Causes www.nytimes.com E.P.A. approved toxic chemicals for fracking a decade ago, new files show The compounds can form PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and birth defects. The E.P.A. approvals came despite the agency’s own concerns about toxicity.
Politics www.nytimes.com Climate team, and its boss, just got harder to find at top health agency The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it had folded its Climate and Health Program into a branch that studies asthma.