Troubling New Report Suggests Water Contamination Widespread in Alaska

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Troubling New Report Suggests Water Contamination Widespread in Alaska

‘Alaskans have a right to clean drinking water’ JUNEAU – A coalition of health organizations Wednesday released a new report suggesting that a type of water contamination is widespread in Alaska. Many water sources across the state are contaminated by perfluorinated alkylated substances, commonly known as PFAS chemicals, according to the report prepared by the […]

Alaskans Try to Combat Death by Marine Toxins

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Alaskans Try to Combat Death by Marine Toxins

Mass mortality of seabirds. Marine mammal deaths. Alaskans sickened by shellfish. What’s the common theme? Seawater contaminated by toxic algae. Call it death by phytoplankton. A group of Alaskans — including state officials, tribes, nonprofit organizations and researchers — have recently come together to try to combat these marine toxins. The goal is to keep […]

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