#EPA’s relaxed enforcement of pollution reporting due to COVID-19 ends in August

“#EPA’s relaxed enforcement of pollution reporting due to COVID-19 ends in August” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Environmental Protection Agency will end a temporary policy that relaxed reporting requirements on pollutants due to the coronavirus at the end of August, amid criticism that the pandemic policy has jeopardized public health. Democratic lawmakers, several states and…

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#Scientists investigate epigenetic impact across whole genome

“#Scientists investigate epigenetic impact across whole genome” Scientists from the OIST Plant Epigenetics Unit grew the epigenetic mutant strains of Arabidopsis thaliana in different trays under artificial light. Credit: OIST All life depends on a genome, which acts as an instruction manual for building all the products essential for development and survival. But knowing which…

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