Articles by Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein
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![This is an aerial shot of a flooded city neighborhood. The street is lined with white high-rise apartment buildings and the road is submerged in brown floodwater.]()
![This is an aerial shot of a flooded city neighborhood. The street is lined with white high-rise apartment buildings and the road is submerged in brown floodwater.]()
In Brazil, unprecedented flooding may force a political reckoning
“This is going to shake the mindsets of voters."
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![An aerial shot of an outdoor industrial with green and yellow construction equipment next to a vat containing brown material]()
![An aerial shot of an outdoor industrial with green and yellow construction equipment next to a vat containing brown material]()
The EPA is cracking down on PFAS — but not in fertilizer
Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals.
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![A person in protective clothing fumigates a street against the dengue virus]()
![A person in protective clothing fumigates a street against the dengue virus]()
Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike
Warmer temperatures are driving outbreaks of dengue worldwide, with millions of cases already reported in 2024.
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Pentagon tries to dodge PFAS lawsuits over a product it helped invent
The U.S. government is seeking immunity from 27 lawsuits related to a toxic firefighting foam used on military bases.
