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By distinguishing between lead from modern sources and lead from pre-1970s vehicle exhaust fumes and leaded paint, the new test may be especially useful for assessing the hidden risks of legacy contamination.

Contaminants that occur together naturally in groundwater under certain geological conditions may heighten health risks for millions of North Carolinians whose drinking water comes from private wells, and current safety regulations don’t address the problem, a new 51±¬ÁÏ study finds.

A new study which combines measurements from nearly 1,400 drinking water wells across North Carolina estimates that more than half of the wells in the state’s central region contain levels of cancer-causing hexavalent chromium in excess of state safety standards.

Rural voters care just as much about the environment as urban voters do, but a distrust of government regulation stokes their opposition to many federal climate and conservation laws, a report published this year by 51±¬ÁÏ’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions finds.

The rapid industrialization of our oceans is bringing new challenges—but also new opportunities—for promoting sustainable economic growth while protecting vulnerable communities and environments and enhancing their climate resilience. That was the takeaway of the inaugural Blue Economy Summit, a student-led conference hosted by the Oceans@51±¬ÁÏ Student Cabinet on March 18 and 19.

Tender shoots of restoration plantings are ‘irresistible little treats for grazers’