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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.

Mississippi River mayors help cities navigate rising data center interest

More than three-quarters of member cities in a Mississippi River coalition have been approached to host AI infrastructure.

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A truck drives past a large 3M sign beside a highway

Pollution

Midwest river towns seek answers after 3M factory taints water with PFAS

CORDOVA, Ill. - This fall, the towns and rural farmsteads along the Mississippi River received alarming news about their drinking water.

Bennet Goldstein, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Wisconsin Watch, WNIJ/Northern Public Radio Nov 17, 2022

An upstream view of the Mississippi River is seen from a bridge in La Crosse, Wis., on July 21, 2022.

Pollution

Nitrate pours into Mississippi River and other U.S. waterways, report says

Regulated industries in 2020 released at least 94.5 million pounds of potentially harmful nitrates into the Mississippi River basin. But some releases go untallied.

Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch Oct 8, 2022

A woman sits in a folding chair fishing. Apartment buildings are seen in the background

Water

Should you eat fish from the Mississippi River? Depends which state you ask.

Danny Paccasassi, a lifelong Memphis resident, started fishing on the Mississippi River 40 years ago. Now he runs a fishing

Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch, Daily Memphian Sep 9, 2022

Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome

Far offshore, scientists find fresh evidence of human harm to reefs

Mississippi River mayors help cities navigate rising data center interest

Midwest river towns seek answers after 3M factory taints water with PFAS

Nitrate pours into Mississippi River and other U.S. waterways, report says

Should you eat fish from the Mississippi River? Depends which state you ask.