Researchers will use the data to model how ocean currents and other environmental conditions might predict where high levels of microplastics can be found in the ocean.
A charter school did not notify parents when results showed water fountains and sinks failed lead tests, including off-the-charts levels of the neurotoxin.
The new rule would eliminate federal protections for about 40 percent of Pennsylvania’s streams. Only major navigable waterways, tributaries that run into them or adjacent wetlands along with some lakes will be covered by the Clean Water Act.
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