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  • EPA Termination of Environmental Justice for New England Program

    EPA Termination of Environmental Justice for New England Program

    We are proud to be one of 36 organizations to receive a grant from Environmental Justice for New England (EJforNE), but unfortunately, the EPA terminated…

  • Upcoming Event

    Upcoming Event

    You’re invited to join Defend Our Health and Island Press for our webinar Defend Our Health: Authors & Friends on Wednesday, July 15th, at 1 PM ET. …

  • Authors & Friends Recap

    Authors & Friends Recap

    We were thrilled to be joined by author Sharon Udasin last week for a conversation on PFAS in the context of her book Poisoning the Well:…

  • Microplastics are disrupting photosynthesis and threatening our food supply

    Microplastics are disrupting photosynthesis and threatening our food supply

    Summary An alarming new study published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science revealed that microplastics disrupt photosynthesis, the process plants use to make energy. This…