Researchers announced last week that bottled water contains greater amounts of microplastics and nanoplastics than previously thought—raising new health concerns.
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REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN WASHINGTON, WALL STREET ON FULL DISPLAY AS U.S. PREPARES TO DOLE OUT BILLIONS IN GRANTS FOR SEMICONDUCTORS
Former employees of top financial firms have been tapped to work in a U.S. office tasked with distributing $39 billion in grants to the semiconductor industry—prompting two senators to raise concerns about fairness.
CANCER IN YOUNG PEOPLE KEEPS RISING
Cancer rates among young Americans continue to soar—jumping from 95.6 cases in 100,000 in 2000 to 107.8 cases per 100,000 in people under 50, according to the latest federal data.
PRESIDENTIAL REALITY SHOW: POLITICAL INDEPENDENTS STILL REPRESENT LARGEST POLITICAL BLOC IN U.S.
About 43 percent of U.S. adults continue to consider themselves political independents—which represents the biggest political bloc in the country.
TOP TREND 2024 EV GO FU: 2023 EV SALES WERE A DEBACLE
Millions worth of subsidies—with some of that money drawn from government medicare programs—couldn’t prevent EV sales from getting stuck in a ditch in 2023.
FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH HARD-TO-EXTINGUISH LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FIRES
On the last day of 2023, firefighters were finalizing a plan to extinguish a lithium-ion battery fire aboard the Genius Star XI, a 13,000-ton cargo ship en route from Vietnam to San Diego.
DEATH OF JOURNALISM: LOCAL NEWS BLOODBATH CONTINUES AS MORE PUBLISHERS CLOSE UP SHOP
A newly released Northwestern University study found that 2023 was another tough year for journalism jobs, especially in local newspapers that closed at a rate of 2.5 a week.
PRESIDENTIAL REALITY SHOW®: AMERICANS CONCERNED ABOUT BALLOT COUNTING
A growing number of Americans—especially Republicans—are concerned about how their ballots will be counted after they cast their vote during the 2024 presidential election, according to a newly released poll.
AS FORECAST: AMERICANS’ PHYSICAL HEALTH DECLINES AFTER COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS
Remember when your local “health official” closed schools and gyms, but kept open liquor stores in the name of “stopping the spread” of COVID-19?
AS FORECAST: MILLENNIAL WOMEN SEE FIRST DECLINE IN WELL-BEING IN GENERATIONS
The Population Reference Bureau released its latest index of women’s well-being in the U.S. and found that millennials are the first generation since the Silent Generation to see an overall decline in their overall status.