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July 24, 2023

Friday's Findings - July 28 2023

Title: Tire Dust and Fish Health

Speaker: John Hansen, Research Immunologist, USGS Western Fisheries Research Center

Date: July 28th at 2:00 pm...

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July 20, 2023

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

LAWRENCE, Kan. — You read that right.

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July 5, 2023

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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June 14, 2023

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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March 2, 2023

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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March 2, 2023

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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December 13, 2022

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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November 9, 2022

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 - July 28 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Friday's Findings - July 28 2023

USGS EcoNews - Vol. 4 | Issue 3

GeoHEALTH—USGS Newsletter, July 2023

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

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

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

USGS EcoNews - Vol. 4 | Issue 2

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

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

GeoHEALTH—USGS Newsletter, January 2023

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

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