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About EHN.org and DailyClimate.org EHN Staff Journalism that drives the discussion We are a publication of Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to driving science into public discussion and policy on environmental health issues, including climate change. We are an independent, reader- and foundation-funded organization that reports, publishes and curates journalism on environmental topics. We have two goals: 1. Put events and science driving the day's news in a larger context 2. Share our perspective as journalists and scientists with considerable expertise in the field. We've been at this since 2002 and have published EHN.org continuously since Aug. 2, 2003. Why do we publish news you don't like? Airport travelers We get this question a lot. We review and curate hundreds of stories and opinion pieces on vital issues every week involving health, pollution, nature, energy and more. Passions run high on these topics, and both science and politics can be contentious. We have a high opinion of our readership; we don't believe that you need to be protected from exposure to news perspectives or opinions with which you may strongly disagree. Our assumption is that we do our job best by showing you a broad sampling of what's being written and reported on the topics we all care about. You may not like everything we post. But as journalists, we're committed to showing you the whole picture. Commitments and beliefs Environmental Health Sciences believes - That high quality science should be the foundation of public health policy. - That jointly with science, those whose health is affected by policy should have the driving voices in the creation of those policies. - That our work needs to call out injustices, point to solutions and spur action leading to quantifiable, sustainable improvements to our health and environment. - That science and journalism can objectively shape public discussion and activate people to make healthy, informed choices about their health and wellbeing. - That forces pushing false anti-science, anti-civil society narratives stand to reap considerable economic and political rewards, and that an environment encouraging the public's open-minded, unbiased consideration of the best available scientific information does not exist by accident and in fact needs support. - That progress is never a result of scientific discovery alone; it requires other forces: crusading journalism, advocacy, politics. We work to create a world in which - the public and private sector policies governing the manufacture and use of chemicals encourage inherently safe materials; - chemists use design tools to avoid synthesizing hazardous materials; - the health costs of harmful chemicals are no longer externalized; - the harmful effects of agricultural chemicals on soil fertility are eliminated thereby heightening food security; - the neurological effects of chemical exposures no longer diminish intellectual and emotional intelligence and cease their contributions to other neurological maladies, including those of aging; - chemical impacts on our immune systems no longer make us vulnerable to pathogens nor cause autoimmune disorders; - communities take steps now to protect their citizens from potential disruptions of society resulting from large scale human impacts on the environment.
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