Tuesday Links – 17 February 2026

Posted on by John C. Goodman

Approximately 70 percent of hazardous waste sites on EPA’s National Priorities List are located within one mile of federally assisted housing.

Study:  on the order of 1,000–1,500 additional U.S. deaths per year in the late 2010s can be attributed to Colombia’s cocaine boom.

“The amount of blood that passes through a heart each year could fill up a swimming pool.”   (NYT)

“A Black Mississippi child is two and a half times as likely to be proficient in reading by fourth grade as a Black California child.”  (NYT)

67% of lonely adults prefer digital friends over humans.

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