Seafood consumption linked to increased risk of melanoma & more environmental headlines.

[View this email in your browser]( Wednesday, June 22, 2022 “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Seafood Consumption Linked to Increased Risk of Melanoma A new study has found that regular consumption of fish and other seafood is linked to an increased risk of developing melanoma. While sun exposure, especially when the skin gets sunburned, heightens the risk of melanoma, a new study from Brown University and published in the journal [Cancer Causes and Control]( has also found that eating fish may pose a higher risk of developing this serious skin cancer with a high risk of death. [Read More]( Related: [Seafood Watch Warns Against Consuming Lobster, Snow Crab, to Help Save Right Whales]( Bayer Appeal to Dismiss Roundup Weedkiller Lawsuits Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by German company [Bayer]( AG to dismiss legal claims by customers who assert one of its products — [glyphosate]( Roundup weedkiller — causes cancer. The multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company could potentially owe billions of dollars in [damages]( reported Reuters. [Read More]( Related: [Court Rules EPA Failed to Fully Consider Glyphosate’s Risk to Humans and Wildlife]( Colombia’s First Leftist President and Goldman Environmental Prize-Winning VP Promise to Transition the Country Away From Fossil Fuels The results of Colombia’s latest election could be a major victory for the planet. On Sunday night, the country voted in its first-ever leftist president, [Gustavo Petro]( and its first Black vice president, [Francia Marquez]( who is also a [Goldman Environmental Prize]( winner, as Climate Home News reported. Included in the pair’s ambitious agenda is a commitment to ending new fossil fuel exploration and phasing out all fossil fuel use. If they succeed, Colombia could become the largest fossil fuel producing nation to abandon the energy sources largely responsible for the [climate crisis](. [Read More]( Related: [EU Parliament Votes to Ban New Sales of Fossil Fuel-Powered Vehicles Starting in 2035]( 8,000 Years of Great Barrier Reef Climate Change History Put Together by Australian Scientists The [Great Barrier Reef]( is the cumulative masterpiece of generations of [coral]( building on top of one another for as many as twenty million years, according to greatbarrierreef.org. Located in the Coral Sea, the 1,429-mile-long reef is the greatest living structure on Earth and is host to many species of marine life, including sponges, coral, [fish]( turtles, molluscs and crustaceans. [Read More]( Related: [More Than 90% of Great Barrier Reef Impacted by Sixth Mass Bleaching Event]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](