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The Environmental Protection Agency sought public input last summer on several options for possible regulation of the drinking water contaminant perchlorate.
The substance used in rocket propellants and fireworks has been shown to affect thyroid function. According to the EPA, perchlorate has been found in public drinking water systems to the degree that it presents a “public health concern.”
Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt talks with an environmental engineer at the University of Delaware about technology he has developed to remove this emerging contaminant from drinking water.
A Harrington author has written a new book allowing readers to take a step back in time.
“Harrington Through Time: A Hometown Story” is the work of Douglas Poore, a lifelong Harrington resident and public servant.
It’s the second book in a series Poore has written and in this week’s Arts Playist - he speaks to Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele about it.
The Direction Democracy podcast from the University of Delaware Center for Political Communication returns this week.
The podcast is part of the Center for Political Communication’s National Agenda series – Direction Democracy – which this fall examines where we’ve been, where we are going, and the current state of democracy in the United States.
On this episode, Delaware Public Media’s Tom Byrne and UD Center for Political Communication Associate Director Lindsay Hoffman are joined by David Redlawsk – chair of UD’s Dept of Political Science and International Relations -to discuss what he’s learned spending his sabbatical in Iowa this fall following the Presidential race there.
