Worldwide study reveals air pollution link to unborn baby growth
Exposure to air pollution is linked to babies' growth during pregnancy, according to a landmark new study.
Environment
Apr 18, 2019
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Environmental Research
A mountain of evidence on air pollution's harms to children
A new study led by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) organizes the available scientific evidence on the effects of air pollution on children's health. The paper in the journal ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2018
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Irrigating vegetables with wastewater in African cities may spread disease
Urban farmers growing vegetables to feed millions of people in Africa's ever-growing cities could unwittingly be helping to spread disease by irrigating crops with wastewater, a new study reveals.
Environment
Oct 12, 2018
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A new material capable of the adsorption of organic pollutants in water
The appearance of emerging pollutants in water has caused the scientific community to research new solutions and alternatives. Along these lines, a group of University of Seville scientists has recently shown the effectiveness ...
Materials Science
Jun 5, 2018
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Why the world needs the humble glass sponge
Recent research from the University of Alberta reveals how fishing practices like trawling may be affecting the health of sponges that act like natural water filters.
Environment
Mar 23, 2018
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Metals known to have harmful health effects found in indigenous exposed to oil spills
People from two indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon who live close to the country's longest oil pipeline have mercury, cadmium and lead in their bodies at concentrations harmful to their health. This was the conclusion ...
Environment
Feb 12, 2018
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Hazardous contamination found around lead battery recycling plants in seven African countries
Extensive lead contamination was found in lead battery recycling plants and surrounding communities in seven African countries. The contamination levels in soil ranged up to 14% lead with average concentrations of 2% lead.
Environment
Jan 17, 2018
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Air pollution exposure inequality persists in Massachusetts
Despite overall reductions in ambient air pollution in Massachusetts, exposure continues to fall unequally along racial/ethnic, income, and education lines, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2017
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Trace arsenic linked to motor-skill decline in American Indian elders
Long-term exposure to low levels of inorganic arsenic, or the "poison of kings," through drinking water is linked with deteriorating motor skills and neurological processing speed of American Indian elders, according to new ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2017
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The dust storm microbiome
Israel is subjected to sand and dust storms from several directions: northeast from the Sahara, northwest from Saudi Arabia and southwest from the desert regions of Syria. The airborne dust carried in these storms affects ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2017
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