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    A new EPA rule will make it more difficult for the regulators to use some scientific studies about the connection between pollution and health.
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    Trump EPA Erects New Barriers To Crucial Science

    Jan 05, 2021
    Studies based on private health data are crucial to understanding dangers posed by pollution. A new rule makes it harder for the EPA to consider many studies when setting safeguards.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Companies across the country say the pandemic is interfering with their ability to comply with laws that protect the public from pollution. The federal government is not keeping track of requests for regulatory leniency during the pandemic.
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    As EPA Steps Back, States Face Wave Of Requests For Environmental Leniency

    Jun 09, 2020
    The EPA does not require companies to notify federal regulators if the pandemic interferes with pollution monitoring or reporting. That leaves states alone on the front lines of pollution control.
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    Shots - Health News
    A stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, La., that is crowded with chemical plants has been called "Cancer Alley" because of the health problems there.
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    A Call For More Research On Cancer's Environmental Triggers

    Jul 12, 2019
    Scientists are making progress in identifying environmental hazards that contribute to cancer. Researchers say many cases could be avoided if the work is accelerated.
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    The Two-Way
    A recent study shows mussels in Puget Sound have tested positive for trace amounts of the opioid oxycodone.
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    Traces Of Opioids Found In Seattle-Area Mussels

    May 25, 2018
    Researchers said the discovery of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in local harbors is not uncommon, but the agency noted that this is the first time that oxycodone has been found in shellfish.
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    UMCES coastal ecologist Lora Harris heads the research team working on a chemical fingerprint to pinpoint nitrogen pollution from septic tanks.
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    Trump's Budget Would Eliminate A Key Funder Of Research On Coastal Pollution

    May 08, 2017
    The Sea Grant program, which funds research on coastal environments, is slated by White House for elimination in 2018. If it goes, a project that finds leaking septic tanks goes down the drain, too.
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    Around the Nation
    Martin County relies on a water treatment plant that was built in 1968.
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    Kentucky Community Hopes Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Fix Water System

    Mar 13, 2017
    In Martin County, the drinking water comes from a river contaminated by sewage and years of coal and gas extraction. Residents hope a new federal focus on infrastructure will help them fix the system.
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    The Two-Way
    Water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds in August 2015 that were built to contain heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident in Colorado. That site, and 47 others in southwest Colorado, were declare
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    More Than A Year After Spill, Colorado's Gold King Mine Named Superfund Site

    Sep 07, 2016
    Thirteen months after an Environmental Protection Agency mistake sent millions of gallons of bright orange wastewater into a Colorado river, the agency has announced a cleanup for the Gold King Mine.
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    The Salt
    About 300 tilapia are being raised in a greenhouse paid for by companies who may have polluted the Passaic River. It's run by Rutgers University's Veterans Environmental Technology and Solutions program.
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    New Jersey River Polluters Fund Toxic Fish Swap — But There's A Snag

    Jan 26, 2016
    Passaic River polluters are telling local fishermen to trade contaminated catch for healthy tilapia. But there's no disposal plan for the toxic fish, and residents don't want them to be incinerated.
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    Shots - Health News
    Removing micropollutants from wastewater isn't cheap or easy.
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    Hunting Ways To Keep Synthetic Estrogens Out Of Rivers And Seas

    Jun 19, 2015
    Hormones from medical treatments wind up in wastewater, and that can be a problem. Some scientists think a version of a household chemical, hydrogen peroxide, could be part of the solution.
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    Shots - Health News
    Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to not review an ordinance passed by Alameda County, California, means that drug makers will now need to pay for collection and disposal of unused drugs in the county.
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    Supreme Court Says Locals Can Make Pill-Makers Pay For Drug Disposal

    May 27, 2015
    The court decision means companies are on the hook for helping at least some consumers in California safely dispose of leftover pills and other medicine. Similar measures are in the works elsewhere.
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    The Salt
    Coca Cola cans on a production line at a bottling plant near New Delhi in 2013. The company decided in April 2015 not to build an $81 million bottling plant in southern India because local farmers said it might exhaust groundwater supplies.
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    Why Food Companies Should Be More Afraid Of Water Scarcity

    May 11, 2015
    An environmental sustainability group assessed how 37 U.S. food companies are responding to escalating water risks. It found most have a long way to go to improve water efficiency and other practices.
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    Science
    A fisherman collects water on a beach littered with trash at an ecological reserve south of Manila in 2013.
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    8 Million Tons Of Plastic Clutter Our Seas

    Feb 12, 2015
    A scientist estimating the weight of candy wrappers, bags, bottles, syringes and other plastic trash in the world's water sees a synthetic tsunami. Should China and India create more landfills?
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