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Chris Sweeney

Business

The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

How online sales of highly regulated, super-toxic rodenticides exploit gaps in the law and imperil wildlife.

Chris Sweeney Audubon Dec 2021 Permalink

Science Health

Can a Tufts Professor Finally Stop Lyme Disease?

Inside the race to eliminate one of nature’s biggest threats.

Chris Sweeney Boston Magazine May 2021 15min Permalink

Science

Invasive Reptiles Are Taking Over Florida—and Devouring Its Birds Along the Way

Birds like Roseate Spoonbills and Burrowing Owls are ending up in the stomachs of hungry pythons and nile monitors. Is it too late to stop them?

Chris Sweeney Audubon Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Arts

Blowhards

Inside the cutthroat world of competitive bagpiping.

Chris Sweeney Boston Magazine Aug 2015 20min Permalink

Sports

Garrett Holeve, an MMA Fighter With Down Syndrome, Is on His Way to Changing the Sport

“At the gym, he’s not Garrett Holeve, the guy with Down syndrome. He’s G-Money, an up-and-coming fighter with big ambitions.”

Chris Sweeney New Times Broward-Palm Beach Dec 2012 15min Permalink

Business Crime

The Fake Pot Industry is Coming Down From a Three-Year High

The rise of the “wildly lucrative” herbal incense business, and the downfall of one company.

Chris Sweeney New Times Broward-Palm Beach Sep 2012 10min Permalink