26 Spelling Bee Survivors Enter Final Rounds
Washington AP reports 26 contestants remain after the opening rounds of the National Spelling Bee. A record 94 started, with 17 girls and nine boys advancing, amid tense moments, mispronunciations, and hopeful perseverance from preteens and teens across 37 states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Jana Schroeder
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Lead in city gardens drops with distance from traffic
MIT researcher James Preer says leafy urban vegetables near major roads accumulate more lead and cadmium than those grown farther away. He notes a six fold jump in lead between close and distant gardens, with root crops absorbing less. Samples from city gardens showed more pollution than those from supermarkets.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Preer
MIT
University of the District of Columbia
University of Missouri
Preer
Boston
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