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May 28

European Union proposes ban on plastic straws, stirs and cotton buds

By Raf Casert, Associated Press

The European Commission said its proposal would seek to cut marine litter in half for the 10 most prominent items and avoid environmental damage estimated at over $250 billion over the next dozen years.

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Apr 09

Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor

By Fedor Kossakovski

Invented by a Baltimore local, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected more than 1.5 million pounds of garbage since May 2014.

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Mar 22

Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43,000 cars and is much larger than we thought

By Nsikan Akpan

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs 87,000 tons -- 16 times more than previous estimates -- and contains more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, according to a new analysis.

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Feb 18

From drugged oysters to birds full of plastic, oceans are feeling the burden of pollution

By Danielle Venton, KQED

Scientists are finding a growing presence of pharmaceuticals, small pieces of plastic and household chemicals in the bodies of Pacific razor clams, Pacific oysters and remote seabirds.

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Dec 13

Babies born closer to fracking sites are more likely to be underweight

By Nsikan Akpan

Low birth weight, defined as being born under 5.5 pounds, has previously been linked with an increased risk of childhood mortality and poorer educational outcomes.

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On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 21, one of the U.S. soldiers killed in Niger is laid to rest, and Spain moves to dissolve the secessionist government in Catalonia. Also, a look at the number of global deaths caused by…

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Oct 21

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Pollution causes one in six deaths worldwide

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In 2015, pollution killed three times the number of people as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, and 15 times the number of people killed by war and violence. The study, by the environmental nonprofit Pure Earth and published in The…

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Oct 20

One out of six deaths worldwide were pollution-related in 2015

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That’s three times more deaths than all fatal cases of AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, a new report says.

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Sep 29

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News Wrap: Hurricane Harvey caused potentially dangerous chemical spill, says EPA

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In our News Wrap Friday, the EPA warned that Hurricane Harvey caused a potentially dangerous chemical spill from a Houston-area Superfund site. The EPA detected high levels of dioxins in the San Jacinto River, which are linked to cancer and…

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