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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

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Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. Armenta, who was working for a local environmental justice organization at the time, was deeply concerned, but not surprised, by the news. Pavement is degrading faster.

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The search for the source of plastic pollution

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explains Heather Trim, executive director of Zero Waste Washington, an organization that helped develop the protocol. Plenty of research has focused on the microplastics found in the guts of fish and seafood, to better understand how that may be taken up through their digestion process.

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