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World's Plastic Waste Could Bury Manhattan 2 Miles Deep

WASHINGTON (AP) - A cradle-to-grave study of global plastics finds the industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastic since 1950. The research shows there's enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash.…

Verizon Data Breach: 14 Million Customers Reportedly Exposed

(FOX NEWS) - Millions of Verizon customer records have been exposed after an Israeli technology company left user data unprotected, the International Business Times reported. “As many as 14 million records” of Verizon customers were found unsecured on an Amazon storage server…

Panel Calls on FDA to Review Safety of Opioid Painkillers

(AP) - An expert panel of scientists says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids, and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have, not only on patients, but also on families,…

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