Links

The foods that can help and harm your brain
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/12/its-not-just-in-the-genes-the-foods-that-can-help-and-harm-your-brain


Chemicals in packaging, carpets and non-stick pans 'may contribute to obesity'
Studies have also linked compounds called perfluoroalkyl substances to cancer, high cholesterol and immune problems
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/13/chemicals-in-packaging-carpets-and-non-stick-pans-may-contribute-to-obesity


Miami could be underwater in your kid’s lifetime as sea level rise accelerates
At the current rate of melting, the world's seas will be at least 2 feet higher by the end of the century compared to today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/02/13/sea-level-rise-accelerating-around-world/333140002/


Microplastics have been found in some of the most remote and uncharted regions of the oceans raising more concerns over the global scale of plastic pollution.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/12/microplastics-pollute-most-remote-and-uncharted-areas-of-the-ocean


Trump's Infrastructure Plan Is Actually Pence's—And It's All About Privatization
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/09/15/donald-trump-infrastructure-plan-mike-pence-privatization-658403.html


White House proposes 25 percent cut to EPA funding
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/373433-white-house-proposes-nearly-25-percent-in-cuts-to-epa


The EPA debunked Administrator Pruitt’s latest climate misinformation
Until Pruitt deleted the EPA climate webpages.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/feb/12/the-epa-debunked-administrator-pruitts-latest-climate-misinformation


Trump budget would cut health department by 21 percent
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/373452-health-department-would-see-21-percent-cut-under-trump-budget-proposal


US teacher dies after opting out of costly flu medicine
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43039036


Marijuana users' self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/marijuanas-420-holiday-tied-rise-fatal-car-crashes-53020612
tags: drug abuse


Sea Levels Are Surging at Faster and Faster Rates as Antarctica and Greenland Melt, Satellite Data Reveals
http://www.newsweek.com/sea-level-rise-has-rapidly-accelerated-1992-melting-ice-and-its-not-803326


The president proposes shifting large chunks of money from the space station, satellites studying a warming Earth and a major space telescope toward a multi-year $10.4 billion exploration plan aimed at returning astronauts to the moon in about five or six years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-wants-nasa-out-of-space-station-by-2025-businesses-in/2018/02/12/33717d9e-101d-11e8-a68c-e9374188170e_story.html?utm_term=.97d53897269a


Trump Administration Wants To Decide What Food SNAP Recipients Will Get
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/02/12/585130274/trump-administration-wants-to-decide-what-food-snap-recipients-will-get


Top 5 Worst Religious Clichés for People in Pain
https://katebowler.com/top-5-worst-religious-cliches-people-pain/


Trump wants to privatize the International Space Station
Ted Cruz blames the idea on “numskulls” over at the Office of Management and Budget.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/11/17001610/international-space-station-privatize-trump-nasa


Trump Sold a $40 Million Estate to a Russian Oligarch for $100 Million—and a Democratic Senator Wants to Know Why
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-sold-40-million-estate-russian-oligarch-100-million-and-democratic-802613