This Week in Water for July 9, 2023
Published on by Frani Halperin
"Painkillers Are Derived from Crude Oil—But That Could Change" on the latest edition of H2O Radio's newscast, " This Week in Water "
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Nearly half of homes in the U.S. have PFAS compounds —the so-called “forever chemicals”—coming out of their faucets.
Japan’s plan to release contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean got the go-ahead last week.
In what's been dubbed the “Death Star” Bill , workers in Texas might not be allowed to take water breaks when it's hot.
Common painkillers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen are derived from crude oil, but researchers just made versions using pine trees.
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