Posts from the ‘Pollution’ category

What contamination lurks on — and under — shuttered South Philly refinery

Indeed, a host of hazardous chemicals including cancer-causing benzene lurk beneath the land where crude oil was processed, stored, and shipped starting 150 years ago, according to government and corporate documents. | The Philadelphia Inquirer

Finding microplastics in Delaware waters is not just a one-state issue

Researchers throughout the Delaware River Basin also are taking a closer look for microplastics in sand, sediments and organisms. | Delaware News Journal

Are blue crabs mixing a side of plastics into their diets?

Microplastics can end up in the environments and stomachs of much smaller marine organisms at the very base of the food chain. | Delaware News Journal

From the Source: Stories of The Delaware

From the Source: Stories of the Delaware is a year-long collaborative reporting project covering the Delaware River and the watershed feeding it from multiple angles — water quality, environmental challenges, climate change, recreation, history, and how it all converges to define our region and inform life here.

Through words, images, audio, videos, and interactive graphics, we will take readers from the Catskills to the Water Gap; through muddy, secret fishing holes and urban centers, to where the river melds with the bay.

From the Source: Stories of the Delaware River, is produced with support from the National Geographic Society, the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, and the William Penn Foundation. Editorial content is created independently of the project’s donors.