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MIT team finds lead levels higher in Indian Ocean than northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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They are presenting their results this week at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Montreal. Since the 1970s, leaded gasoline has been slowly phased out worldwide, as studies have shown that lead can cause neurological and cardiovascular damage and degrade vehicles’ catalytic converters.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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Afghanistan is still contaminated with many of these mines, left behind more than 40 years ago after the Soviet-Afghan War. At the 2021 Mine Action Innovation Conference in Geneva, we heard about a researcher named John Frucci at Oklahoma State University who directs the OSU Global Consortium for Explosive Hazard Mitigation.

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