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Providence Officials Make Case for Privatizing Drinking Water
DEM Letters Don’t Halt Quarry Runoff Into Big River
Rhode Island Denies Environmental Groups Request for Revised Drinking Water Safety Standards
Bread Baking Put On Hold By Unlicensed R.I. Junkyard

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Research Finds Some R.I.-Caught Fish Test High for Mercury

BRISTOL, R.I. — Roger Williams University professor David Taylor is studying the methylmercury content in the tissue of popular fish species caught in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Sound, and Block Island Sound.

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New 5G Wireless Networks Raise Health Concerns
Rhode Island Ranked in Top 10 for Asthma Rate
R.I. Company Pushes Efforts to Address ‘Secondhand Chemo’

R.I. School Districts Asked to Enforce Bus Anti-Idling Laws

The Rhode Island departments of environmental management, health, and Elementary and Secondary Education are enlisting the support of local school districts to protect schoolchildren from breathing excessive amounts of diesel exhaust emissions.

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DEM Says Little Harm Caused by Thousands of Gallons of Spilled Gasoline
Unsung Infrastructure Protects Nature from Humanity’s Squeeze
Crane Barge Remains Stuck in Providence River

Aquidneck Island Embraces Simple Actions to Help Curb Stormwater Pollution

AQUIDNECK ISLAND, R.I. — Mitigating the impacts of contaminated stormwater runoff doesn't have to cost millions and take years to complete.

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Burst Sewer Pipe Floods Warwick Basements and Brook
Latest Biannual Test Finds Lead in Providence Water
Aquidneck Island’s Waters Under Tremendous Pressure
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