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An Incinerator Burning Firefighting Foam May Be Covering A New York Town In Toxic Chemicals
New research shows an incinerator licensed to dispose of toxic firefighting foam is instead belching out dangerous chemicals onto neighbouring communities, including a public housing project.
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The US Needs New Names For The State Alliances Forming To Circumvent Trump
In the early 1980s, Washington Post editor Joel Garreau wrote about how he would redraw the map of North America as new countries, giving each region a new name. There was Dixie in the south, Ecotopia in the northwest, and the Breadbasket in the Midwest, among plenty of others. With the U.S. currently splintering into…
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South Korea’s Coronavirus Epicentre Reports No New Cases For First Time Since February
The city of Daegu, South Korea reported no new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, the first time that’s happened since February after spending months as the country’s epicentre for covid-19. Daegu identified its first case on February 18 and South Korea quickly rolled out a massive testing regime in the city to identify and…
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U.S. Covid-19 Deaths Surpass Number Killed On 9-11
The U.S. covid-19 death toll reached over 3,000 on Monday night, surpassing the number of people who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when 2,977 people were killed. The grim milestone comes from the latest figures updated by Johns Hopkins University, which has maintained an online tracker for the new coronavirus since…