{
  "id": 8024176,
  "title": "At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/at-an-old-steel-site-in-pittsburgh-bacteria-evolved-to-survive-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:22:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation",
    "slug": "the-conversation",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/at-an-old-steel-site-in-pittsburgh-bacteria-evolved-to-survive-and-eat-industrial-pollution-289264"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Decades of pollution at Pittsburgh brownfields left bacteria that evolved to survive it – and maybe help clean up contaminated soil.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}