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As cities have grown rapidly across the nation, many have neglected infrastructure projects and paved over green spaces that once absorbed rainwater.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Absorb Across Cities Green Grown Infrastructure Many Nation Neglected Once Over Paved Projects Rapidly Spaces

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Around New York City, samples collected at dozens of beaches or piers have detected the types of bacteria and other pollutants tied to sewage overflows. Though the city's drinking water comes from upstate reservoirs, environmentalists say untreated excrement and other waste in the city's waterways pose serious health risks.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Around Bacteria Beaches City Collected Dozens Drinking Drinking Water Environmentalists Health New New York New York City Other Pose Risks Samples Say Serious Though Tied Types Upstate Waste Water York

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Barium, which is commonly found in power plant waste and scrubber wastewater, has been linked to heart problems and diseases in other organs.

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Topics: Been Commonly Diseases Found Heart Linked Organs Other Plant Power Power Plant Problems Waste Which

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Atrazine - a herbicide often used on corn fields, golf courses and even lawns - has become one of the most common contaminants in American drinking water.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: American Become Common Corn Courses Drinking Drinking Water Even Fields Golf Golf Courses Most Often Used Water

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For years, agency officials said that atrazine in drinking water posed almost no risk to humans or the environment.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Agency Almost Drinking Drinking Water Environment Humans Officials Risk Said Water Years

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In California, up to 15 percent of wells in agricultural areas exceed a federal contaminant threshold, according to studies.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: According Agricultural Area California Exceed Federal Percent Studies Threshold Up

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It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests show that drinking water is polluted, it can be hard to pinpoint the source of the contamination.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Cause Contamination Difficult Disease Drinking Drinking Water Even Hard Instance Like Link Often Particular Pinpoint Polluted Pollution Show Source Specific Tests Water

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Many cows are fed a high-protein diet, which creates a more liquid manure that is easier to spray on fields.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Cows Creates Diet Easier Fed Fields Liquid Manure Many More Spray Which

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Stock exchanges say that more than half of all trades are now executed by just a handful of high-frequency traders, who use rapid-fire computers to essentially force slower investors to give up profits, then disappear before anyone knows what happened.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Anyone Before Computers Disappear Essentially Exchanges Executed Force Give Half Handful Happened Investors Just Knows More Now Profits Say Slower Stock Than Then Trades Up Use Who

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In a flash order transaction, buy or sell orders are shown to a collection of high-frequency traders for just 30 milliseconds before they are routed to everyone else. They are widely considered to give the few investors with access to the technology an unfair advantage, even by some of the marketplaces that offer the flash orders for a fee.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Access Advantage Before Buy Collection Considered Else Even Everyone Everyone Else Fee Few Flash Give Investors Just Offer Order Orders Sell Shown Some Technology Transaction Unfair Widely

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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