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Fresh Fruit and Vegetables being shot as they submerged under water. So fresh and delicious. This idea can also be use to show washing food before being process further.

How to properly wash fruits and vegetables How to properly wash fruits and vegetables

By Debbie Wolfe

Green architecture homes

The EPA wants to tighten up their ‘zero-emission’ building definition The EPA wants to tighten up their ‘zero-emission’ building definition

Someone filling a glass of water probably wondering if there are PFAS in it.

2 ways of knowing if there are PFAS in your drinking water 2 ways of knowing if there are PFAS in your drinking water

EPA plan to eliminate lead in buildings could help half a million young children

EPA plan to eliminate lead in buildings could help half a million young children EPA plan to eliminate lead in buildings could help half a million young children

By Kate Yoder/Grist

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PFAS are toxic and they’re everywhere. Here’s how to stay away from them. PFAS are toxic and they’re everywhere. Here’s how to stay away from them.

By Sofia Quaglia

Lit wood stove emitting air pollution

An EPA fix for pollution-spewing wood stoves is backfiring An EPA fix for pollution-spewing wood stoves is backfiring

By Diana Kruzman / Undark

Tesla fremont factory

Tesla got fined for polluting (again) Tesla got fined for polluting (again)

By Colleen Hagerty

This Roundup ingredient is riddled with controversy—here’s why

This Roundup ingredient is riddled with controversy—here’s why This Roundup ingredient is riddled with controversy—here’s why

By Isobel Whitcomb

A bird's eye view of white tanks containing gasoline at a refinery.

The new infrastructure bill will fund pollution cleanup. But will it hold polluters accountable? The new infrastructure bill will fund pollution cleanup. But will it hold polluters accountable?

By Philip Kiefer

PFAS are everywhere—and the EPA has a new plan to fight back

PFAS are everywhere—and the EPA has a new plan to fight back PFAS are everywhere—and the EPA has a new plan to fight back

By Angely Mercado

The EPA is cracking down on more of the greenhouse gases in your fridge The EPA is cracking down on more of the greenhouse gases in your fridge

White birds on a pink, purple, and green illustration of the Fukushima nuclear plant

5 famous environmental disasters where humans and nature healed together 5 famous environmental disasters where humans and nature healed together

By Meera Subramanian

Person filling up water bottle at kitchen sink with tap water.

Simple, at-home tests can check your air and water for contaminants Simple, at-home tests can check your air and water for contaminants

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

smoke rising from smokestack

Cracking down on soot pollution could save thousands of lives—but the EPA won’t do it Cracking down on soot pollution could save thousands of lives—but the EPA won’t do it

Meet the former government officials who quit or retired to protest ‘blatant disregard’ of science Meet the former government officials who quit or retired to protest ‘blatant disregard’ of science

By Starre Vartan & Jenny Morber/Undark

smoke stacks from energy plant

Prosecutions under the Clean Air and Water acts dropped in half after Trump took office Prosecutions under the Clean Air and Water acts dropped in half after Trump took office

Environmental Protection Agency

Fossil fuel companies don’t have to clean up their methane emissions anymore Fossil fuel companies don’t have to clean up their methane emissions anymore

By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News

Toxic waste sites aren’t prepared for hurricane season Toxic waste sites aren’t prepared for hurricane season

A sockeye salmon in very shallow water.

Local opposition to Alaska’s Pebble Mine grows as the project reaches the next milestone Local opposition to Alaska’s Pebble Mine grows as the project reaches the next milestone

By Bjorn Dihle/ Outdoor Life

Smoke stack emitting pollution

Here’s how many pollution-related deaths your state is exporting or importing Here’s how many pollution-related deaths your state is exporting or importing