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Many of the world’s rivers are flush with dangerous levels of antibiotics
Antibiotic pollution can fuel drug resistance in microbes. A global survey of rivers finds unsafe levels of antibiotics in 16 percent of sites.
By Carolyn Wilke | 9:00am, June 14, 2019
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News | Pollution
Satellites make mapping hot spots of ammonia pollution easier
By Laurel Hamers | 7:00am, January 04, 2019
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Feature | Pollution
Engineers are plugging holes in drinking water treatment
By Laurel Hamers | 6:00am, November 25, 2018
Science Stats | Pollution
Car tires and brake pads produce harmful microplastics
By Jennifer Leman | 8:38am, November 12, 2018
Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin
Science & the Public | Pollution
We’re probably undervaluing healthy lakes and rivers
By Laurel Hamers | 8:00am, October 14, 2018
mayfly swarm
The Science Life | Pollution
Confused mayflies wreak havoc on a Pennsylvania bridge
By Claire Porter | 8:00am, September 16, 2018
computer rendering of Ocean Cleanup system
News | Pollution
A massive net is being deployed to pick up plastic in the Pacific
By Carolyn Gramling | 5:36pm, September 07, 2018
air pollution over India
Science Visualized | Pollution
Air pollution is shaving a year off our average life expectancy
By Katy Daigle | 1:35pm, August 22, 2018
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News | Pollution
Wildfires are making extreme air pollution even worse in the northwest U.S.
By Laurel Hamers | 3:19pm, July 16, 2018
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Science Stats | Pollution
Air pollution is triggering diabetes in 3.2 million people each year
By Laurel Hamers | 5:11pm, July 09, 2018
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