EPA Drops Regulation for Contaminant Harming Babies’ Brains
The Environmental Protection Agency has ended an Obama-era drive to regulate a widespread contaminant in drinking water linked to brain damage in infants.
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Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died
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