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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Friday November 28, 2025 ( 2 items )  

Toxic Metals in Wheat Grain: Do They Come From the Soil or the Fertiliser?
LEIPZIG, Germany, Nov. 27 -- The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research issued the following news release: * * * Toxic metals in wheat grain: do they come from the soil or the fertiliser? German-American research team traces the origin * Plants absorb not only nutrients but also toxic metals such as cadmium through their roots. It was previously unclear whether the toxic metals came from the soil or the fertilisers applied. Under the leadership of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental  more

Trump administration to reconsider black lung protection rule, costing more miners' lives
BOONE, North Carolina, Nov. 27 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration to reconsider black lung protection rule, costing more miners' lives * CONTACTS: Quenton King, Government Affairs Specialist, quenton@appvoices.org, (304)-579-7366 Yesterday, the Department of Labor and the mining industry filed a status update in the lawsuit related to implementation of the silica dust rule, requesting to indefinitely suspend activitie  more