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Nation May 26

Wastewater from Tyson meat processing plants is polluting U.S. waterways, report says

By John Yang, Harry Zahn

World Aug 05

Waters
Watch 6:59
Fears rise over Japan’s upcoming release of Fukushima nuclear wastewater

Japan could soon start releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. They’re running out of space to store the radiation-tainted water at the plant, which was damaged by the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, but…

By Rebecca Bundhun

Health Nov 27

Covid
Watch 7:17
How scientists use wastewater to track the spread of COVID

As the newest dominant COVID subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 emerge, scientists are looking beyond traditional methods to track its spread. One important tool in their arsenal is wastewater surveillance. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from California, one of the first…

By Cat Wise, Layla Quran

Health Aug 22

Polio NYC
Watch 6:17
Public health experts sound the alarm as new polio cases emerge

Polio had been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 1979, when the last known case of the original strain of the polio virus was detected, while the global vaccination campaign has decreased cases by 99.9 percent. But the virus now…

By William Brangham

Health Mar 29

Lab technicians test wastewater for COVID-19 at Biobot Analytics, in Cambridge, MA
How sewage surveillance could aid public health beyond COVID

Many officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases.

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Kaiser Health News

Apr 09

Wastewater is the infrastructure crisis ‘people don’t want to talk about’

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

2020 MacArthur Fellow Catherine Coleman Flowers spoke to the PBS NewsHour about her vision for a future that centers and solves water infrastructure issues across communities.

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Jun 16

With every flush, a stream of data for these coronavirus trackers

By Fedor Kossakovski

Samples can’t be traced back to an individual, but researchers can start narrowing in on a geographical area where individuals are shedding the virus.

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Jun 02

Watch 6:28
How one utility powers its entire plant from wastewater

By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo

Between flushing the toilet, bathing, and washing dishes, the average person in the United States generates almost 100 gallons of wastewater each day. But one utility in the suburbs of Chicago is using the waste it extracts from that sewage…

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Sep 04

State of emergency declared in Oklahoma after record earthquake

By Michael D. Regan

Oklahoma's governor on Saturday declared a state of emergency for Pawnee County located near the epicenter of one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the state.

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Aug 28

Why is Oklahoma seeing fewer earthquakes? Scientists point to new oil & gas rules

By Michael D. Regan

Oklahoma state regulators have taken a hard look at the practice of disposing of wastewater underground, and how it affects earthquakes.

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