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ResearchDiscovery of microplastics in people raises difficult questions about health implications
Scientists keep finding tiny polymer particles in lungs, blood and placentas – but what does that mean means for people’s health?
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News
Environmental concerns ground mercury-based satellite thrusters
UN takes steps to outlaw mercury propellant that could have seen tonnes of the heavy metal rain down on Earth every year
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News
Russian troops depart Chernobyl following disappearance of nuclear material
Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection
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Research
Massive Australian wildfires caused new damage to the ozone layer
Smoke particles caused a drop in chlorine-binding chemicals that set back the ozone layer’s recovery by 10 years
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News
European regulator moves to ban PFAS compounds in firefighting foams
Echa proposes barring all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from firefighting foams after reviewing health and environmental dangers
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News
Progress made towards a global plastics treaty covering waste
The first legally binding international agreement to curb plastic pollution could be agreed to in 2024
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Research
Extent of pharmaceutical pollution on every continent on Earth revealed
Largest study of its kind creates map of drug contamination hotspots
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Business
Fire during riots exposes environmental impact of improperly stored agrochemicals
UPL accused of illegally storing hazardous chemicals that were released after arson attack at South African warehouse
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Research
Significant levels of PFAS found in antifogging sprays and cloths for glasses
High levels of PFAS chemicals, including two largely unknown ones, detected in products to demist glasses that have become widely used during the pandemic
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News
Long-anticipated plan to regulate PFAS chemicals unveiled in US
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances face enforceable drinking water limits and require toxicity tests by industry
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Wastewater chemicals shortage may see partially treated effluent flushed into English rivers
Lack of HGV drivers hits supplies of ferric sulfate
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Leaded petrol is finally phased out worldwide
One-hundred years after it was first developed UN hails end of an era as heavy metal is banned in fuel in Algeria
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Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
Five European nations will formally propose to bar the production, trade and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by July 2022
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Opinion
The human cost of inaction on chemical waste
Chemists must press the UN to act and set up a body to deal with the world’s toxic legacy
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UN accused of inaction on international agency to oversee waste and chemicals
Scientists press for swifter progress as Switzerland plans proposal on setting up new body
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Business
Engineering microbes to degrade contaminants
Allonnia is using synthetic biology to tackle major environmental challenges like PFASs, metals and plastic waste
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News
Inside the clean-up of last year’s deadly Beirut blast
German firms hired to handle the 59 contaminated containers in Beirut’s port found hydrochloric, sulfuric, hydrofluoric acids, and more
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Cost of tackling PFAS pollution on US military bases expected to reach $2.1bn
Price tag for cleaning up per- and polyfluoroalkyl will ‘likely increase significantly’, a congressional report estimates
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Research
Historical lead from petrol still poisons London’s air 20 years after its ban
Two decades after leaded petrol was banned in the UK, the toxic metal still hangs around London’s dusty roads – and it’s not going away
