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A legally protected community on Brazil’s southeastern coast is threatened by tourist trash left on the beach
Ribeiro (with hat) and volunteers collecting cigarette butts at Pereque Beach. Each cigarette butt contains thousands of toxic substances. Credit: Italo Braga Castro A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) found high levels of pollution, dominated by plastic trash and cigarette butts, at Perecuque Beach in the coastal city of Guaruja in Brazil’s São…
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Storm Helen causes flooding across southeastern U.S., killing 100 people
People wait in line to buy gas in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen in Fletcher, North Carolina, on September 29, 2024. At least 100 people have been killed in devastating floods across the southeastern United States, officials said Monday, and emergency response efforts are quickly becoming a political football in a region that could decide the presidential election. Rescue efforts…
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