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    Consumer Choices Can Reduce Packaging Waste by Kenneth R. Berger

    Published 2003-12-01
    “… When all packaging is accounted for, it adds up to about one-third of all the trash that's thrown away in the United States. Industry and business are responsible for most of this waste, but consumer product packaging accounts for about 15 percent of what's discarded. …”
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    Participatory Culture for Social Justice: Students Deploying New Media as a Call to Action and Social Change by Sarah McCorkle

    Published 2024-09-01
    “…Law students developed artifacts to educate the public on the difficulties of immigration and the policy barriers which hamper lawful attempts to immigrate to the United States. Each class curated their artifacts online, prompting others to explore the materials and encouraging reuse of the materials in both formal and informal educational settings. …”
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    Ash Whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) (Insecta: Homoptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae) by Ru Nguyen, Avas B. Hamon

    Published 2004-07-01
    “…It has several synonyms listed in Mound and Halsey (1978). In the United States, S. phillyreae was first collected in Los Angeles County, California in 1988, and has since spread to Kern, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare and Ventura counties. …”
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    Ley del Estado de la Florida para el avalúo tributario de tierras según su uso: Preguntas y respuestas sobre la Clasificación Agropecuaria en el Condado de Miami-Dade by Edward A. Evans, Mauricio Mosquera, Rodney L. Clouser, Jonathan Crane

    Published 2011-08-01
    “… Use-value assessment is the most widely used technique in the United States today for maintaining land in agricultural production. …”
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    Florida Predatory Stink Bug (unofficial common name), Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Frank W. Mead, David B. Richman

    Published 2003-10-01
    “…This stink bug is primarily a Neotropical species that ranges into southeastern quarter of the United States. It seldom plays more than a minor role in the natural control of insects in Florida, but its prey includes such economic species as southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (Linnaeus); orangedog, Papilio cresphontes Cramer; velvetbean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner; Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say); West Indian sugarcane rootstalk borer, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus), and others. …”
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    Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)—Part 1 by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

    Published 2015-05-01
    “…This 5-page fact sheet provides an overview of the use and sale of PPCPs in the United States and the world. Written by Yun-Ya Yang and Gurpal S. …”
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    Woody Goldenrod, Chrysoma pauciflosculosa by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

    Published 2018-10-01
    “…It occurs in the Panhandle of Florida and more broadly in the southeastern United States west to Mississippi and northeast to North Carolina. …”
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    Preventing Foodborne Illness: E. coli O157:H7 by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Alexandra Chang, Susanna Richardson

    Published 2013-10-01
    “…This enterohemorrhagic E. coli (or EHEC) strain is responsible for an estimated 63,153 cases of infection and 20 deaths in the United States annually and causes approximately $255 million in losses each year. …”
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    Preventing Foodborne and Non-foodborne Illness: Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Anita C. Wright, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael A. Hubbard, Keith R. Schneider

    Published 2016-02-01
    “… Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a naturally occurring bacterium that inhabits coastal brackish marine waters throughout the world and is commonly found in the United States and Canada. If ingested in sufficient numbers, this bacterium can cause illness such as gastroenteritis with symptoms such as cramps, vomiting, and nausea. …”
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    Antibiotic Use and Resistance for Beef Cattle Producers by Chad Carr, Matthew J. Hersom, K. C. Jeong, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Jason M. Scheffler, Gina Faniola, Stephanie Miller, Haley Denney, Victoria Roberts, Nahilia Williams, Bianca McCracken

    Published 2019-01-01
    “…Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms cause millions of illnesses and cost billions of dollars in the United States each year. This 5-page fact sheet written by Chad Carr, Matt Hersom, K. …”
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    Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis by Shane W. Ramee, Joshua T. Patterson, Cortney L. Ohs, Matthew DiMaggio

    Published 2016-03-01
    “… The Gulf killifish is a promising species for commercial aquaculture in Florida with the potential to help diversify the marine baitfish aquaculture industry in Florida and throughout the southeastern United States. Methods for culturing this species have improved in the past decade. …”
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    Does Consumers' Awareness Impact Their Purchase Likelihood of Neonic-Free Plants? by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia L. Rihn

    Published 2017-02-01
    “…Research has shown that insecticide use in general has resulted in $284 million per year in damages to honeybee and pollinator services in the United States. This is especially worrying because food supply would fail to meet increasing global food demand without pollinator insects. …”
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