Apr 22 2014
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The geology of the Gulf Coast and the Great Lakes makes the land around them particularly suitable for an ugly task:…
Apr 18 2014
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This map shows the 9,000 chemical plants across the U.S. where, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, a…
Mar 25 2014
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A toxic and deadly week in landscape reads. We learn how, remarkably, tourist poop is flown by helicopter out of national parks, how Silicon Valley exports toxic waste all over the country, how poison lurks in our old televisions, and how the land can just fall away in the form of Washington's deadly mudslide.
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Jan 21 2014
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It looks like a regular tree, but the Manchineel can kill you. Everything about it is extremely toxic. If you touch…
Jul 2 2013
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You know what I hate about eating? The constant conversation on whether this food is good for you or bad for you. It…
Jul 10 2012
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In 2010, a lake of caustic, poison mud from an aluminum manufacturing operation spilled out and destroyed a nearby…
Jun 21 2012
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There is still no official explanation for the ongoing hypoxia-like symptoms experienced by F-22 Raptor pilots. The…
Jun 19 2012
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Proteins are the building blocks of life, and the reason we're all here on this planet. So it's weird to realize…
Apr 21 2012
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The humpback whale is one of Earth's largest creatures, with an average weight of around 40 tons. But as it turns…
Sep 20 2011
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New York City is littered with filthy rats and it's not unreasonable to want to kill 'em all with poison. Too bad…
Sep 7 2011
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Marijuana, hue notwithstanding, is not exactly new school green. In fact, it's the worst drug for the environment.…
Nov 9 2010
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No piece of electronics lasts forever, craftsmanship aside. But it might be the case that some devices we buy are mea…
Oct 5 2010
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You might not know what alumina is—neither did I. But hundreds of Hungarians do, after torrents of the stuff poured…
Sep 29 2010
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A new report from MIT is linking airplanes to deaths...on the ground. The study suggests that airplanes flying at…
Nov 7 2008
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Click to view 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley went to Guiyi, China to document the lives of Chinese e-waste…
Oct 19 2008
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Greenpeace is dead set on giving Apple and Steve Jobs an inferiority complex. With one hand, the environmental group …
Mar 31 2008
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The Being is your classic small-town radioactive monster movie that was made in 1983 but looks like it was made in…