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Fireworks Unhealthy for People and Environment

It's not well known, or at least not well publicized, that fireworks — from sparklers to professional displays — leave behind a fair amount of waste, while releasing noxious gases and heavy metals.

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

a new disease transmitted by the same tick that carries Lyme disease is now in the Rhode Island. May also is considered the “tickiest” month of the year.

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Safe to Eat Fish From Urban Waters? No One Knows

PROVIDENCE — On a recent afternoon, a few hours before dusk, Brian Watson, of South Providence, sat in a red fabric lawn chair on the wooden dock at India Point Park. Watson was fishing for bluefish and striped bass — “blues and stripers” — as he has for the past seven years, and he always eats his catch.

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