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Sea urchins suffer deformities from plastic chemicals
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Wasting away: Sea urchins suffer deformities from plastic chemicals

Chemicals found both in new plastics and those washed up on a U.K. beach caused deformities in sea urchin larvae, according to a new study in the journal Environmental Pollution.

plastics being mixed with oil Frankenstein fuel
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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.'

California’s multibillion-dollar problem: The toxic legacy of old oil wells
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California’s multibillion-dollar problem: The toxic legacy of old oil wells

Thousands of wells across the state, including near residential areas, have been left inactive for years and are in need of cleanup.
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Australia's wildfires will create big problems for fresh water

Australia's wildfires will create big problems for fresh water

When huge quantities of ash wash into rivers, dams, and eventually the sea, they will likely pollute water supplies and kill aquatic wildlife.
Monitoring water quality after wildfires
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Monitoring water quality after wildfires

Researchers are just starting to study how blazes like California's devastating Camp Fire may contaminate watersheds.

The looming Superfund nightmare.

As unprecedented hurricanes assault coastal U.S. communities, residents and experts fear the storms could unleash contamination the EPA has tried to keep at bay.

The line between the acts of God and human acts has always been too blurry for our comfort. And the distinction between the two has perhaps never been less meaningful than it is now, with the Atlantic basin churning out an unprecedented slate of storms that have threatened areas across the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the southeastern coast of the United States.

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Inside the oil spill that followed Trudeau to China.

There is certain information about Husky Energy’s catastrophic oil spill in Saskatchewan last summer that you won’t find on the company’s brand new website.

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