Pollution – Page 8
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NewsEuropean commission proposal seeks to cut EU pesticide use in half by 2030
Ambitious targets will rely on roll-out of integrated pest management techniques and extra payments to farmers
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BusinessAt least 13 dead in massive chlorine release in Jordan
Tanker of gas fell during loading at the port of Aqaba, injuring hundreds
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ResearchUK’s first ‘industrial scale’ carbon capture plant opens in Cheshire
40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be captured each year at Tata Chemicals Europe facility
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NewsFears that the war in east of Ukraine could lead to deadly chemical disaster
Fierce fighting in the Donbas region has already resulted in the destruction of a number of chemical plants
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OpinionEnergy is the Achilles’ heel of carbon capture technologies
Efforts to trap carbon dioxide could consume a huge amount of forecast renewable energy growth
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NewsCan negative emissions technology clear the air without costing the Earth?
Counting the energy cost of capturing carbon dioxide
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NewsUS environment agency announces new safety limits for fluorinated chemicals
Regulator lowers advisory drinking water levels for two best known PFAS by five orders of magnitude
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ResearchSpider webs record severity of microplastic pollution in cities
Plastic content found to make up as much as a tenth of a web’s total weight
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BusinessDeadly fire and explosions at container depot in Bangladesh
48 dead and hundreds injured as hydrogen peroxide containers exploded
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ResearchTeflon-inspired nanochannels outperform biological water transporters
Extreme water repellence of fluorinated surfaces leads to unprecedented permeation rates
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OpinionWastewater has huge potential for global health
Monitoring programmes can help healthcare and empower communities
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FeatureThe human health observatory in our sewers
From tracking disease outbreaks to monitoring drug use, there’s a lot to be learned from the things we flush down the toilet, Katrina Krämer finds
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ResearchSunscreen’s coral-killing mechanism uncovered
Sea anemones and corals convert oxybenzone into phototoxic compounds
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ResearchWastewater from battery recycling plants mined for water-splitting catalysts
Electrocatalysts derived from metal pollutants used to generate hydrogen
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OpinionBringing citizen science into school – and to the beach
A coastal project to contextualise concerns about pollutants and microplastics
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NewsScientists call for global cap on plastic production
The upcoming UN treaty to end plastic pollution will require capping and then phasing out virgin plastic production by 2040, researchers argue
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ResearchDiscovery of microplastics in people raises difficult questions about health implications
Scientists keep finding tiny polymer particles in lungs, blood and placentas – but what does that mean means for people’s health?
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NewsEnvironmental concerns ground mercury-based satellite thrusters
UN takes steps to outlaw mercury propellant that could have seen tonnes of the heavy metal rain down on Earth every year
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NewsRussian troops depart Chernobyl following disappearance of nuclear material
Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection
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