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Water pollution film screens in Baltimore amid permit concerns

A documentary exposing industrial water contamination was screened in Baltimore this week, coinciding with local concerns ...
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This Town Was Poisoned by Its Own Air

What happens when the air you breathe becomes toxic? In 1948, a deadly smog blanketed Donora, Pennsylvania, killing 20 people and hospitalizing thousands. This documentary explores the tragedy that ...

Air pollution has been tied to Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what you need to know

Air pollution doesn’t just increase the risk of dementia — it actually makes Alzheimer’s disease worse,’ Dr. Edward Lee says ...
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Tampa activists and scientists recognized in documentary about pollution

President Donald Trump has taken aim at MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace in a bizarre social media rant. The drama started when 79-year-old Trump kicked off his Sunday morning with a cryptic post on Truth ...
PBS

New study highlights ‘grave, growing’ danger of plastic pollution to world’s health

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...
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Plastic pollution treaty talks deadlocked as negotiations draw to a close

GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production ...