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One-third of world population exposed to harmful air pollution: Monitor https://phys.org/news/2026-09-world-population-exposed-air-pollution.html #environment #pollution #AirPollution #health #PublicHealth

We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature https://phys.org/news/2026-09-coal-gas-oil-people-nature.html #nature #environment #health #PublicHealth #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #gas #oil

Increased air pollution linked to more night-time coughing, UK-led study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/02/increased-air-pollution-link-night-time-coughing-uk-study-cambridge #UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #pollution #AirPollution #health #PublicHealth

Air pollution is linked to more nighttime coughing, even at low levels https://www.earth.com/environment/air-pollution-is-linked-to-more-nighttime-coughing-even-at-low-levels/ #environment #pollution #AirPollution #health #PublicHealth

1 in 13 adults under 30 already had hidden artery plaque https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260929053541.htm #health #PublicHealth

India’s electricity boom came with a heavy cost to human health https://www.earth.com/environment/indias-electricity-boom-came-with-a-heavy-cost-to-human-health/ #India #environment #electricity #energy #health #PublicHealth #growth

1 in 3 of us are now exposed to EXTREMELY HIGH levels of harmful air pollution, fuelled by record heatwaves and wildfires combined with climate-wrecking emissions. Clean air shouldn’t be a luxury, it’s a basic human right. https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260930-one-third-of-world-population-exposed-to-harmful-air-pollution-monitor #publichealth #airpollution #climatecrisis #heatwave #wildfires #makepolluterspay

👀 CNN: Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection "... Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. The incident occurred at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk, according to Russian state media TASS. It is unclear exactly what was released, according to the state agency that handles infectious disease, Rospotrebnadzor. O..." https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/europe/russia-laboratory-plague-accident-intl #publichealth #plague

Being hailed as a newer article that actually connects Covid-19 with chronic illness: "Chronic illness cases surge post-covid, leaving young patients searching for answers" https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/chronic-illness-cases-surge-post-covid-pots-5HjdjGf_2/ #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth #GetVaccinated #WearAMask

Respiratory problems climb past 170,000 cases in haze-hit Indonesia https://phys.org/news/2026-09-respiratory-problems-climb-cases-haze.html #Indonesia #environment #health #PublicHealth

Air pollution seems to harm both your gut and heart, in addition to the obvious lung damage it causes https://www.earth.com/environment/air-pollution-may-harm-both-your-gut-and-heart/ #environment #AirQuality #AirPollution #health #PublicHealth #GuHealth #HeartHealth

"Harris and other advocates recognize that menopause is having a moment, and they want to bring it to women and LGBTQ+ people behind bars." https://19thnews.org/2026/09/menopause-women-prison-kwaneta-harris/ via @19thnews@flipboard.com #PublicHealth #menopause #WomensHealth #incarceration #prisons

Random comment: I don't travel much (at all), but I'd estimate it's 1-in-150, maybe 1-in-500 masking in airports I was in this weekend. (we are few). I don't mask everywhere (lots of exposure in everyday life), but you aren't going to run into anyone you know out on a plane, and there's no social contract with strangers in random airports... but I guess the social pressures are very, very, very strong right now to not mask (at least, in the Southern US).. (I heard background "well the pandemic is over/glad they have stopped requiring vax" conversations clearly in reaction, as well as multiple people putting on masks when they didn't have them on before seeing me with a mask, seeing others were willing to go out on a social limb. Mostly because a DGAF what you think, random old white dude). (That said, air quality in airports is good, as are MOVING airplanes in the air; but, taxiing not so good, and extremely crowded non air conditioned corridors are high risk, plus... bathrooms, gross. Some guy with snot actively dripping off his nose sat next to me and was wiping it on the chair... lol.) #random #publichealth

UN warns super El Niño a 'significant' threat to world health https://phys.org/news/2026-09-super-el-nio-significant-threat.html #Environment #weather #ElNino #health #PublicHealth

"In April of last year, the Trump administration paused the enforcement of a rule designed to help protect coal miners from an aggressive form of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung disease, the primary cause of which is exposure to silica dust...This April, the Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced an indefinite delay in enforcement of the rule." https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/coal-miners-black-lung-disease-silicosis-silica-dust-pneumoconiosis-trump-west-virginia/ #PublicHealth #OccHealth #coal #mining #RuralHealth #USpol

#HHS & many Americans are struggling to survive bc #RFKJr🚨has ZOMBIFIED the agency: "30% fewer staff, scientists sidelined, pol interference, its new dir, who pledged to 'follow the science,' instead challenged PA's announcement of 2 #measles deaths, shunning stand procedure." -T Gabriel For decades, the #CDC⚡was the global leader in #PublicHealth. Its scientists helped train #health ofcls ww. In the US: primary source of guidance for prevention & trt of diseases. #USPol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/health/cdc-staff-cuts-rfk-jr.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFE.1RAr.dMJ1uYfo8vQa&smid=tw-share

Heart disease now causes more deaths than cancer among Hispanic adults as risks emerge younger https://www.earth.com/lifestyle/heart-disease-now-causes-more-deaths-than-cancer-among-hispanic-adults-as-risks-emerge-younger/ #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #healh #PublicHealth #cancer #HearHEalth #HeartDisease

This radioactive gas can quietly seep into homes and is linked to 21,000 deaths a year in the U.S. alone https://www.earth.com/environment/radon-gas-can-quietly-seep-into-homes-it-is-linked-to-21000-deaths-a-year-in-us/ #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #gas #radioactivity #health #PublicHealth

"Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry’s own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology." https://apnews.com/article/ai-superintelligence-bernie-sanders-d6a6a2cd8e71d7c95bdc394595aa85d1 #PublicHealth #AI #technology #USpol

Ruh roh (also, why did I read this article before bed, lol) KCLU: Rabies cases surge among Ventura County's bats. Officials urge caution around the animals https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2026-09-21/rabies-cases-surge-among-ventura-countys-bats-officials-urge-caution-around-the-animals #rabies #VenturaCounty #bats #publichealth