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83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess

With climate change, rising seas are eroding Hawaii’s coast near homes with cesspools. Sea rise also is pushing the island’s groundwater closer to the surface, allowing the cesspool effluent to mix with the water table and flow into the ocean. And scientists say cesspool pollution may even percolate into streets and parks in low-lying former wetlands in the future.

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Revealed: the dangerous chemicals in your food wrappers

Thu 24 Mar 2022 06.15 EDT

Last modified on Thu 24 Mar 2022 11.16 EDT

Independent testing of more than 100 packaging products from US restaurant and grocery chains identified PFAS chemicals in many of the wrappers, a Consumer Reports investigation has found.

The potentially dangerous “forever chemicals“were found in food packaging including paper bags for french fries, wrappers for hamburgers, molded fiber salad bowls and single-use paper plates.

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