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July 2024
Healthy World, Healthy Womb
Would you choose to have kids if you knew they would be born into an environment riddled with toxic pollution, subjecting them to poor health throughout their lives?
Your Summer Reading List
In the fall semester, two distinct Nelson Institute’s research centers came together over books.
Groundwater on the Rocks
New research will map naturally occurring contaminants in public wells across Wisconsin.
Carbon Content in Construction Materials
WICCI infrastructure working group cochairs discuss the lesser known culprits of greenhouse gas emissions: the making of construction materials.
The Race to Capture Carbon
UW–Madison faculty and students coauthored a landmark report on carbon dioxide removal.