water pollution
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Research casts doubt on EPA drinking water standard
New research is documenting health risks posed by nitrate levels in drinking water deemed safe to drink by the EPA.
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This lead-poisoned Indiana city could be the next Flint
And Trump's EPA is unlikely to act.
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Why the heck are there pig farms in the path of hurricanes?
Hurricane Matthew is the third hurricane in two decades to wash animal feces all over North Carolina.
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6 ways the Rio Olympics are failing on sustainability
From waters teeming with pathogens to transportation troubles, the Rio Olympics are looking like a hot mess.
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Olympians prepare for a “petri dish of pathogens”
If Rio's waters weren't cleaned up for Olympic athletes, how can we expect they'll be cleaned up for the city's actual residents?
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What do your mouth and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have in common?
Those tiny, plastic particles really are everywhere.
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Would you rather swim in a river of ammonium or MDMA?
Fracking sites in Pennsylvania or rave rivers in Taiwan -- the choice is yours, river-dweller!
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Six Flags’ Magic Mountain caught polluting a California river
Most folks associate Six Flags’ Magic Mountain with water parks, games, and thrilling roller coasters. Turns out the amusement park produces more than just smiles and old fashioned family fun — a whole mess of water pollution. A coalition of local environmental groups recently accused Magic Mountain of spewing pollutants and trash into the Santa […]
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Kate Zidar: A sewershed grows in Brooklyn
Salvaging a notoriously polluted urban creek takes nerds of steel.
