Environmental monitoring – Page 9
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Feature
Every breath you take
Nina Notman meets the chemists looking to clear the air around indoor air pollution
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Business
Chemours reaches truce in pollution investigation
Company will provide authorities with data on perfluorinated compound emissions into drinking water
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Research
Subsea oil dispersants a success at Deepwater disaster
Dispersant injection near well head at Gulf of Mexico disaster site cut volatile organic chemical emissions significantly
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Research
Smog eating paint does more harm than good
Photocatalytic paints for reducing air pollution may actually do the opposite
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News
Global movement on endocrine disruptors
National Academies warns endocrine active chemicals may be harmful at lower doses than the US currently tests for
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News
Heavy metal's revenge
Climate change could see levels of toxic mercury rise again even as the world cuts emissions
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Research
Subway air pollution damages passenger health
Putting the brakes on air pollution in the metro system of one of China’s cities could save lives
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Research
Google Street View cars map methane leaks in major US cities
Cars fitted with methane analysers flag streets in Boston, New York and Indianapolis where subterranean pipes are in need of repair
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Research
Finding a synthetic nanoparticle in a haystack
New analytical approach can detect engineered nanoparticles in the environment
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Feature
US water crisis
The problems that the US city of Flint had with its water were just the first drip in a wider problem, finds Sarah Houlton
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Feature
Urban air pollution
Nina Notman meets the chemists breathing fresh air into urban air pollution research
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News
Trump’s cabinet picks worry science community
Selections prompt fears of roll-back on environmental research and mass reorganisations of science agencies
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Research
Halting the flow of microplastics
Most wastewater treatment plants are unable to deal with small litter particles, researchers find
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Careers
Meet chemistry's emergency hotline
Lifesaving advice is just part a normal day at the office for the staff of the National Chemical Emergency Centre
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News
Tap water of 6 million in the US contains industrial chemicals
Study finds perfluoroalkyl substances exceeding safety limits across the country
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Research
Pigeons used to map lead pollution in cities
Researchers find lead levels in pigeons mirror those of children in New York City
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News
No health effects from chemicals from West Virginia spill
January 2014 leak from Freedom Industries’ site at levels too low to harm people’s health
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Research
Metals leaching from discarded cigarettes found along the Persian Gulf
Traces of harmful metals found, but environmental impact remains hazy