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April 22, 2024 10:56 p.m.
“Forever chemicals” reported in study spark concern for the incarcerated

A paper co-written by a UCLA professor revealed high potential exposure rates of dangerous chemicals in United States prison water.
A study published in May 2024’s edition of the American Journal of Public Health found that 47% of carceral institutions were located in a watershed boundary that is in the same boundary and a lower elevation level than a site with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, said Lindsay Poirier, a co-author of the paper and an assistant professor of statistical and data sciences at Smith College.

By Amy Wong

Academics

April 11, 2024 10:40 p.m.
UCLA-hosted talk discusses link between distrust of science, partisan divide

On Tuesday, James Druckman, a professor of political science at the University of Rochester, presented to around 20 students and faculty on the relationship between growing distrust in science and growing division in politics.

By Amelie Ionescu

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