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Dahr Jamail | Global Fisheries Are Collapsing — What Happens When There Are No Fish Left?
Climate change and pollution are rendering oceans increasingly lifeless. What happens if there are no more fish in the sea?
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Toxic Teflon Chemical, C8, Found in Tap Water in Several States
Meanwhile, chemical industry's own research indicates that “safer substitutes” are also potentially hazardous.
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Corporate Elites to Snyder: We’ve Got Your Back on Flint
If you thought that poisoning a city of 100,000 people would be a bridge too far for Michigan's business elite, think again.
We’ve Changed a Life-Giving Nutrient Into a Deadly Pollutant — How Can We Change It Back?
In the process of producing food, we've inadvertently filled our planet with toxic forms of nitrogen. But scientists say we can improve this picture.
Epidemic of Premature Births Is Increasingly Linked to Air Pollution
Nearly 16,000 preterm births a year are linked to fine particulate pollution, costing the US $4.33 billion annually.
Coal Plants Risk Global Water Shortage
The Yellow River finds itself at the centre of a battle for resources, with the area struggling to keep up with demand from the coal sector.
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Dahr Jamail | Not a Fish Tale: Humans Are Ingesting Plastic Thanks to Ocean Pollution
By 2050, the earth's oceans will have more plastic than fish by weight, according to the World Economic Forum.
Both Former EPA Official and Flint Emergency Manager Pass the Buck on Water Crisis
Lawmakers took high-level decision makers during the Flint crisis to task, with scathing criticism.
How Far Does the Lead Water Crisis Go? We Don’t Do the Testing to Find Out
It's very hard to find out how widespread this problem of lead poisoning is in the US today.
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More Plastic Than Fish in Oceans by 2050 Helps Drive Calls for Reduced Plastic Use
Advocates against single-use plastics say cleaning up the world's oceans will take individual efforts and policy change.