Beverly Banks

"We never knew foam was killing us, and we didn't know that our own gear was killing us, and to me, that's criminal," retired firefighter, Air Force veteran Jeffrey Hermes said. "Sooner or later, somebody will prove it."

A recent public meeting on #PFAS use drew over 250 people to Lexington Park Library and addressed the Navy's progress in identifying possible contamination around NAS Patuxent River.

Fmr Mich. Army National Guard Sgt. Kristina Lodovisi said access to #publiclands is "a mental health issue." "We go into the wilderness to bring ourselves back together. There's a lot of people who are working with...PTSD & that's exactly what they

"The president is missing an opportunity on the climate issue to do something which is in line with conservative values and to make our nation stronger and better" -- @DanielPalken @citizensclimate

Close to 100 activists spent a rainy day with actresses Jane Fonda and Sally Field on the Capitol lawn to protest climate change as part of Fonda's weekly "Fire Drill Friday" demonstrations. Read more: https://www.eenews.net/stories/1061802665

WASHINGTON ­­- Could humans regrow their limbs? Researchers are considering this possibility as they study the regrowth of tail fins and other organs in zebrafish.

On an evening in late March, Jan Day is standing outside her red brick rowhouse in Capitol Hill holding a white helmet fastened with black netting. Day’s 8-year-old airedale terrier, Echo, barks as she strolls past the garden...

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