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High Levels of Lead Found in Tacoma Public Schools

May 31, 2016September 12, 2017 Ledger Staff 119 Viewsby Diana Zuniga, lead, polution, Tacoma Life 2 min read

Six schools in the Tacoma school district were found to test positive for higher than acceptable limits for lead in

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Campus Life News 

Groundwater Contaminants Resurface on UWT Campus

April 4, 2016September 15, 2017 Ledger Staff 116 Viewsby Ryan Chambers, Department od Ecology, groundwater, polution 2 min read

Since UWT was founded in 1990, it has had an issue with groundwater contamination. Previously home to auto-repair shops and

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News 

Anti-Anxiety Medicines are Affecting Fish Behavior

February 8, 2016August 22, 2018 Ledger Staff 185 Viewsbenzodiazepines, by Ryan Chambers, enviornmentalism, Joel Baker, polution, Washington Department of Ecology 3 min read

Across the nation scientists are finding traces of anti-anxiety medicines in their water sup­ply—prescribed benzodiazepines like Alprazolam (Xanax), Adderall, Rit­alin,

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News 

Shellfish Bed Closures are Bad for Tacoma Water

February 1, 2016August 22, 2018 Ledger Staff 154 Viewsby Ryan Chambers, center for urban waters and research, enviornmentalism, Joel Baker, Pierce County, polution 3 min read

The Center for Urban Waters and Research Center—a sci­ence lab associated with the UWT science department—has found sucralose (Splenda) in

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Opinion 

Solar Roadways: Sustainable Energy?

May 4, 2015August 29, 2018 Ledger Staff 149 Viewsby Jakob Coffelt, polution, solar energy, Solar roads 2 min read

With pollution awareness rising, people are wonder­ing where a new, cleaner source of energy will come from. Many have turned

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Opinion 

Oh the Hypocrisy

April 20, 2015August 30, 2018 Ledger Staff 120 Viewsby Cory Smith, Extinction, Poaching, polution, racism 3 min read

You’ve seen the commercial, haven’t you? Asking you to donate a spot of cash to help stop the vile poachers

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Opinion 

The Environmental Impact of Micro-Plastics in the Ocean

April 20, 2015August 30, 2018 Ledger Staff 118 Viewsby Paula York, Julie Masura, micro-plastics, Ocean, polution 2 min read

Micro-plastics don’t sound like a large threat, but these tiny pieces of plastic are turning up in the diges­tion systems

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