Environmental monitoring – Page 5
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NewsHow to put an end to ‘forever chemicals’ and annihilate PFAS pollution
To fight the planet’s persistent perfluorinated problem new and repurposed technologies are being rolled out
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NewsEuropean commission proposal seeks to cut EU pesticide use in half by 2030
Ambitious targets will rely on roll-out of integrated pest management techniques and extra payments to farmers
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NewsFears that the war in east of Ukraine could lead to deadly chemical disaster
Fierce fighting in the Donbas region has already resulted in the destruction of a number of chemical plants
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NewsUS environment agency announces new safety limits for fluorinated chemicals
Regulator lowers advisory drinking water levels for two best known PFAS by five orders of magnitude
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ResearchSpider webs record severity of microplastic pollution in cities
Plastic content found to make up as much as a tenth of a web’s total weight
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OpinionWastewater has huge potential for global health
Monitoring programmes can help healthcare and empower communities
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FeatureThe human health observatory in our sewers
From tracking disease outbreaks to monitoring drug use, there’s a lot to be learned from the things we flush down the toilet, Katrina Krämer finds
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ResearchSunscreen’s coral-killing mechanism uncovered
Sea anemones and corals convert oxybenzone into phototoxic compounds
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OpinionBringing citizen science into school – and to the beach
A coastal project to contextualise concerns about pollutants and microplastics
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NewsRussian 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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BusinessMeasuring methane emissions is crucial to cutting them
Atmospheric monitoring highlights large under-estimates in reported methane emissions
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FeatureMethane – the other greenhouse gas
Bárbara Pinho looks at the problem of methane emissions and how scientists are trying to prevent them
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ResearchMassive 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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NewsWorld agrees to sign up to a treaty to control plastic and chemical pollution
New advisory panel on chemicals and waste will also be set up, modelled on the IPCC
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NewsEuropean 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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FeatureThe toxic tide of ship breaking
Kit Chapman explores the chemical cost of the most dangerous industry in the world
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NewsProgress 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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ResearchExtent of pharmaceutical pollution on every continent on Earth revealed
Largest study of its kind creates map of drug contamination hotspots
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ResearchArray of compounds found in plastics promote fat cell formation in vitro
A third of thousands of chemicals that leach from consumer polymers linked to the development of fat cells