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water pollution

two students on the beach
Surfing scientists in Spain are hunting down microplastics 
Plastic pollution has become a major concern in Ghana.
Environment
Ghana’s fishermen are drowning in plastic. The govt is trying to tackle pollution before it’s too late.
Polluted river Sonora, Mexico
Environment
A recent leak of sulfuric acid into the Mexico’s Sea of Cortez arouses anger and concern
A hand holds small micro-plastics.
Pushing plastics
As the world grapples with plastic, the US makes more of it — a lot more
Workers in a dark building sort trash from a conveyor belt.
Pushing plastics
Inside the long war to protect plastic
Close up of colorful plastic bits
Environment
Microplastics have turned up in the remote Arctic Ocean, which means they’re everywhere
Child drinking water
Health
Newark, NJ, has a lead contamination problem in its water
Green algae bloom in Florida
Environment
Florida’s ‘red tide’ could help turn the state blue
The new water-based process being used by some independent Mongolian miners can extract up to 80% of the gold from the ore and is much cleaner than processes using mercury or cyanide.
Environment
These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.
A boy throws a plastic bottle into Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 7.
Economics
Rio’s water cleanup barely works and it’s crimping impoverished fishermen
Environment
Myanmar’s Inle Lake is just one small body of water, but this man is dedicating his life to saving it
Harvesting tilapia
Environment
Chinese fish farmers are trying to clean up their aquaculture practices
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.
Environment
It’s not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.
The Animas River, mustard-color about 24 hours after a spill.
Environment
EPA contractors caused gold-mine blowout that turned a river orange
Deer Island
Environment
To clean up its harbor, Boston paid a toll in human life
Cyanobacteria, or "green slime," is wreaking havoc with Lake Erie's water supplies and fishing industries. The outbreaks are caused largely by runoff of fertilizers and other nutrients from farms, and they're a growing problem in the Great Lakes and aroun
Environment
In the fight against green slime on Lake Erie, farmers try to clean up their act
Environment
Did the oil spill cause less damage than expected?
Environment
Industry and the environment prepare for oil spill’s long clean-up
Environment
U.K. researchers develop new grass type to better capture water runoff
Environment
New research discovers high levels of caffeine in surprising areas of ocean, rivers
Environment
Experts tangle over whether fracking waste is making drinking water unsafe
Health & Medicine
Millions sick due to lack of clean water in Pakistan
Environment
Ghost Net Busters Dive to Remove Deadly Lost Fishing Nets
Oil Spills in Nigeria
Discovering New Causes of Parkinson’s
Revisiting the Gulf Deepwater Disaster
Environment
Farms, Factories, and a Dangerous Nitrogen Overload
EPA Says Fracking May Cause Pollution
Global Politics
China’s Pollution-Fighting Farm
Problems Underground
The Thirst for Safe Water, Part 3: Mississippi Drinking Water: Epic Danger
Green Roofs
The Thirst for Safe Water Part #3: Pesticides in Drinking Water
Listener Builds Straw Bale Winery
Is the Tijuana River Half Full, or Half Empty?
Sludge-Eating Fish
Cow Waste and Artifical Wetlands
Great Lakes Anti-Pollution Plan
Oil Spills: One Woman’s Story
Recycling Sewage in Brazil
Still a Few Bugs in the System
Making the Most out of Wastewater
Let the Oil Slinging Begin
Perfect Storm for Fish Kill
Government Greenbacks for Greener Homes
Polluted Patriots
The Floating World
Robofish
Northwest Dead Zone
Smart Sewers/Note on Emerging Science
Northwest Dead Zone
What’s Corn Got To Do With It?
Dead Zones
The Mad Kayaker
Dead Zones
Your Chemical Body Burden
Your Chemical Body Burden
California Drinking
Emerging Science Note/Ghost Nets
Almanac/Gator Tales