Living downstream from a waste-treatment plant can leave fish tired, a new study finds, led by Graham Scott, a biologist in Canada. “Wastewater treatment plants are pretty good at taking out the waste and treating it before it gets into our waterways,” he said. “But not everything can...
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Not to mention, undermanaged waste is actually shifted onto poor communities and communities of color – what you might know colloquially as environmental racism. They often live near landfills, waste treatment plants, and illegal dump sites – all of which create pollution that can make them sick...
A south Indian state has become possibly the first in the world to offer publicly-funded breast implants, its health minister arguing, “Why should beauty treatment not be available to the poor?” The Tamil Nadu state health department on Wednesday launched the free service at a clinic in the...
Water pollution is also a significant concern in Ohio. The state has implemented regulations to prevent pollution from agricultural runoff, and the OEPA has programs in place to monitor and reduce pollution in waterways. The agency also works with municipalities to improve wastewater treatment facilitie...
Japan, in July 2022, mandated generators to give a reserve fund for solar PV plants, which would be returned to the companies at the end of the life cycle of their plants to afford the disposal of these facilities. The major key point [for solar waste management is] the varying levels ...
[50] and global waste trade [51], poor sanitation and water treatment, the continued use and emission of high-risk chemicals phased out in high-income countries and the high use of region-specific compounds such as antiretroviral and antimalarial drugs and pesticides that may provide so-far ...
to Tara Hemmer to maybe give a little bit more color. But, that's always an option for us. And we have multiple options, and it's good to be in a place where you have multiple options. But at this point, we're pleased with the progress we're making on building these pl...
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and the public has become more and more suspicious of the sites. Still, the relentless waste stream means new permits are issued all the time, and the industry is also hauling brine to treatment plants that attempt to remove the toxic and radioactive elements so the liquid can be us...