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Exploring PFAS contamination’s impact on groundwater and environmental governance

By Colleen Linn, Wayne State University. Groundwater is difficult to observe (Ballestero 2019, Walsh 2018), and is an elusive substance despite being the most relied upon drinking water…

Post date 8th February 2024
Post author By angelacastilloardila

The potentials and challenges of citizen science: 9 years of experience from post-Fukushima Japan by Aya H. Kimura

The Fukushima nuclear disaster took place nine years ago, but the current situation does not allow us to put it behind us completely. The site is producing up…

Post date 13th April 2020
Post author By Aya H. Kimura

Encounters with Lunar Dust

From Neil Armstrong’s footprints to future missions to Mars, contamination fears and policies lie at the heart of our cosmic explorations. The stiff, gray cardboard box sat calmly…

Post date 12th July 2019
Post author By Alexandra Frankel