Puerto Rico teenagers take post-Maria water safety into their own hands

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By Jennie KaminMar 26, 2018, 7:02 am162 ptsTrending
Water activist Steve Tamar expected just a dozen students to show up to his citizen-science training at Maricao High School in western Puerto Rico this past October. Instead, the sweltering hot auditorium was packed with teenagers looking to help test the island’s water. “Eventually the whole school got…

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