The climate crisis could make your grocery bill even higher & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Thursday, October 13, 2022 "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." ― Chris Maser More Than 57,000 U.S. Locations Likely Contaminated With PFAS There are likely more than 57,000 locations, with sites in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, that are [contaminated with the toxic forever chemicals]( known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances ([PFAS](. [Read More]( Related: [‘Screamingly High’ Levels of PFAS in Common Insecticides, New Study Finds]( Climate Crisis Puts Half of Reefs at Risk by 2035 Half of the world’s [coral reefs]( are threatened by 2035 if nothing is done to mitigate the [climate crisis](. That’s the alarming finding of a new study published in PLOS Biology Tuesday, which found that 50 percent of [reefs]( could face “unsuitable” conditions in just 13 years. [Read More]( Related: [Great Barrier Reef Has Highest Coral Cover in 36 Years, But Global Heating Could Jeopardize Recovery]( The Climate Crisis Could Make Your Grocery Bill Even Higher Inflation in the U.S. is the highest in 40 years, partly because of a hike in food prices. But the [climate crisis]( could force grocery bills even higher, as [drought]( in [California]( and [Hurricane Ian]( in Florida have damaged [crops]( of fruits and vegetables, Reuters reported Monday. [Read More]( Related: [Student Creates Ecovado, a More ‘Low-Impact’ Avocado Alternative]( More Intense Rainfall Happening Across the U.S., Study Finds A new study from Northwestern University has found that it is raining more intensely in most regions of the U.S. In places that once received lighter rainfall, more recent decades have brought moderate to heavy rainfall, especially in the central and eastern parts of the country. [Read More]( Related: [Torrential Rain Floods Drought-Stricken Southwest]( 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](