New Report Lists Chemicals Found In Cape Fear River
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry last week released a draft report of man-made chemicals found in air, water, soil, and food at locations around the world.
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Microbial Magic Could Help Slash Your Dinner's Carbon Footprint
In one year, fertilizer production in the U.S. emitted as much carbon dioxide as two million cars. What if we could help plants make their own nitrogen so they wouldn't need man-made chemicals?
Nestlé Offered Permit To Continue Taking Water From California Watershed
The company's U.S. bottled water unit had been found to be operating under a long-expired permit, taking tens of millions of gallons a year from a watershed in the San Bernardino National Forest.
Cape Town Averts 'Day Zero' By Limiting Water Use
Authorities in Cape Town say they've averted a crisis as the threat of Day Zero has been zeroed out by stringent limits on water use as well seasonal rainfall. The city will not run dry this year or next.
China Has Refused To Recycle The West's Plastics. What Now?
So where will all those bottles and bags end up? A new study looks at what's happening.
Greensboro Looks For Ways To Reduce Potentially Harmful Chemicals In Drinking Water
Leaders in Greensboro are looking at ways to reduce some potentially harmful chemicals in the city's drinking water.
Tropical Forests Suffered Second-Worst Loss Of Trees On Record Last Year
In 2017, 39 million acres of tree cover disappeared, an area as big as Bangladesh. "The report is telling a bleak picture," researcher Mikaela Weisse said. "What we are doing right now isn't enough."
Killdeer Plays Killjoy, Halts Production Of 'Canada's Coachella'
The birds nest was found in the same location organizers hoped to construct the main stage of the Ottawa Bluesfest.
Pediatrician Who Exposed Flint Water Crisis Shares Her 'Story Of Resistance'
After warning of elevated lead levels in her patients in Flint, Mich., Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha faced a backlash: "The state said that I was an unfortunate researcher, that I was causing near-hysteria."