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Alaska residents want US military to clean up its toxic waste
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Microplastics creating superbugs that defy antibiotics, scientists find
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$8.4B: Enormous cache of rare Earth elements discovered in America
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Accurately determining how fast concrete degrades in nuclear reactors is focus of research
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