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PFAS are commonly found in waterproof clothing, stain-resistant textiles, cosmetics and cookware. Here’s how to best minimise your exposure to these forever chemicals.
Styrofoam in the trash.
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Plastic tax would work better than a ban in Lagos, Nigeria.
Nano-enabled pesticides may be efficient but could be hazardous to the surrounding environment beyond target crop pests.
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Nano-enabled pesticides could pose huge risks and they aren’t being regulated effectively enough yet.
A study of the Austrian slopes has found that forever chemicals in ski wax end up on the slopes, in soil and snow.
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Synthetic chemicals found in ski wax have been found in the snow and soil on ski slopes and could pose a toxic threat to the environment.
Single-use plastics make up most of the plastic waste in Nigeria.
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Banning single-use plastics in Nigeria is a step in the right direction. But its success will depend on provisions made for enforcement.
Researchers on the frozen surface of Lake Kallavesi prepare to take a sample of the sediment down below.
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Since the 1950s, billions of tons of plastic have been produced and much of it ends up in the environment – even at the bottom of lakes in Finland.
One symptom of arsenic poisoning is the growth of plaques on the skin called arsenical keratosis.
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Millions of people worldwide are exposed via soil and water to arsenic, whether naturally occurring or related to pollution. Chronic exposure is linked to the formation of cancer stem cells.
A caracal monitored by the Urban Caracal Project, TMC33 Hermes, walks across a pipeline in Cape Town.
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Caracals are most likely being exposed to metals like arsenic, lead and mercury through their diet.
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The common timber treatment CCA is made up of heavy metals copper, chromium and arsenic. They don’t decompose and leach into soil and water. Why does New Zealand still allow its use?
Plastic waste washed up by the sea lies on the beach of the coastal city of St. Louis, Senegal.
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West Africa’s marine litter problem cannot be ignored. It can hinder the region’s economic and tourism growth, while putting people’s health at risk.
Alain Libondo (17) left, and Nsinku Zihindula (25), hammering at solid rock to find cassiterite and coltan at Szibira, South Kivu.
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Coltan is indispensable to the making of modern electronic devices but its mining causes human and environmental disasters in the DR Congo.
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In a new randomised clinical trial, we found regularly donating blood or plasma can reduce blood PFAS levels.
Environmentally dangerous dumps, landfills and pulp and paper mills are more likely to be sited in African Nova Scotian and Mi'kmaw communities. These communities suffer from high rates of cancer and respiratory illness.
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Black residents of Shelburne, N.S., spent decades living near a dump, worrying about its possible connection to elevated cancer rates. A new study will investigate the dump’s long-term consequences.
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We need to focus on causes like overconsumption, not the material itself.
A coyote in Vancouver, B.C. Rodent pesticides in large cities kill and adversely affect the health of urban wildlife.
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Urban wildlife are exposed to more pollutants than wildlife living in natural areas. In addition to causing death, these pollutants can affect animals’ development and reproduction.
Camels in the Gobi Desert.
Jerome Mayaud
Mineral-rich Mongolia is experiencing a mining boom, but its growth is creating distrust and conflict with herder communities.