water pollution
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Austin Funeral Homes Regularly Pour Blood and Embalming Fluid Down the Drain
There’s blood in the water in Texas. No, I’m not being metaphorical or quoting a country song. I mean that Austin funeral homes have been pouring human blood from corpses down the drain along with toxic embalming fluids.
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The Chesapeake Bay Is Awash in Drugs
In Baltimore, where I live, tons of unsightly stuff leaks into the Chesapeake Bay. Sewage. Industrial pollution. And, according to a new report, drugs.
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17 Million Gallons of Raw Sewage Spills in Los Angeles
Stretches of beaches in Los Angeles are closed after 17 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into the ocean following a mechanical failure at a water treatment plant Sunday.
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Nature Processes Millions of Tons of Our Poop Each Year Surprisingly Well
Humans have forced the Earth’s ecosystems to deal with a lot of crap, from deforestation and biodiversity loss to the climate crisis. Then, there’s our, um, literal crap, which a new study shows that the planet is surprisingly well-equipped to manage.