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Public health
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

A diplomat's tears, 200 snake bites, drone pix: Goats and Soda's top stories in 2025

Global health and development in 2025 saw major policy shifts, resurging infectious diseases, rising cancer rates, environmental pollution crises, poverty setbacks and inspiring visual storytelling.
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Recycling Car Batteries Can Come at an Environmental Cost

Of the 70 people whose blood was tested as part of the investigation, 70% had amounts of lead in their bloodstream that were described as "harmful," including all of the people who worked in recycling facilities. The Times also compared their findings to the lead pollution caused by a now-shuttered auto battery recycling plant in Vernon, California. The investigation noted that soil at a school in Ogijo had around 20 times as much lead as a preschool near the plant in Vernon.
Environment
Renovation
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Angela Rayner warned thousands of new homes at risk of dangerous lead pollution

A housing project in Kent is paused due to lead pollution risks, despite government plans for rapid housebuilding.
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