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What’s the deal with pesticides and local food?
When an inquisitive shopper wonders if her local farmers are dousing her with misinformation about pesticides, Umbra produces an answer.
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Mediterranean diet might keep your brain young, science says
Researchers found that the brains of those who stuck to a Mediterranean diet -- lots of veggies, some fish, and little meat and dairy -- had more gray and white matter.
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Spooky! There could be lead in your kid’s face paint
With Halloween approaching, Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the FDA to test face paint for toxic metals.
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Buying bottled water for your health? Stop it
That's right -- that $10 bottle could be worse for you than plain old city water.
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Why is lead poisoning still an issue in cities?
We know how to prevent lead exposure, but the toxic metal still lingers in many POC communities, as shown in a recent CDC study.
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Remote Alaskan villages move from diesel to wind power
Moving away from fossil fuels isn't easy in the Arctic, but some villages are making it happen.
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Climate change is killing the unsung heroes of the oceans: Krill
Krill are basically the ocean's all-you-can-eat buffet -- and scientists are worried they could disappear.
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Did you hear there’s a drought in California? Some residents are getting rid of their pools
But pool removal may actually be kind of useless -- if the goal is water conservation, that is.
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The long, sad decline of the United States’ alpacas
The great alpaca bubble has finally burst.
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![First graders at Washington Elementary School in Riverside, California, line up for hot food after choosing fruits and vegetables from the salad bar on October 13, 2015]()
This California district brings tasty, local, affordable food to the cafeteria
The Riverside School District does school food right.
