Zepbound tops Wegovy for weight loss in study comparing the drugs Men more likely to die of "broken heart syndrome," study finds Overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still above pre-pandemic levels EPA plans to weaken limits on some "forever chemicals" in drinking water In: Microplastics...
EPA working group. This microscope quickly images large surface areas across the sample filter, making it a fast, reliable method for comparing multiple particulates and identifying their chemical components. For microplastic particles >10 μm, the Thermo Scientific Nicolet iN10 MX FTIR Im...
The Bluewater PFAS removal research carried out in February was equally conclusive; showing a Bluewater PRO successfully removing 99.99 percent of the four most common PFAS compounds in drinking water listed by the Swedish National Food Agency, PFOA, PFOS, PFBA, and PFBS. Again, the Bluewater fin...
TheEPAonly sets a voluntary health advisory level of 70 parts per trillion for two PFAS chemicals in drinking water. The FDA, which regulates use of certain PFAS chemicals in food packaging, came out in 2020 with a three-year, voluntary phase-out program. The agency is review...
Microplastics are emerging contaminants that have been detected recently in most environmental and biological systems, yet their health risk for humans has
2. Global potable water quality: recent scenario 3. Plastic in drinking water: emerging impacts 4. Plastic pollutants and drinking water quality management: the prospects 5. Drinking water plastic: one health perspective 6. Conclusion and way forward CRediT authorship contribution statement Declaration ...
The accumulation of plastic debris in aquatic environments is one of the major but least studied human pressures on aquatic ecosystems. Besides the general waste burden in waterbodies, (micro)plastic debris gives rise to ecological and social problems. R
As a hybrid treatment method (e.g., combined coagulation and membrane filtration), Fe-based coagulation in conjunction with UF processes was investigated for the removal of PE (main component of MPs) in drinking water (Ma et al., 2019b). In the study, low efficiency (around 15%) using ...
assign a human health-based threshold value on MPs found in drinking water [39]. We identified two further key areas to reduce uncertainty in MNP RA: (1) aligning MNP exposures with mixture toxicity concepts, and (2) improving current methods to characterise and quantify MNPs in complex ...
According to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, thousands of communities across the United States, potentially affecting 200 million Americans, have been drinking water contaminated with PFAs. Now back in April, Dimple, you may remember this. The EPA, the Environmental Protection Agency, finaliz...