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Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action before it becomes a toxic dustbin
Great Salt Lake is also known as America's Dead Sea -- owing to a likeness to its much smaller Middle Eastern counterpart -- but scientists worry the moniker could soon take new meaning.
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Was plastics being mixed with oil in Mauritius spill to produce a horror ‘Frankenstein fuel’?
New findings from leading international scientists warn of 'unusual' characteristics discovered in Mauritius oil spill, 'unlike anything seen in an oil spill before.'
Little known about non-natural chemicals increasingly being found in environment
Pesticides, ingredients from sunscreen, an artificial sweetener and the plasticizer bisphenol-A,were among the chemicals found.
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Noise pollution: What you need to know about the carbon footprint of streaming music
It turns out your mother may have been right about your music after all.
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New E.P.A. plan could free coal plants to release more mercury into the air
The proposal could set a precedent reaching far beyond mercury rules and would represent a victory for the coal industry.
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State officials say continue caution when it comes to water
The death toll in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence currently stands at 39. In New Hanover County, an 85-year old man died from an infected cut after cleaning storm debris. Much of the storm-related pollution, and risk for infection, is in the water.
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