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PCBs And Killer Whales

November 7, 2018 By EarthWise Leave a Comment

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PCBs belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals known as chlorinated hydrocarbons.  PCBs were once widely used in electrical equipment like capacitors and transformers, as well as in paints, dyes, and heat transfer fluids.

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Climate Change And Radioactive Waste

September 14, 2016 By WAMC WEB

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What do climate change and radioactive waste have in common?  It turns out a lot more than we’d like.  According to research, which was was led by York University in collaboration with the University of Zurich and recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, rising global temperatures could lead to the release of – yep, you guessed it – radioactive waste. 

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Hidden Costs of E-Waste

June 17, 2016 By WAMC WEB

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Recycling is often a great thing. But, when you hear about the conditions under which electronic waste is disassembled by impoverished peoples of developing nations, it gives one pause.  [Read more…] about Hidden Costs of E-Waste

Pollutants In Fish

February 29, 2016 By WAMC WEB

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A new global analysis of seafood has found that fish populations in all the oceans of the world are contaminated with industrial and agricultural pollutants, which are collectively known as persistent organic pollutants or POPs.

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