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Pollution & Toxins

Cigarette butts
Pollution & Toxins

Cigarette Butts: The Most Littered Item in the World

The most commonly found piece of trash on beaches isn’t plastic bags or straws. It’s even smaller and contains dozens of dangerous chemicals.
April 25, 2019
by
Dipika Kadaba
The most commonly found piece of trash on beaches isn’t plastic bags or straws. It’s even smaller and contains dozens of dangerous chemicals.
Hunter Power Plant
Pollution & Toxins

Utah’s Coal-ash Pollution: A Toxic Example of a National Problem

The majority of coal plants in the United States, like the Hunter Power Plant in Utah, are contaminating groundwater with toxic pollutants, a new report reveals.
April 15, 2019
by
Daria Bachmann
The majority of coal plants in the United States, like the Hunter Power Plant in Utah, are contaminating groundwater with toxic pollutants, a new report reveals.
bottle caps
Pollution & Toxins

What Laws Work Best to Cut Plastic Pollution?

Experts have recommended how the United States can drastically curb the use of throwaway plastics with new federal legislation. 
March 4, 2019
by
Erica Cirino
Experts have recommended how the United States can drastically curb the use of throwaway plastics with new federal legislation. 
Fisher
Pollution & Toxins

Endangered Wildlife Are Getting Dosed With Rat Poisons

Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.
February 25, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.
CAFO manure lagoon
Pollution & Toxins

North Carolina’s CAFO Conundrum: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Manure Lagoons?

Experts warn that we’ll keep having dangerous floods of feces unless state and the federal governments change the way big producers do business — and unless consumers start eating less meat.
October 15, 2018
by
John R. Platt
Experts warn that we’ll keep having dangerous floods of feces unless state and the federal governments change the way big producers do business — and unless consumers start eating less meat.
ac/dc
Pollution & Toxins

Sorry AC/DC, Rock and Roll Is Noise Pollution

A head-banging new study proves that loud music shakes, rattles and rolls the ecosystem.
July 13, 2018
by
John R. Platt
A head-banging new study proves that loud music shakes, rattles and rolls the ecosystem.
Scott Pruitt
Pollution & Toxins

‘Polluting Pruitt’ Finally Gets the Boot — What Happens to the EPA Next?

Will the infamous EPA administrator get to keep his soundproof phone booth? And will anything change at the EPA itself?
July 6, 2018
by
John R. Platt
Will the infamous EPA administrator get to keep his soundproof phone booth? And will anything change at the EPA itself?
Pollution & Toxins

Big Cities, Bright Lights: Ranking the Worst Light Pollution on Earth

The Blue Marble is turning into a glowing globe – and in many places that’s becoming a problem for human health.
June 21, 2018
by
Dipika Kadaba
The Blue Marble is turning into a glowing globe – and in many places that’s becoming a problem for human health.
Pollution & Toxins

Blinded by the Light Pollution

We mapped light pollution from oil and gas fields and found they outshine American cities — and that's bad news for birds.
May 21, 2018
by
Dipika Kadaba
We mapped light pollution from oil and gas fields and found they outshine American cities — and that's bad news for birds.
microplastics
Pollution & Toxins

Something Fishy: Toxic Plastic Pollution Is Traveling Up the Food Chain

Chemicals collect in microplastics, which then get eaten by fish, birds and seals — and by humans.
May 14, 2018
by
Erica Cirino
Chemicals collect in microplastics, which then get eaten by fish, birds and seals — and by humans.

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