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12/23/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Researchers find high levels of pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef, including one that’s BANNED in 60 countries
Marine scientists have detected dangerous levels of several pesticides in the Great Barrier Reef, including the herbicide atrazine. This pesticide has been banned in 60 countries but remains registered for use in Australia. In a report published in the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, reef water quality expert Jon Brodie and fisheries veterinarian Matt Landos said that 50 individual pesticide […]
08/25/2020
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By Divina Ramirez
Ireland to reduce plastic waste production by eliminating all single-use plastic
Single-use plastics, like cutleries, plastic bags and food containers, constitute a huge chunk of the plastics accumulating in landfills or disintegrating in the oceans as microplastics. Plastic consumption has taken a huge toll on both land and sea, affecting not just marine life but flora and fauna, too. Countries around the globe had been taking steps […]
08/17/2020
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By Zoey Sky
Radiation at “safe levels” near Fukushima, but experts raise concerns over contaminated storage tanks
In 2011, the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The event then released an alarming amount of radioactive waste into the ocean. Now, local officials report that radiation levels have fallen to safe levels, except in the waters closest to the shuttered power plant. However, in an article published in […]
03/26/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Air pollution levels DROPPING all over the world as coronavirus causes cities and industries to shut down
As major cities all over Europe go into lockdown, levels of air pollution are dropping dramatically. Levels of particulate matter, which usually come from vehicles burning fuel, as well as nitrogen dioxide from vehicle exhausts, have been dropping in London, Paris, Rome, Milan and many other major cities in Europe. According to data retrieved from […]
05/10/2019
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By Ethan Huff
Biosludge proponents claim toxic stew isn’t actually toxic, thanks to “sludge magic”
The reclassification of human waste as “crop fertilizer” has become a booming, multi-million dollar industry here in the United States and elsewhere. And while it’s openly admitted that this so-called “biosludge” is loaded with toxic chemicals and bacteria, its proponents claim that none of this is in any way a threat to human health because […]
04/10/2019
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By Jayson Veley
Is fracking just a cover for a corporate water grab? Control the water, control the people
Like most other issues in America today, people are mostly split when it comes to the issue of fracking – that is, the process of fracturing rocks underneath the earth’s surface through the use of pressurized liquid. While it’s not entirely a partisan issue, for the most part, those on the right feel that it is […]
12/20/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Pennsylvania residents speak out against government plans to allow Synagro to spread toxic biosludge across Slate Belt
More than 200 local residents living in Pennsylvania’s Slate Belt showed up to a recent public hearing to oppose the proposed construction of a massive “biosolids” plant in their community, citing concerns about the safety of what the plant intends to produce: dried sewage sludge. Reports indicate that Synagro, a major North American producer of […]
10/28/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Japan announces new plan to drain radioactive Fukushima water DIRECTLY into the Pacific Ocean
Government authorities in Japan have announced new plans to start dumping highly radioactive wastewater from the failed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility directly into the Pacific Ocean. Though the amount of radiation in the water far exceeds legally-permitted levels, according to the plant’s operator and documents reviewed by the U.K.’s Telegraph, there’s apparently no other […]
06/11/2018
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By Carol Anderson
Milwaukee family with lead-poisoned child says that state officials are “complicit” in not taking responsibility for the issue
Lead poisoning has been an ongoing issue in Milwaukee City, Wisconsin as 11 percent of their children suffered from it back in 2016. More recently, parents of a five-year-old boy victim called out the city government for being “complicit.” Nazir Al-Mujaahid and his wife Aminah shared the horrific story of finding out that their youngest […]
10/06/2017
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By Cassie B.
FEMA found to be 75 percent ineffective, according to new analysis
The 100-year flood plain maps created by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) carry a lot of weight. They are used by insurance companies to predict risk when setting policy terms and premiums, and federal and state officials use them to plan for floods. They must be reasonably accurate to be given such powerful votes […]
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