"An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."

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#PublicHealth #asbestos #air #AirQuality #railroad #railway #mining #montana

In 1985, contaminated milk from one Illinois plant caused the largest Salmonella outbreak in US history, sickening thousands and killing at least 12.

The outbreak underscores the importance of disease surveillance, careful food production monitoring, and professional public health leadership in preventing future crises. theconversation.com/contaminat…
#health #history #publichealth

Contaminated milk from one plant in Illinois sickened thousands with ‘Salmonella’ in 1985 − as outbreaks rise in the US, lessons from this one remain true

The legal, political and public health consequences of the largest Salmonella outbreak in the US underscore the importance of food safety inspections and disease surveillance.

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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice by Daniel Stone, 2025

From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry—and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America.

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#nonfiction
#biography
#women
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#Environmentalism
#America

#WhoopingCough infections spike as #vaccination rates drop

The #US has reported more than 8,000 cases of whooping cough cases this year, more than double from this time last year. NBC News’ Sam Brock looks at the surge in this #contagious bacterial #infection that spreads through droplets.

“We’re seeing a return of #Dickensian #diseases” w/ the dissemination of anti-vaccine #ConspiracyTheories.

#PublicHealth #vaccines #HHS #RFKJr #Trump #Antivax #science #medicine
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Whooping cough infections spike as vaccination rates drop

The U.S. has reported more than 8,000 cases of whooping cough cases this year, more than double from this time last year. NBC News’ Sam Brock looks at the surge in this contagious bacterial infection that spreads through droplets.

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