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Finally, a solution to the worst scourge of this scorched Earth: brown avocado
By saving avocados from mud-colored fate, a new machine might make a dent in our mountains of food waste.
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There’s a new toxin in your water to worry about, America
PFASs are linked with cancer, hormone disruption, high cholesterol, and obesity, and were found in the water supplies of 6 million people.
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The Olympics keeps getting greener — well, the pools do, anyway
Algae is turning Rio's pools a frightening shade of green.
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Brilliant photographer captures daily life during the Flint water crisis
A short film by Latoya Ruby Frazier shows that surviving is harder when your water is poisoned.
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You can buy refurbished clothes for less from this Earth-friendly startup
A startup wants to fix those pants you broke in the dressing room — and sell them to you at a discount.
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Cholera could make a comeback, thanks to climate change
As ocean temperatures have risen, so have the number of lethal bacteria that cause the waterborne disease.
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Here’s a new Olympic sport to consider: Safe sex
The push for protection is partially attributed to anxieties around the Zika virus, which is sexually transmittable.
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Flint’s lead-poisoned water cost the city nearly 100 times as much as it was supposed to save
The disastrous switch from Lake Huron to the Flint River as the city's water source will cost it nearly $460 million.
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Is your front-loading washer smelly or moldy? Here’s how to fix that.
Advice columnist Umbra Fisk sniffs around for the best green ways to keep your washing machine spic-and-span.
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Enjoy it while you can: Climate change is already hitting the Olympics hard
In hot, polluted places like Rio, you’re actually better off just having a beer than exercising. Really.
