{"id":218632,"date":"2026-07-29T01:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-neighbors-with-toxic-pollution-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T01:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T01:43:21","slug":"daily-briefing-neighbors-with-toxic-pollution-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-neighbors-with-toxic-pollution-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: Neighbors with toxic pollution &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these stories:<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here with Tuesday&#8217;s news.<br \/>Americans are learning this summer that that military bases near their homes have\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/07\/26\/toxic-pfas-cleanup-forever-chemicals-delays-military-bases-map-data\/91026055007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>delayed for as much as 20 years the cleanup<\/a>\u00a0of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. Also <a href=\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2026\/07\/24\/what-are-pfas\/91040171007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>known as PFAS<\/a>, these &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221; pollute drinking water and increase the risk of certain cancers.<br \/>In an exclusive investigation, USA TODAY compiled records of the delays and built\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/data.usatoday.com\/projects\/military-pfas-delays\/index.html rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>an interactive dashboard with maps and timelines<\/a>\u00a0showing where cleanup has been delayed and for how long.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Weather<\/span><\/strong><br \/>For U.S. tourists abroad and Europeans alike, wildfires pose a threat as <a href=\/picture-gallery\/news\/world\/2026\/07\/27\/france-spain-wildfires\/91062207007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>blazes<\/a>\u00a0threaten the French city of Bordeaux while crews in Spain struggle to control a series of forest blazes raging since last week. And <a href=\/story\/news\/world\/2026\/07\/27\/france-spain-wildfires-bordeaux\/91060122007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>more extreme heat<\/a> is on the way for the region.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Health &#038; Wellness<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Even a small trigger can set off more sensitive sweat glands that respond easily to heat, stress or physical activity, experts say, let alone <a href=\/story\/news\/weather\/2026\/07\/27\/extreme-heat-warning-advisory-wave-us\/91060329007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>ongoing summer temperatures<\/a>. Sweating is simply the body\u2019s mechanism for cooling itself, but if you&#8217;re on the third T-shirt of the day, <a href=\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/why-do-i-sweat-so-easily\/90424590007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>it could be a sign you&#8217;re producing above-average sweat<\/a>.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPa1ZoY0NFU20zWlVDcjZWVGRyRXZGOHBwQk0tWGtsbVNZZFlhNUNhWGJ1VFBGaW9RUzNxM0Y5YzNXTmo4aWFYc1F2Z0tYbHFtRjIyMWNKWXhybzVhUjdFc25XcHBfYWhuWEdoRVlBc1publ8yVkRsSjdtcU1BZW5zTUlHcDRjZXE0cy1RVnBJQXZaTk5VeEE0ZGlDUHRFV2k2UnNlekdFcWdGeDN6MkIzbFBvTUNKRWsz?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start with these stories:Nicole Fallert here with Tuesday&#8217;s news.Americans are learning this summer that that military bases near their homes have\u00a0delayed for as much as 20 years the cleanup\u00a0of toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals. Also known as PFAS, these &#8220;forever chemicals&#8221; pollute drinking water and increase the risk of certain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}