Let me put it this way. One of the reasons why I don't post some things, like what chemicals I use for repairs is because they are toxic, and I don't want people being exposed to them when they don't know how to handle them. I don't want the responsible should they come to h...
Paints, pesticides can make cleaning the garage a toxic task
we tested the individual effects of four herbicides on the growth and ΔF/Fm′ of the diatomChaetoceros muelleri, which was selected as a representative of the phylum Bacillariophyta, generally underrepresented in current SSDs. Additionally, this study...
Municipal wastewater has been considered as one of the largest contributors and carriers of microplastics to the aquatic environment. However, the various
In the 7th Environment Action Programme, the European Commission targets two essential goals in the handling of substances and materials known by the buzzwords “non-toxic environment” and “circular economy”. There are numerous interfaces in product, waste and chemicals legislation in these two ar...
Countries globally trade with tons of waste materials every year, some of which are highly hazardous. This trade admits a network representation of the world-wide waste web, with countries as vertices and flows as directed weighted edges. Here we investi
The ESG Risk Atlas provides a global relative positioning of sectors to environmental and social exposures and regional analysis of natural disaster risk, social standards, and governance standards. Risk Atlas sector and governance scores are ranked 1 (l
In the presence of soybean and after 60 days, 73.5% of the initially spiked N-EtFOSAA became non-extractable bound residues. Compared to the spiked controls, the PAC addition also decreased the total plant uptake of N-EtFOSAA by 94.96%. In contrast, montmorillonite showed limited ...
Toys are items frequently used by children under 14 years of age for learning, improving skills, or enjoying. However, toys are also potential sources of toxic chemicals (e.g., inorganic elements, allergens, and carcinogens) when produced improperly and may cause various adverse effects in the ...
are a class of highly fluorinated chemicals that have been widely synthesized and utilized since the 1940s in various industrial practices and consumer products, acting as surfactants, flame retardants, additives, lubricants, and pesticides; generated as by-products, residues, and intermediates in vario...