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This article was updated on March 26th at 4:45 p.m.PMr. Trump, a resident, Lately, he has seemed desperate to escape the war he started, emphasizing progress in negotiations that may or may not reflect reality, and declaring that “this war has been won” despite ample evidence to the contrary. Last week’s Iranian missile attack on Qatar’s main natural gas facility may help explain his page-turning stance. The attack was carried out in retaliation for Israel’s attack on the Iranian portion of a large natural gas field spread across Iranian and Qatari territory, and was more of a warning shot than…
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Updated April 23, 2026 at 7:11 a.m. ETEarlier this month, MAHA moms visited the White House. Several key figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement gathered around a table in the Roosevelt Room to meet with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other senior administration officials. The all-female guests included health activist Kelly Ryerson, wellness podcaster Alex Clark and nutritionist Courtney Swan. They are influential within a loose coalition of Kennedy supporters known as MAHA moms, many of whom are concerned about their children’s health. This was an opportunity for them to vent their frustrations with the…
Approximately 40% of non-organic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain trace amounts of pesticides, which are also PFAS (“forever chemicals”), according to a new study. California supplies nearly half of the vegetables and more than three-quarters of the fruits and nuts consumed in the United States. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are called “forever chemicals” because the strong molecular bonds of carbon and fluoride can take years, decades, or even centuries to completely break down in the environment. It is estimated that there are approximately 15,000 fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) in existence today. “PFAS pesticides are the active ingredients in…
The “forever chemicals” known as PFAS are increasingly known to potentially have the following effects: They pose a number of threats, the latest of which may be to children’s bone health, according to new research. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of approximately 15,000 synthetic chemicals commonly used in products such as clothing, nonstick cookware, firefighting foam, food packaging, carpeting, cleaning supplies, paints, stain repellents, and water repellents. These compounds do not break down in the environment and easily migrate into the air, dust, food, and soil, contaminating nearly half of the drinking water in the United States.…
The 2026 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce found that leafy greens such as spinach and perennials such as children’s favorites strawberries and grapes contained the highest levels of potentially harmful pesticide residues, based on government testing. Nectarines, peaches, cherries, apples, blackberries, pears, potatoes and blueberries were the fruits and vegetables most heavily treated with pesticides on this year’s “Dirty Dozen,” according to a report released Tuesday by the environmental working group (EWG), a health advocacy group. According to EWG, which has been publishing annual reports since 2004, spinach, which holds the top spot, has more pesticide residues by weight…
Two chemicals used to make plastics more flexible were linked to nearly 2 million premature births and 74,000 neonatal deaths worldwide in 2018, according to a new study. Babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy are considered premature. By 2024, approximately 1 in 10 infants in the United States will be born prematurely. According to the 2025 March of Dimes report card. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “babies that survive may have breathing problems, feeding problems, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and vision and hearing problems.” The two chemicals included in this study, di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and…
More than 62 million Americans (roughly 1 in 5) may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of nitrates in their tap water, a new report finds. Nitrates, compounds of nitrogen and oxygen naturally found in air, water, soil, and plants, become a health risk when rainfall leaches nitrogen-rich fertilizers used in agriculture into groundwater, streams, and rivers, and reaches public water systems several miles downstream. Low levels of invisible, tasteless, and odorless nitrates in drinking water have been linked to thyroid disease, stomach, kidney, bladder, and colon cancers, premature birth and birth defects, and other health problems, according to a…
A group of moms and wellness influencers, Some were asked to go to the White House this month, including Surgeon General candidate Casey Means. I expected a few staff members to listen to complaints about the health risks of herbicides. Instead, it was a two-hour session in a “packed” room that included Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and the president himself, according to Alex Clark, an influencer who was among the attendees and “bringing America back to health.” “They just let us talk. They let us get everything off our chest,”…
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