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The heavy toll of the Black Belt’s wastewater crisis

Many rural households in America don’t have access to safe sewage systems. In Alabama, entrenched poverty and unusual geology have created a public-health disaster.

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Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes

As the world’s climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected to suffer the most dramatic increases, warns a study to be published on Friday in the journal Science.

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'Crazy' beekeepers determined to make it in tough times

They wrote it right into their business plan — an expectation that, each year, at least half the stock on which their livelihood depends would die.

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Toxics

Bees face 'a perfect storm'— parasites, air pollution, and other emerging threats

Research finds the dangers to pollinator populations are greater than ever. But studies also point to some potential solutions.

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Toxics

Little action from Canadian government as deadline to remove salmon farms looms

Despite evidence of harm, it seems unlikely the government will follow the recommendation to prohibit salmon farming in part of British Columbia.

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Toxics

Honeybees are dying in Volusia-Flagler and that threatens food supplies

The largest cause of honeybee deaths have infiltrated most hives. Called the Varroa destructor, the parasitic mite spreads like a bad virus.

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Toxics

Toilet to table: Michigan farmers feed crops with ‘toxic brew’ of human and industrial waste

Sewage sludge is a highly toxic, semi-solid blend of human feces and every pollutant that was discharged into the sewers.

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Toxics

The deadly gauntlet Fraser salmon must fravel to come home

To threats from fishing, pollution, warming water and more, add a blockade of rock.

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Toxics

What are zoonotic diseases?

Zoonotic diseases, which pass from animals to humans, kill millions of people every year. Where do they come from and how can we avoid them?

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Climate

Thousands of blood-sucking ticks found on bodies of Canadian moose

Canadian researchers study impact of warming winters as parasites move north.

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Justice

Seafood fraud Is widespread in Canada, researchers find

Nearly half the time, you're not buying the fish you think you're buying.

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Toxics

Bees swarm Berlin, where beekeeping is booming

Berlin has more honeybee hives than it can manage, and experts say many of the beekeepers do not have enough time or training for the hobby.

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Toxics

Bees are dying. Would a consumer ban on a pesticide help?

If you find yourself sipping a cold brew with a piece of watermelon in your hand this summer, you can thank the bees for making that snack possible.

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Toxics

WHO says climate change could have ‘considerable’ food safety impact

Climate change is likely to have considerable impact on food safety, placing public health at risk, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In

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As Biden targets climate change, we must focus attention on public health: Dr. Richard J. Jackson

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62 oil and gas companies from around the world signed on to a UN-led partnership aimed at bolstering monitoring and reductions of the potent climate-warming gas.

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"Before decisions are made we need to practice what we preach when we say that we stand for justice and equity. In any decision-making process, youth need to be involved from the get-go."

The heavy toll of the Black Belt’s wastewater crisis

Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes

'Crazy' beekeepers determined to make it in tough times

Bees face 'a perfect storm'— parasites, air pollution, and other emerging threats

Little action from Canadian government as deadline to remove salmon farms looms

Honeybees are dying in Volusia-Flagler and that threatens food supplies

Toilet to table: Michigan farmers feed crops with ‘toxic brew’ of human and industrial waste

White House effort to boost marine aquaculture raises environmental concerns

The deadly gauntlet Fraser salmon must fravel to come home

What are zoonotic diseases?

Thousands of blood-sucking ticks found on bodies of Canadian moose

Seafood fraud Is widespread in Canada, researchers find

Bees swarm Berlin, where beekeeping is booming

Bees are dying. Would a consumer ban on a pesticide help?

WHO says climate change could have ‘considerable’ food safety impact

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62 oil and gas companies from around the world signed on to a UN-led partnership aimed at bolstering monitoring and reductions of the potent climate-warming gas.

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"Before decisions are made we need to practice what we preach when we say that we stand for justice and equity. In any decision-making process, youth need to be involved from the get-go."

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