Seal Meat, Gold Mining: How Lower-Income Women Are Exposed To Mercury
A study looked at women in 25 countries and found that many of them have elevated levels of mercury, likely due to human-caused pollution.
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Creative Distillers Tackle Food Waste, Redefining 'Getting Trashed'
In an effort to transform edibles from trash to treasure, innovative mixologists are using bruised strawberries, cucumber peels and citrus rinds to make unique, socially-conscious craft cocktails.
U.S. Cities Struggle To Meet Tighter Flood Standards
More than a decade ago, after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government tightened flood protection standards. But a lot of communities are still having a hard time meeting them.
After Hurricane's Wrath, Puerto Rico's Green Forests Turn Bare Brown
"It makes you want to cry when you to see it," one resident says about the stripped vegetation. But a scientist says it will recover relatively quickly: "It will be beautiful again."
Richard 'Crazy Legs' Colón Returns To Puerto Rico With A Clean Drinking Water Mission
With many Puerto Ricans still without drinking water after Hurricane Maria, the legendary New York break dancer teamed up with the nonprofit Waves For Water to help distribute portable water filters.
Flee A Cataclysm, Or Cling To A Doomed Home? Why People Stay May Surprise You
"You must leave now," thousands of Americans from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Florida, Montana, Texas and beyond were told, as floods, fire and wind threatened their lives. Some said no.
An Absent EPA Climate Report, And A Tale Of Two Flooded Superfund Sites
A 2014 EPA climate report warned that Superfund site cleanup and monitoring processes needed updates to prepare for more severe floods. That report is no longer located on the current agency website.
Animals, Plants Rafted Across The Pacific After Japan's 2011 Earthquake
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Greg Ruiz, a marine ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, about nearly 300 Japanese marine coastal species that traveled across the Pacific Ocean.
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Voted Out Of Office
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault lost a re-election bid after a controversial campaign to block the Dakota Access Pipeline.
It Rained Fish In Mexico, Officials Say. No, It's Not The End Times (We Think)
The director of civil protection in Tamaulipas state confirmed reports that several fish fell from the sky during a light rain. And as it turns out, the phenomenon isn't exactly unprecedented.