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Alarm as forever chemicals that can cause birth defects and cancer found in UK bottled AND tap water
2 months, 1 week ago

Alarm as forever chemicals that can cause birth defects and cancer found in UK bottled AND tap water

Daily Mail  

'Forever chemicals', used in everything from cookware to clothing in to make items stain and water resistant are present in both UK bottled and tap water, scientists say. Now British and Chinese experts have found PFAS in tap and bottled water supplies in both their countries. Now British and Chinese experts have found PFAS in tap and bottled water supplies …

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Scientists reveal why you SHOULDN'T drink bottled water
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientists reveal why you SHOULDN'T drink bottled water

Daily Mail  

Doctors are urging people to rethink their preference for bottled water over the stuff from the tap. Research shows up to 80 percent of bottled water on the market today contains microplastics and other substances linked to cancer, fertility problems, developmental delays in children, and metabolic disorders like diabetes. The doctors, from Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, also highlighted how …

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Nanoplastics and forever chemicals may hinder child development by altering breast milk, study says
5 months, 1 week ago

Nanoplastics and forever chemicals may hinder child development by altering breast milk, study says

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Toxic forever chemicals and nanoplastics can alter key proteins in human …

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In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution
9 months, 1 week ago

In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution

BBC  

In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution Getty Images In the struggle to combat pollution and fight climate change, a growing number of scientists are beginning to look to one of nature’s oldest biotechnologies: fungi. "All of the material from demolition – the studs, the floors, cellulosic mass, and even things like …

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Common pesticides linked to reduction in sperm count, study finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Common pesticides linked to reduction in sperm count, study finds

Salon  

Pesticides are commonly used to protect the foods that we eat from insects and pathogens — but, according to a recent study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, they may also be destroying the vitality of sperm in the process. As American and Italian scientists demonstrated, there are two commonly used pesticides linked with plummeting sperm counts: organophosphates and N-methyl …

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Can we take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals?
1 year, 2 months ago

Can we take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals?

BBC  

Can we take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals? Craig Fritz Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are working on a material that can absorb forever chemicals Nicknamed "forever chemicals", PFAS are ubiquitous. While another team at the University of California, Riverside, are using "deep UV" – extremely low wavelengths of ultraviolet light – to break PFAS down under ambient conditions …

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US residents in urban areas under health risk from drinking of PFAS contaminated tap water: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

US residents in urban areas under health risk from drinking of PFAS contaminated tap water: Report

Hindustan Times  

Chemical contamination in tap water in the United States is putting its citizens under the risk of health ailments like cancer, low birth weight and thyroid disease. A national study released on Tuesday, from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that nearly half of the tap water in US is contaminated with at least one type of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, …

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Study: Toxic PFAS chemical plume detected in Green Bay
1 year, 11 months ago

Study: Toxic PFAS chemical plume detected in Green Bay

Associated Press  

A large plume of toxic chemicals produced by a plant that manufactures firefighting foam has seeped through groundwater to Lake Michigan’s Green Bay, scientists said Tuesday. In a report published last week, they said a plume had made its way into Green Bay, which extends 120 miles along northeastern Wisconsin and the south coast of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “It’s really …

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Scientists estimate how much toxic microplastic comes off Teflon-coated pans during cooking
2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists estimate how much toxic microplastic comes off Teflon-coated pans during cooking

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have estimated that thousands to millions of ultrasmall Teflon plastic …

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Dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ found in school uniforms
2 years, 3 months ago

Dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ found in school uniforms

The Independent  

Children wearing stain-resistant school uniforms may be exposed to potentially dangerous levels of “forever chemicals”, according to a new study. The research, published on Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, found that millions of school children just in the US and Canada could be exposed to potentially harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or forever chemicals, through …

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Scientists find simple, safe method to destroy ‘forever chemicals’
2 years, 4 months ago

Scientists find simple, safe method to destroy ‘forever chemicals’

The Hindu  

“Forever chemicals” used in daily items like nonstick pans have long been linked to serious health issues — a result of their toxicity and extreme resistance to being broken down as waste products. Chemists in the United States and China on Thursday said they had finally found a breakthrough method to degrade these polluting compounds, referred to as PFAS, using …

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Simple new method found that destroys ‘forever chemicals’
2 years, 4 months ago

Simple new method found that destroys ‘forever chemicals’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have developed a new process that causes two major classes …

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Phillip Island fur seal conservation efforts boosted by SealSpotter Challenge
2 years, 5 months ago

Phillip Island fur seal conservation efforts boosted by SealSpotter Challenge

ABC  

Citizen scientists from around the world have pored over nearly 14,000 images to help determine threats faced by fur seal colonies in Victoria. Key points: Colonies monitored at Seal Rocks off Phillip Island and The Skerries near Mallacoota People across the globe participate and many come back year after year The counts are used as part of a number of …

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