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Elevated levels of radium found in Western Pennsylvania’s freshwater mussels

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Elevated levels of radium found in Western Pennsylvania’s freshwater mussels

By Kiley Bense, Inside Climate News

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Sixty-two years ago, Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” connected disappearing populations of bald eagles to the presence of the pesticide DDT in the birds’ food chain.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Saugeen Shores promotes Mighton to deputy chief

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Jeremy Mighton is the new deputy chief of the Saugeen Shores Police Service effective Dec. 29.  He has been an inspector with the service since 2021 and began with Saugeen Shores police as a constable in 2011. The official swearing-in ceremony will be held on Jan. 29, information from Saugeen Shores police said.  Mighton received […]