Within three years, utilities which provide water to at least 15 service connections or 25 people will have to implement testing procedures and begin notifying the public about PFAS levels if they are above the new standard. They will then have five years to reduce levels, according to the new...
“But oil-producing countries have gathered in what we call low-ambition coalition to stall negotiations and water down the treaty.” In the meantime, people may want to reduce their own exposure to microplastics to whatever extent they can. For the most part, experts say that involves smaller...
Pollutants mix to create a more dangerous health threat, overloading the body’s defenses and damaging the liver. Selenium, however, offers a possible solution to reduce this harm. A study reveals that environmental pollutants like metals and drug residues interact to amplify toxicity in the body...
Pharma is guilty of gender disparity across its workforce and has historically been male dominated. Part of the problem could be that when it comes to roles in STEM, there still exists an ‘implicit bias’. How can we address the unconscious bias associa
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, a professor in the Occupational Health and Safety graduate program at New York Institute of Technology. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals,” are a group of chemicals used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains,...
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Federal agencies have taken some steps to reduce PFAS exposure. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in February that PFAS can no longer be used in food packing, and the production of some of the most dangerous PFAS has been banned in the U.S. altogether. In another good step, ...
to hormones," Gerber explained. "We know that PFAS aren't really strong endocrine disruptors, but they've also been shown to have weak activity, for example, in progesterone or estrogens, and so one of the questions is 'does that weak activity translate into something that mi...
Little research to date has been done around Nanoplastics. 12 Things You Can Do Today To Reduce Exposure To Microplastics 1. WATER Stop buying bottled water. Bottled water has been shown to have high levels of microplastics and PFAS chemicals and they are just bad for the environment. Plastic...