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Atlanta’s 7-Acre Free Food Forest

Eighty-five percent of the city’s residents will be within one-half mile of fresh food by 2021. Atlanta has a large expanse of land, over seven acres, in fact, that wasn't being used.

China Sees US Marijuana Legalization as a Threat

China severely punishes those caught smuggling or trafficking drugs, including foreigners. Beijing's leading drug enforcement body has blamed the legalization of marijuana in Canada and parts of the United States for a spike in the amount of drugs smuggled into the country, describing it as a "new threat to China.

One in Five UK Children Affected By Persistent Poverty

Persistent poverty has a connection with poorer mental, social, and behavioral development in children, as well as worse educational outcomes, employment prospects, and earning power into adulthood

New Findings Show Pesticide DDT Persists in Remote Lakes at Concerning Levels

Pesticide use can result in persistent and permanent changes in aquatic ecosystems The pesticide DDT persists in remote lakes at concerning levels half a century it was banned, affecting critical marine species and potentially entire lake food webs, according to new findings of a multi-university research team published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.

Trump Administration Plans to Lower Classification of Nuclear Waste to Save Money

The Department of Energy claims that downgrading the risk level of the sludge is necessary. In a move that will roll back safety standards that have been observed for decades, the Trump administration reportedly has plans to reclassify nuclear waste previously listed as "high-level" radioactive to a lower level, in the interest of saving money and time when disposing of the material.

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