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Media Alert: The USGS is calling all dead butterflies and moths in six states

Media Alert: The USGS is calling all dead butterflies and moths in six states

LAWRENCE, Kan. — You read that right.

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Tap water study detects PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across the US

Tap water study detects PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across the US

At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or...

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Elevated Arsenic in Grand Canyon Region Groundwater Sites Likely from Natural Sources

Elevated Arsenic in Grand Canyon Region Groundwater Sites Likely from Natural Sources

About 12% of 230 groundwater sites sampled in the Grand Canyon region over 45 years show arsenic concentrations greater than the U.S. Environmental...

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Identifying the Sources of Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Fish Downstream of a Historical Mining Site

Identifying the Sources of Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Fish Downstream of a Historical Mining Site

The aquatic ecosystems downstream of the former Black Butte Mine in Oregon are exposed to mercury contamination from historic mining activities, as...

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Short-Term Variability Does Not Impact the Efficacy of Dragonfly Larvae as Mercury Biosentinels

Short-Term Variability Does Not Impact the Efficacy of Dragonfly Larvae as Mercury Biosentinels

Measuring the amount of mercury in dragonfly larvae is one way scientists can determine how much contamination is in aquatic food webs.

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Unintended consequences: New research shows all California condor flocks have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides

Unintended consequences: New research shows all California condor flocks have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides

USGS scientists of the Eastern Ecological Science Center and the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center published new findings on environmental...

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USGS Science Well Represented at the Upcoming SETAC 43rd Annual North American Meeting

USGS Science Well Represented at the Upcoming SETAC 43rd Annual North American Meeting

Scientists are presenting on a variety of environmental health topics including sources of environmental contaminants, wildlife and human exposure...

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Friday's Findings - September 16, 2022

Friday's Findings - September 16, 2022

Title: Environmental Health Program's Minerals Integrated Science Team:  Contaminant Fate and Effects Associated with the Lifecycle of Mineral...

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Friday's Findings - July 29, 2022

Friday's Findings - July 29, 2022

Title: Wastes from oil and gas development: accidental releases and re-use investigations

Date: Friday, July 29th at 2:00 pm Eastern

Speaker: Isabel...

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New England WSC Expands Research on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

New England WSC Expands Research on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

The New England Water Science Center (New England WSC) is conducting multiple research projects on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class...

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