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At a Catholic health conference April 4-5 in Vacherie, La., Kimberly Terrell, a research scientist and director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic in New Orleans, said her ...

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Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate ...

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When you hear the word nano, what do you think of? Nanoplastic particles? Graphene? Is the nanoscale revolutionizing technology, or producing pollutants too small to manage? Search engine results are ...