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A community in Red Bluff, California was recently notified that their water had alarming concentrations of chemicals called PFAS. Data shows that the site has had high levels of contamination for several years.
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“If this pollution was happening in an affluent Portland suburb, it would be stopped,” attorney Steve Berman said.
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Harmful algae blooms are so common in the Pacific Ocean, they get their own acronym (HAB). But the current bloom in the Pacific is decidedly uncommon: it…
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On a hot day, a place to swim on a lake or river looks very inviting. Those days are here, and so are the concerns about the safety of each swimming hole.…
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On those hot days, it's hard to resist a swim in a cool body of water. But findings of toxic algae and high bacteria levels in area lakes and rivers make…
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And now, another effect of the drought: higher bacteria levels in streams. It figures... less water means less dilution of naturally-occurring bacteria,…