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Is it time to start engineering plants?

Envirotec Magazine

As climate change affects weather patterns and soil health, agricultural productivity could decrease substantially. The microbiome of cropland soils could be manipulated to accelerate soil carbon sequestration.

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet. Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Soil at the center . Poornima Param…. Thu, 08/27/2020 - 01:00.

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Improve the Air Quality in Your Office With These 5 Plants

Green Business Bureau

The quality of your working environment can have an effect on your productivity, health, and happiness. They can remove several harmful compounds from the air and break them down into their soil. You’ll have peace of mind that you’re taking care of your health as you work hard towards your career. Causes of Indoor Air Pollution.

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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Grist

By the second day, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the county’s Air Pollution Control District had issued an air-quality warning, and local libraries and nonprofits urged residents to protect themselves from the harmful smoke and ash, offering free N95 respirator masks. A new lead crisis? By mid-century, as the U.S.

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Spring’s Early Bloom: Farmers’ Adaptations And Keeping Crop Models In Sync

Energy Innovation

This change in the timing of the annual cycle of plant developmental stages, or phenology, in turn produces massive ripple effects that impact human health, cultural practices, farmer livelihoods, and food security. The quality and medicinal properties of such plants can be impacted as well by suboptimal growing conditions.

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‘This Needs to Be Fixed’: Nuclear Expert Calls Radioactivity Levels Found Outside Ohio Oilfield Waste Facility ‘Excessive’

DeSmogBlog

Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste processing facility with a history of sloppy practices in eastern Ohio. Soil nationwide generally has a radium background level of about 1 picocurie per gram, and the U.S.

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The landmark trial that could determine who pays to rid America’s drinking water of PFAS

Grist

But the city and the state environmental agency hadn’t thought much of it, since the contamination, at a combined 200 parts per trillion, or ppt, was not thought to be at a level that was harmful to human health. The decision to regulate PFAS represents a huge win for public health. That win will come at a cost.

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