agriculture are very hesitant to have those conversations." ## [As Minnesota gets warmer and wetter, what does that mean for drought?](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/08/21/as-minnesota-gets-warmer-wetter-what-does-that-mean-for-drought) _2026-08-21 · EHN Curators · EHN_ A new national study is calling for a new framework for drought assessment that better captures the long-term effect of climate change. ## [Mary McCarthy’s “Birds of America”](https://thornfieldhall.blog/mary-mccarthys-birds-of-america/) _2026-08-21 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ “How can we not write satire? ” Juvenal asked in the second century CE. That’s why I appreciate Mary McCarthy. I recently reread her brilliant novel Birds of America (1971), set in the 1960s in Rocky Port, Massachusetts, Paris, and Rome. McCarthy aims her savage wit at American politics (the 1964 presidential election and the \[…\] ## [How climate change is messing with your blood](https://time.com/article/2026/08/19/climate-change-impacting-blood-carbon-dioxide-levels/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Our blood chemistry is changing as carbon emissions rise, reveals a new study. ## [One year after Roseland oil disaster, parents fear for their kids](https://capitalbnews.org/roseland-louisiana-oil-pollution-black-children/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ As the Louisiana town of Roseland recovers, residents wrestle with the increasingly difficult task of shielding children from a polluted future. ## [Report: Big Food companies regularly sue to stop or slow down public health policies](https://investigatemidwest.org/2026/08/19/report-big-food-companies-regularly-sue-to-stop-or-slow-down-public-health-policies/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Mars have regularly sued governments around the world in an effort to prevent public health proposals from being implemented. ## [Parents warned about 'cute' squishy toys as Amazon removes counterfeits containing lead and phthalates](https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/counterfeit-squishy-toys-safety-warning-1762897) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns parents about counterfeit squishy toys that may contain hazardous substances such as lead and phthalates, urging caution and vigilance when purchasing these popular children's items. ## [Amara’s Law made Minnesota the strictest state on PFAS](https://spokesman-recorder.com/2026/08/18/epa-pfas-regulations-rollback-minnesota/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency narrows its definition of PFAS and approves new PFAS-containing pesticides, Minnesota is moving in the opposite direction under Amara’s Law, named for a 20-year-old who died of liver cancer linked to 3M’s “forever chemicals.” ## [Climate change reshuffles where people are moving in Florida](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20082026/florida-threats-lead-to-climate-migration/) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ The threat of hurricanes and costs of insurance are pushing residents into former citrus lands and inland communities. ## [Maine struggles to get homeowners to test wells for arsenic](https://apnews.com/article/maine-well-water-test-arsenic-dd694e67c77cc3bca01a9da065c32158) _2026-08-20 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Wendy Brennan agreed to participate in a study examining how arsenic exposure can affect children’s cognitive development primarily because her young daughter wanted the free T-shirt. ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xhu6su3o62Bo) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Was I Censored? Women & Sexuality](https://thornfieldhall.blog/was-i-censored-women-sexuality/) _2026-08-20 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ It started when I mentioned Cynthia Heimel’s humorous book, Sex Tips for Girls. She includes a six-page section on how to give a blow job. And then Ellen mentioned “fellatio” in a comment: the comment disappeared. I found it in the trash; I rescued it. It disappeared again; I rescued it again. And then the \[…\] ## [NASA-funded study reveals sharp black carbon levels in Addis Ababa](https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/52371/) _2026-08-19 · EHN Curators · EHN_ A newly published study supported by NASA has provided one of the most comprehensive perspectives into air quality in Ethiopia’s capital. ## [How hormone-disrupting chemicals in everyday products can affect your thyroid and health](https://theconversation.com/endocrine-disruptors-how-hormone-disrupting-chemicals-in-everyday-products-can-affect-your-thyroid-and-health-289778) _2026-08-19 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Dependent on a delicate hormonal balance, the thyroid gland is adversely affected by ultra-processed foods, among other artificial interventions in our diet. ## [The hidden cost of the “great deal”: Is fast fashion worth your health?](https://wordinblack.com/2026/08/the-hidden-cost-of-the-great-deal-is-fast-fashion-worth-your-health/) _2026-08-19 · EHN Curators · EHN_ Few people can resist fast fashion's appeal. But an $8 dress or $12 pair of jeans could cost shoppers much more by endangering their health. ## [In Which We Go to a Club: Who Were Those Men with the Boat?](https://thornfieldhall.blog/in-which-we-go-to-a-club-who-were-those-men-with-the-boat/) _2026-08-18 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ It started at the grand opening of a club. I was given two tickets, and what else was I doing on a Friday night? I begged Captain Nemo to come with me, but the only club he liked was a dingy warehouse where we had once heard 10,000 Maniacs and Talk Talk for free. Anyway, \[…\] ## [Who’s on Prozac, Who’s Not?](https://thornfieldhall.blog/whos-on-prozac-whos-not/) _2026-08-16 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ I used to think I could walk down the street and identify people on Prozac (by which I mean antidepressants in general). It turned out I was wrong. The handsome, impeccably dressed middle-aged man who held the bus door open for us appeared on the street corner one morning wearing “beggar clothes” (tattered jeans, a \[…\] ## [Women and Sexuality in 20th-Century Literature: Cynthia Heimel, D. H. Lawrence, Mary McCarthy & Erica Jong](https://thornfieldhall.blog/women-and-sexuality-in-20th-century-literature-cynthia-heimel-d-h-lawrence-mary-mccarthy-erica-jong/) _2026-08-15 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ Why, one wonders, this sudden interest in sex? As a woman of a certain age, I already feel I could write an instruction manual. But as I laughed over Cynthia Heimel’s Sex Tips for Girls (1983), I was astonished by her detailed instructions on how to give a blow job. There’s no casual hopping into \[…\] ## [Cynthia Heimel’s Humor Columns & Essays](https://thornfieldhall.blog/cynthia-heimels-humor-columns-essays/) _2026-08-14 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ “The eighties weren’t our fault.” – Cynthia Heimel (1947-2018) Rearranging my bookcases is one of my favorite pastimes. I never know what I’ll find, and today I ferreted out a treasure trove of Cynthia Heimel’s humor books, Sex Tips for Girls; But Enough about You; If You Can’t Live without Me, Why Aren’t You Dead \[…\] ## [Pollution in the Midwest: Booth Tarkington’s “The Midlander”](https://thornfieldhall.blog/pollution-in-the-midwest-booth-tarkingtons-the-midlander/) _2026-08-13 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ We are experts on polluted cities. We learned from living in cities plagued by air and water pollution, the smoke from the factory stacks, the chemicals lobbed into the river, the destruction of inner-city neighborhoods, and flight to the suburbs and exurbs. Suburban life is complicated. There were no trains or buses from the far \[…\] ## [What Happened to the Clamshell iBook? The Age of the Cute Computer](https://thornfieldhall.blog/what-happened-to-the-clamshell-ibook-the-age-of-the-cute-computer/) _2026-08-11 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ Before everyone emailed and texted, before the invention of the talking refrigerator, most of us lived more or less off the grid, Our idea of high tech was the princess phone. But until I got a laptop computer, my life revolved around the typewriter. I happily typed papers, articles, essays, reviews, letters, and lists on \[…\] ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/d8le8jzXc76Z) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Air or Water? Living in Polluted Cities](https://thornfieldhall.blog/air-or-water-living-in-polluted-cities/) _2026-08-10 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ When we moved into a 100-year-old bungalow in a lovely midwestern town, I was delighted.. The sun was brighter and the sky bluer than in the bustling post-industrial city where we used to live. That city was referred to as “the big dirty” by truckers. And the air was dirty, sometimes filthy, though the water, \[…\] ## [Welcome to Hairdo Hell: A Memoir](https://thornfieldhall.blog/welcome-to-hairdo-hell-a-memoir/) _2026-08-09 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ Several years ago, I won an award for an essay. It’s lovely to win an award, even if you just get a plaque or certificate, which you immediately lose, and which surfaces years later in a filing cabinet. Later, I won an award I’d never heard of. Of course it was an honor, as all \[…\] ## [Date Night: The Wardrobe](https://thornfieldhall.blog/date-night-the-wardrobe/) _2026-08-09 · Kat · Thornfield Hall_ Last night I went on a date. We went to a movie, or you could say two movies. At the first theater they wouldn’t let us in because we were 30 minutes late. At the second theater we were an hour late and still got tickets. “Now it’s date night,” I said to Captain Nemo.. \[…\]