Mindi’s Vital Signs: Environmental & Health Trends

Plastic in Our Brains

The Price of Synthetic Living

Oct 14 • 

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September 2025

Greenwashed and Exposed

The Failure to Protect Communities from PFAS

Sep 7 • 

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August 2025

The Unsettling Authoritarian Drift

America at a Crossroads

Aug 13 • 

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July 2025

When Lives Become Numbers: The Dangerous Dismissal of Preventable Child Deaths

When Lives Become Numbers: The Dangerous Dismissal of Preventable Child Deaths

Jul 29 • 

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When Science Is Silenced, Communities Pay the Price

Texas floods, shuttered stream gages, and the rising cost of climate denial

Jul 9 • 

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June 2025

PFAS in Our Water

Why AI Must Be Part of the Solution to “Forever Chemicals"

Jun 27 • 

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Fluoride, Teeth, and Developing Brains

Time to Rethink Water Fluoridation?

Jun 14 • 

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🧪 Cutting Research. Costing Lives.

"Cancer shouldn't be political."— Natalie Phelps, patient facing treatment delays due to NIH staffing cuts.

Jun 5 • 

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April 2025

Science, Health, and Justice Under Siege: Why We Must Pay Attention

“The greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen.” - Lee Zeldin, New EPA Administrator

Apr 26 • 

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March 2025

A Climate Quandary

Tesla’s Struggle Amid Stock Decline, Elon Musk's Rhetoric, and Trump's Support

Mar 15 • 

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The Cost of Isolation

Why We Must Remain Engaged with the WHO

Mar 8 • 

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Troubling EPA Cuts Are Proposed -

We Can't Afford Them - The U.S. Spends More on Healthcare, But Faces Some of the Highest Cancer Rates Globally

Mar 1 • 

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