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Polluted Fish Swamp Great Lakes
Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be...
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Polluting Pentagon Rebuffs EPA Orders
The Pentagon is holding out on an Environmental Protection Agency order to clean up pollutants from three military bases where chemicals have become an "imminent and substantial" threat to the public...
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Car Batteries Killing Off African Town
A mystery illness that plagued a Senegalese town and sparked fears of AIDS, polio, and curses came down to an odd source: car batteries, the AP reports. After 18 deaths and pleas for an investigation,...
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Suds-Smugglers Thwart Eco-Friendly Law
Spokane, Washington's pioneering ban on high-phosphorus dishwasher detergents has led some residents to pioneer detergent-smuggling, reports the AP. People complaining that the eco-friendly detergents...
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EPA's CO2 Ruling May Have Huge Impact
The EPA's decision today to declare carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dangerous pollutants could have enormous consequences for US businesses, writes Andy Stone in Forbes . The big winner:...
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Utilities Poison Water to Meet EPA Air Regs
A federal law that keeps utilities from poisoning the air is causing toxic metals to infiltrate US waterways, the Washington Post reports. As the Environmental Protection Agency debates possible...
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Climate Change Could Cause Cancer, UN Warns
Climate change is doing more than just harming our environment—it could also be harming you, scientists say. Toxic chemicals that have been linked to cancer, tumors, heart disease, and infertility are...
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Chesapeake 'Dead Zone' Could Be Largest Ever
High nutrient pollution levels have caused the Chesapeake Bay's underwater "dead zone" to expand unusually quickly this year: It covers a third of the bay and will likely become the bay's largest-ever...
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Beef: Meat Industry's Worst Eco-Offender
Think drive-thru cheeseburgers are cheap? Think again. What may be light on the wallet is heavy on the planet, according to a new study on the environmental costs per calorie of beef, pork, poultry,...
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Humans Have Polluted Deepest Part of the Oceans: Study
Survival of the fittest in the depths of the sea likely includes plenty of its own inherent challenges, but now it's got a man-made one to add to the list. A research team out of Scotland's University...
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Study's Message to Americans: 'Our Air Is Contaminated'
Just because air pollution falls below legal limits does not mean you're safe. Indeed, there is no "safe" level of air pollution as pollutants cause an increased risk of premature death even when...
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An Industrial Neighborhood's Newest Residents: Blue Dogs
A strange phenomenon in an Indian industrial district has put a factory on thin ice and a bunch of canines in the bathtub. A report in the Hindustan Times posted in mid-August noted that dogs with...
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Report: Harvey Caused 145K Gallons of Fuel to Spill
More than two dozen storage tanks holding crude oil, gasoline, and other contaminants ruptured or otherwise failed when Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, spilling at least 145,000 gallons of fuel...
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EPA's CO2 Ruling May Have Huge Impact
The EPA's decision today to declare carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dangerous pollutants could have enormous consequences for US businesses, writes Andy Stone in Forbes . The big winner:...
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Utilities Poison Water to Meet EPA Air Regs
A federal law that keeps utilities from poisoning the air is causing toxic metals to infiltrate US waterways, the Washington Post reports. As the Environmental Protection Agency debates possible...
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Climate Change Could Cause Cancer, UN Warns
Climate change is doing more than just harming our environment—it could also be harming you, scientists say. Toxic chemicals that have been linked to cancer, tumors, heart disease, and infertility are...
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Chesapeake 'Dead Zone' Could Be Largest Ever
High nutrient pollution levels have caused the Chesapeake Bay's underwater "dead zone" to expand unusually quickly this year: It covers a third of the bay and will likely become the bay's largest-ever...
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Beef: Meat Industry's Worst Eco-Offender
Think drive-thru cheeseburgers are cheap? Think again. What may be light on the wallet is heavy on the planet, according to a new study on the environmental costs per calorie of beef, pork, poultry,...
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Humans Have Polluted Deepest Part of the Oceans: Study
Survival of the fittest in the depths of the sea likely includes plenty of its own inherent challenges, but now it's got a man-made one to add to the list. A research team out of Scotland's University...
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Study's Message to Americans: 'Our Air Is Contaminated'
Just because air pollution falls below legal limits does not mean you're safe. Indeed, there is no "safe" level of air pollution as pollutants cause an increased risk of premature death even when...
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