News tagged with reusable bottles

Research shows 'BPA-free' bottles live up to manufacturers' claims

The alarm caused by bisphenol A (BPA) presence in reusable plastic bottles resulted in a recent industry change, producing products made with supposed BPA-free materials.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Australian town in 'world-first' bottled water ban

An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 8




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New device could help scientists design new fuel reprocessing methods

Designing better ways to recycle spent nuclear fuel could make nuclear energy a safer solution to the global energy problem, but there are a lot of gaps in our chemical knowledge -- and it's difficult to get ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google wants to turn your smartphone into a wallet

In a Mountain View convenience store, Marc Freed-Finnegan carries a bottle of water up to the cashier, who scans it and announces the price. Freed-Finnegan touches his smartphone to a gray plastic sensor labeled "PayPass," ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Green cleaning solutions: Manufacturers are making more planet-friendly products, consumers are buying them

Maybe 2011 is the year a clean start means returning to Grandma's scrubbing ways and getting down on hands knees with simple baking soda and vinegar. Or maybe it means staring down that supermarket aisle of cleaning products ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study links increased BPA exposure to reduced egg quality in women

A small-scale University of California, San Francisco-led study has identified the first evidence in humans that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may compromise the quality of a woman's eggs retrieved for in vitro fertilization ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals pose cancer risk

Longtime environmental health researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine describe the carcinogenic effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), ubiquitous chemicals that have hormone-like effects in the body. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social networking helps hermit crabs find homes (w/ Video)

Everyone wants to live in the nicest possible house, ideally with regular upgrades. A recent study by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and the New England Aquarium reveals that hermit crabs may ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sony makes eco-friendly mini laptop

Sony unveiled a mini notebook computer aimed at the hearts of environmentalists.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 07, 2010 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cash register receipts a new BPA concern

If you read environmental news on a regular basis then you know that consumers are in an uproar about the revelation that SIGG water bottles contain bisphenol-A (BPA), despite the company's previous BPA-free advertisements. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

So you have the flu? Follow this self-care guide for recovery

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's flu season, and whether you have the H1N1 virus or just the garden variety flu virus, you may not feel like doing much of anything — especially going out to meet friends or heading off to work. That's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher thinks 'inside the box' to create self-contained wastewater system for soldiers, small towns

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheaper. Better. Faster. Most people will say you can't have all three. But don't tell that to Dr. Jianmin Wang, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 4


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