Latest Pollution Stories
Plastic fishing gear brings in a better catch, but there’s a big tradeoff
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Alastair Bland/Hakai Magazine
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A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor
Oysters can’t sleep—and your lights might be the cause
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Hannah Seo/Hakai Magazine
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‘Living material’ water filter uses bacteria to neutralize water pollutants
Scientists are using AI to track coal train dust
What’s the most sustainable way to mine the largest known lithium deposit in the world?
Seafarers are unknowingly working with oil smugglers
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Nathaniel Peutherer/Hakai Magazine
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‘Forever chemicals’ detected in paper and plastic straws
Inside the fight to reclaim California’s biggest freshwater lake from algae
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Tien Nguyen/Knowable Magazine
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Titanium dioxide-coated mesh can purify contaminated fog
The health hazards from wildfires will linger in Maui for years
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Andrew J. Whelton/The Conversation
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Federal study links testicular cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’ for the first time
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Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime/KFF Health News
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How the trash jar went from inspirational to elitist
Amazon might finally be cutting down on plastic waste
Turning plastic waste into streets faces roadblocks
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James Bruggers/Inside Climate News
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For decades, turmeric’s ultra-golden glow had a deadly secret
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Wudan Yan/Undark
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