Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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In Midwest farm country, a tradition of duck hunting has healed the dried-out landscape
ASHBY, Minn. – It was late in the season and most of the birds were gone. But there had to be
PFAS is piling up in our trash. Can we keep it contained?
ROSEMOUNT, MINN – The white trailer blends into the winter landscape at SKB Environmental’s landfill, but inside, machinery is working
Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems
Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of
Chlorine creates harmful byproducts in drinking water. New research seeks solutions.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is funding four new research projects into a fundamental drinking-water challenge: how to
‘This is on our doorstep now’: Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest
Smoke from Canadian wildfires that turned skies along the East Coast a sickly yellow also brought air quality alerts to
Midwest states, often billed as climate havens, suffer summer of smoke, drought, heat
MADISON, Wis. — Masks made a comeback in Wisconsin this week. As smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the state, health officials
Rail merger means more hazmat shipped along upper Mississippi
A recently completed merger between two of the country’s top-tier rail lines will send more trains along the
Are thousands of Americans being poisoned by PFAS in their tap water?
Comments by EPA Administrator Michael Regan last month indicate a growing consensus that ‘forever chemicals’ are taking a serious toll on Americans’ health.
Destroying ‘forever chemicals’ is a technological race that could become a multibillion-dollar industry
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — How do you destroy pollution so stubborn, it’s nicknamed “forever chemicals”? That’s a question researchers and
3M will treat or monitor water supplies for thousands in Illinois, Iowa under EPA order
3M has agreed to widespread water testing and treatment for people living near its Cordova, Ill., factory after found that
A wetter world is changing farm country. Can growers adapt?
Corn was just starting to tassel across much of the Midwest, including fields in southern Indiana, a golden crown signaling
How year-round crops could reduce farm pollution in the Mississippi River
Don Wyse’s field of winter barley used to be mostly empty in the spring. Eight years ago, just a