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"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety ...
A large-scale, extensive study by researches reveals pharmaceutical pollution changes behavior of the Atlantic Salmon.
Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...
The Narragansett lab tackles emerging water pollution problems, including PFAS, microplastics, and toxic algal blooms.
A local notified the district office after seeing a "vivid magenta fluid" flowing from a pipeline into the stream, and ...
Clobazam, an anti-anxiety drug, is polluting our waterways. A Swedish study found traces of the drug had altered the way wild ...
Researchers studying pharmaceutical pollution tracked salmon that had been exposed to anti-anxiety medication. The fish appeared to lose their inhibitions.
A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll ...
Discover how algal blooms affected dolphins and marine life in Florida, leading to a tragic mass mortality event.
Before President Nixon created the EPA in 1970, water and air pollution weren't federally ... a local EPA worker points out a dying fish. While the river has been much cleaner since the Clean ...