Category: Public health
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California: stay clear of these seafoods, per Monterey Bay Aquarium
Seafood is practically synonymous with summertime, but before you indulge in your favorite seafood dish, you may want to consider if that fish is actually sustainable or harmful for the environment. Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch revealed the types of seafood their scientists and conservationists recommend consumers avoid this summer based on sustainability, and many…
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Seattle-caught salmon found to contain cocaine, antidepressants, and pain relievers
81 drugs and personal-care products were detected in the flesh of salmon caught in the Puget Sound. Salmon is purported to be one of the healthiest foods due to its high omega-3 content, protein, and essential fatty acids, but if the fish is obtained from the Puget Sound, it is anything but healthy. According to…
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Meet the teenager who solved his First Nation’s drinking water problems
A 19-year-old from North Spirit Lake First Nation is the key to solving a boil water advisory in place in his community for nearly as long as he has been alive. The remote First Nation, about 800 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, has been under a boil water advisory for 14 years. Now, a…
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Study: Public water supply unsafe for millions of Americans
(CNN) Millions of Americans may be drinking water from a public water supply with unsafe levels of industrial chemicals, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. These chemicals, known as polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, have been linked to high cholesterol, obesity, hormone suppression — and even…
