Rachel Becker
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2 weeks ago |
oaklandside.org | Rachel Becker |Darwin BondGraham
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Contaminants known as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in San Francisco Bay fish at levels that could pose a health threat to people who eat fish caught there, according to new research published today. Linked to an array of health conditions such as cancers, heart disease and pregnancy disorders, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesresist breaking down in the environment.
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2 weeks ago |
berkeleyside.org | Rachel Becker |Zac Farber
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Contaminants known as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in San Francisco Bay fish at levels that could pose a health threat to people who eat fish caught there, according to new research published today. Linked to an array of health conditions such as cancers, heart disease and pregnancy disorders, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesresist breaking down in the environment.
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Nov 16, 2024 |
goodtimes.sc | Rachel Becker
In the weeks before the coronavirus began tearing through California, the city of Commerce made an expensive decision: It shut down part of its water supply. Like nearly 150 other public water systems in California, the small city on the outskirts of Los Angeles had detected “forever chemicals” in its well water.
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Oct 14, 2024 |
dailyrepublic.com | Rachel Becker
More than two dozen fishing rods were braced against the railing of San Francisco’s Pier 7, their lines dangling into the Bay. People chatted on the benches, shouting in Cantonese and leaping up when one of the rods bent or jiggled. One after another, the men and women at the end of the pier reeled in striped bass as long as an arm, and even thicker. But not King Lee, a 72-year-old retired janitor who takes the bus to the pier almost every day.
California’s largest estuary is in crisis. Is the state discriminating against those who fish there?
Oct 12, 2024 |
chronicle-tribune.com | Rachel Becker
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