Public Health & Recreation

Lead Paint From Water Towers Found Buried Deep

Black, Sticky, Oily Stuff a Neighborhood Nuisance

Chemicals Are With Us: Til Death Do We Part

Beach Closures Prompt Action Against Cesspools

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. — A leaky diaper is a prime suspect in an outbreak of a bacterial infection at two Burrillville lakes.

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Fireworks Unhealthy for People and Environment

Cesspools Targeted as Beach Closings Spike

Suspected Link Between Triple E and Climate Change

PROVIDENCE — Seems as soon as the daffodils come up, so do those little white and yellow flags — themselves harbingers of spring — announcing that lawn chemicals have been applied.

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Is Rhode Island Prepared for Another ‘Tick-Apocalypse’?

Pets Ingest Lawn Chemicals Easily

Chemo Drugs Pose Serious Public Health Risks

There are 850 sites across the state with soil contaminated by arsenic

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Safe to Eat Fish From Urban Waters? No One Knows

Since When Did Dandelions Become Un-American?

Lead Poisoning Program Cuts Don’t Add Up

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Runoff Not to Blame for Bacteria Outbreak

Be Aware: Lawn Chemicals Applied

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R.I. Arsenic Standards Weakened for Development

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