Money and Politics Could Doom the Florida Panther — and the Endangered Species Act
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Elizabeth Duan | January 24, 2021
“Florida’s Collier County is a place of conflict and contradiction. Its southeastern flank features sprawling public landscapes like Big Cypress National Preserve, that wild redoubt of rare orchids and alligator wallows. Its western edge is home to some of the state’s most ...
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Discovered in Hundreds of Products
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Elizabeth Duan | December 2, 2020
“Scientists have detailed more than 200 uses of PFAS chemicals in 64 industrial areas, including mining, book conservation, plastics production, photography, printing, watchmaking, car manufacturing, air conditioning, fingerprinting, and particle physics. Many of the uses, which are ...
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Artificial Turf
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Susan Sargent | October 8, 2019
PFAS CHEMICALS HAVE been identified in synthetic turf, according to lab tests performed on several samples of the artificial grass that were shared with The Intercept. The presence of the chemicals, members of a class that has been associated with multiple health problems, including ...