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The toxins of the Bhopal disaster | Explained
3 weeks ago

The toxins of the Bhopal disaster | Explained

The Hindu  

Forty years after the Bhopal disaster on December 2-3, 1984, several hundred tonnes of toxic waste still remain around the ill-fated Union Carbide plant. This year, Madhya Pradesh received ₹126 crore from the Union government to incinerate around 340 tonnes of the aboveground material, but others have resisted the plan saying burning the compounds will release poisonous fumes that could …

Water Mercury Damage Cause Chander Plant Madhya Pradesh
How did mussels sneak into California, despite decades of state shipping rules?
3 weeks, 6 days ago

How did mussels sneak into California, despite decades of state shipping rules?

Associated Press  

After the recent discovery of a destructive mussel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, some experts say California officials have failed to effectively enforce laws designed to protect waterways from invaders carried in ships’ ballast water. A state law enacted 20 years ago has required California officials to inspect 25% of incoming ships and sample their ballast water before it’s …

Water Ships California Invasive Species Rules Species State
Forever chemicals are in our drinking water – here’s how to reduce them
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Forever chemicals are in our drinking water – here’s how to reduce them

Raw Story  

News reports of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water have left people worried about the safety of tap and bottled water. Nevertheless, many news stories have reported on research finding dangerous levels of PFAS chemicals in drinking water sources in England. With this in mind, my colleagues and I measured concentrations of ten key PFAS in 41 samples of tap …

Water Chemicals Drinking Drinking Water Tap Water Pfas Bottled
Study finds almost all drinking water contains ‘forever chemicals’ that do not break down naturally
2 months ago

Study finds almost all drinking water contains ‘forever chemicals’ that do not break down naturally

The Independent  

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Don't let children play in sea foam because of PFAS
5 months ago

Don't let children play in sea foam because of PFAS

Dutch News  

Government officials have sharpened their warnings about not letting children play in sea foam while at the beach because it could contain high concentrations of toxic PFAS, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. At the end of last year public health institute RIVM said there were large quantities of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals” in sea foam. PFAS tend to accumulate …

Sea Foam Nos Pfas Rivm Sea Foam
Don't let children play in sea foam because of PFAS
5 months ago

Don't let children play in sea foam because of PFAS

Dutch News  

Government officials have sharpened their warnings about not letting children play in sea foam while at the beach because it could contain high concentrations of toxic PFAS, broadcaster NOS said on Wednesday. At the end of last year public health institute RIVM said there were large quantities of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals” in sea foam. PFAS tend to accumulate …

Sea Foam Nos Pfas Rivm Sea Foam
BHP operations contaminate groundwater with 'forever chemical' PFAS next to homes in WA's north-west
5 months, 1 week ago

BHP operations contaminate groundwater with 'forever chemical' PFAS next to homes in WA's north-west

ABC  

Mining giant BHP will begin a follow-up drilling program in WA's north-west this month after detecting Per-and-polyfluro Alkyl Subtances in groundwater beneath its former power station in Port Hedland, about 1,600 kilometres north of Perth. "So the problem with PFAS or 'forever chemicals', as they're known, is because they don't break down they can be mobilised quite rapidly by groundwater …

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In millions of homes, high fluoride in tap water may be a concern
7 months, 2 weeks ago

In millions of homes, high fluoride in tap water may be a concern

Salon  

The town of Seagraves sits on the high plains of West Texas, not far from the New Mexico border. Lost in that debate are the roughly 3 million Americans whose water naturally contains higher concentrations of fluoride — often at levels that even some fluoridation advocates now acknowledge could have neurodevelopmental effects. Nor do they contain advisories for pregnant women, …

Evidence Water Brain Development Texas High Higher Communities
Anti-depressants, anxiety meds messing with water life in Dutch canals, lakes
1 year, 10 months ago

Anti-depressants, anxiety meds messing with water life in Dutch canals, lakes

NL Times  

High concentrations of anti-depressants and anxiety inhibitors pose a risk to water life in Dutch ditches, canals, and lakes, according to research by Maastricht University, the RIVM, and other scientists. These medicines are so common in Dutch surface water that they are affecting aquatic life’s behaviors, Trouw reports. “The substances carbamazepine, oxazepam, and fluoxetine are regularly found” in the surface …

Dutch Water Moermond
Warning not to eat Westerschelde seafood due to PFAS chemicals
2 years, 6 months ago

Warning not to eat Westerschelde seafood due to PFAS chemicals

NL Times  

Various types of fish, crustaceans, and shellfish from the Westerschelde contain such high concentrations of PFAS chemicals that the National Institute for Public Health and Environment issued a warning to eat them "as little as possible." The institute calculated how much people could eat of various species without ingesting excessive amounts of harmful chemicals. On average, Netherlands residents ingest too …

Pfas Rivm Westerschelde
Scientists track ocean movement of deadly microplastics from space
3 years, 5 months ago

Scientists track ocean movement of deadly microplastics from space

India Today  

The oceans have been a vast resource for countries across the world, with various industries and communities depending on them for survival. Now scientists have devised a new way to identify and track the movement of microplastics in the ocean, a form of tiny plastic that poses a serious threat to the marine ecosystem. They found "microplastics tended to be …

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