Celia Llopis-Jepsen
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Your personal tick survival guide, from KCUR's Up From Dust (opens the original)
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What should you do when you find a tick on yourself? Don't freak out — we have you covered. From the KCUR Studios and Harvest Public Media podcast Up From Dust, a team of scientists help answer that question, plus how to avoid it in the first place.
Missouri and Kansas after dark: Here's where to see the night sky and observe nature (opens the original)
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This story was first published in KCUR's Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. How often do you venture outdoors to enjoy nature at night? It’s easy to think we aren’t missing much when the sun sets and the world “sleeps.” But that’s when bats swoop overhead, owls screech in the trees and stars blaze high above. The Kansas City region has a growing community of night-time enthusiasts, whose efforts to protect the vanishing darkness from l
Yes, there's pesticide on your fruits and veggies. Here's what scientists say to do (opens the original)
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Rinsing your fruits and vegetables with tap water reduces how much pesticide you inadvertently eat — and a few other tricks can help you cut down the residue further. That’s the takeaway after an environmental group analyzed nearly 50 peer-reviewed studies on typical household methods for getting agricultural chemicals off of produce. Dayna de Montagnac, a scientist at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, says fruits and vegetables are important sources of nutrition, so the findings can he
Yes, there's pesticide on your fruits and veggies. Here's what scientists say you should do (opens the original)
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Want more news about agriculture? Sign up for the Harvest newsletter for our latest reporting, plus behind-the-scenes exclusives. Rinsing your fruits and vegetables with tap water reduces how much pesticide you inadvertently eat — and a few other tricks can help you cut down the residue further. That’s the takeaway after an environmental group analyzed nearly 50 peer-reviewed studies on typical household methods for getting agricultural chemicals off of produce. Dayna de Montagnac, a scientist a
50 years after landmark laws, some U.S. rivers are recovering but threats remain (opens the original)
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U.S. industries used to pollute rivers so much that one of them, Ohio's Cuyahoga, caught fire at least a dozen times. Federal law has helped some rivers bounce back, but challenges remain. Harvest Public Media's Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports. CELIA LLOPIS-JEPSEN, BYLINE: The Spring River starts in the Missouri Ozarks, cuts through Kansas and ends in Oklahoma. It flows through a former mining region that left behind millions of cubic yards of toxic waste and abandoned mines. Pittsburg State Univers
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