Outdoor wear often coated in harmful chemicals: Greenpeace
Outdoor clothing from top manufacturers is frequently contaminated with chemicals that are harmful to health and the environment, Greenpeace warned Monday.
Environment
Oct 29, 2012
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From lectures to explosives detection: Laser pointer identifies dangerous chemicals in real-time
By using an ordinary green laser pointer, the kind commonly found in offices and college lecture halls, an Israeli research team has developed a new and highly portable Raman spectrometer that can detect extremely minute ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 10, 2012
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Reducing the environmental impact: New tools to aid in recycling flat-screen monitors, TVs
(Phys.org)—Millions of flat-screen monitors and television sets will soon become obsolete, posing environmental hazards, and Purdue University researchers are developing tools to help industry efficiently recycle the products.
Engineering
Oct 10, 2012
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Mobiles phones getting less toxic: researcher
Mobile phone manufacturers, responding to consumer and regulatory pressure, are using fewer toxic substances in their products, researchers in the United States said Wednesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 3, 2012
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Robotic system to inspect underground pipes
EU-funded researchers developed a high-tech robotic imaging system for inspecting underground pipes. Commercialisation should facilitate use of corrosion-resistant materials for transport of hazardous chemicals.
Engineering
Aug 17, 2012
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New method cleans up textile industry's most dangerous chemicals
Textile dying is one of the most environmentally hazardous aspects of the textile industry. During dying, harmful chemicals that are difficult to break down are released, all too often into rivers and agricultural land. However, ...
Materials Science
Sep 26, 2011
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Baltic sea countries do not live up to commitments: WWF
The nine countries with a Baltic Sea coast are not doing enough to protect the very polluted body of water, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said in a report published Wednesday.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2011
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Scented laundry products emit hazardous chemicals through dryer vents
The same University of Washington researcher who used chemical sleuthing to deduce what's in fragranced consumer products now has turned her attention to the scented air wafting from household laundry vents.
Environment
Aug 24, 2011
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Greenpeace finds toxic chemicals in branded clothing
Traces of toxic chemicals harmful to the environment and to human health have been detected in products made by 14 top clothing manufacturers, Greenpeace said Tuesday.
Environment
Aug 23, 2011
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Toxic chromium found in Chicago's drinking water
Chicago's first round of testing for a toxic metal called hexavalent chromium found that levels in local drinking water are more than 11 times higher than a health standard California adopted last month.
Environment
Aug 8, 2011
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