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

Grist

This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. In the San Francisco Bay Area, rising groundwater threatens to spread contamination that can evaporate and rise into the air inside homes, schools, and workplaces.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

Several houses near her home remain vacant. Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn't lack is pollution. It's also home to the highest rates of lead poisoning among children in the city. I went and got my wife from the hospital and brought her with our child to our new home.".

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

AGreenLiving

Several houses near her home remain vacant. Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. It’s also home to the highest rates of lead poisoning among children in the city. In many ways, Maleta Kimmons defines her neighborhood by what it lacks.