Beauty’s Dark Secret: Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
‘Forever chemicals’ or PFAS, found in cosmetics and personal care products, pose environmental and health concerns due to their persistence and accumulation in bodies and…
‘Forever chemicals’ or PFAS, found in cosmetics and personal care products, pose environmental and health concerns due to their persistence and accumulation in bodies and…
Light pollution from coastal cities is causing coral reefs to spawn outside their optimal reproductive times, reducing the chances of coral egg fertilization and new…
An open-source tool developed by MIT’s Senseable City Lab allows individuals to easily and affordably monitor air quality. Air pollution poses a major threat to…
The world’s most common form of litter is cigarette filters. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg have discovered that these filters are releasing thousands of…
Indigenous people in the Amazon Basin are twice as likely to die prematurely from wildfire smoke exposure than the broader South American population. Approximately 12,000…
Exposure to a mixture of chemicals known as PFAS results in changes in biological processes that are linked to a diverse array of diseases. Researchers…
Melosira arctica has ten times higher concentration of plastic particles than surrounding seawater. The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times…
Advancement in pollution detection methods raises questions about current environmental policies. UC Riverside scientists have discovered a massive amount of methane, a highly potent greenhouse…
For the first time, researchers from the University of Toronto, Indiana University, and the University of Notre Dame have discovered the presence of harmful PFAS…
A study recently published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters suggests that the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) once considered safe for use in food…
However, there’s also good news – the disease-carrying pests may not survive the winter. A recent study has revealed that urban light pollution may interfere…
UC Irvine chemist helped shed light on the formation of an air-clearing molecule. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that creates hydroxide (OH) through a…
International Research Team Analyzes February 2023 Ohio Train Derailment A train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, 2023, led to the combustion of…
Microplastic particles, less than 5 mm wide, pose potential harm to aquatic life and humans as they pervade waterways worldwide. Researchers have developed a two-stage…
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology have come up with a new way to purify contaminated water using cellulose-based materials. This breakthrough could…
A recent study has uncovered that China is a major source of nitrate radicals (PNO3) during nighttime hours, which could significantly affect the levels of…
Natural gas furnaces not only heat your home, but they also produce a significant amount of pollution. Even modern high-efficiency condensing furnaces produce significant amounts…
High levels of ozone destroy the chemical mating signal of the insects and may thus contribute to global insect decline. Insect sexual communication relies to…