Health
Potential contaminants in the gym
In addition to pollution from exercise equipment, gym ventilation systems can unintentionally draw in pollutants from outside sources, according to researchers.
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Biology
Genetically modified plants can clean up polluted air
A rabbit gene has been introduced into conventional indoor plants, giving them the power to filter harmful air pollution.
Archeology
Medieval water mill is a crime of destroying ecological balance
Ecologists at Radboud University, Netherlands, affirmed that the massive construction of medieval watermills made salmon almost completely disappear in Northern European…
Biology
The house fly - voracious, dirty
The presence of flies is a sign of unsanitary living and living conditions, as it carries many contaminants and pathogens. Since the 16th century, people have thought fl…
Animal world
Farming salmon is the most toxic food in the world?
Information confirmed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes any consumer to consider when it wants to consume this product.
Environment
Air pollution threatens the brain development of more than 17 million children worldwide
17 million children worldwide are living in air pollution 6 times more than regulated.
Environment
Bikini sucks pollutants in seawater
American scientists are developing bikini swimsuits that can filter contaminants in seawater around the wearer.
Environment
Beijing spent $ 16 billion to brighten the sky
Haze often covers Beijing and many other Chinese cities in the past few months. Waste from factories and motor vehicles is the main cause of haze.
Environment
Dust pollution in Beijing contains deadly poison
Analysis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the smog that struck Beijing and its northern provinces last month contained a large amount of toxic chemicals.
Environment
Germany uses fungi to contaminate soil and water
Information published on Deutsche Welle recently said that Helmholtz Environmental Research Center (Germany) has begun to study the use of mushroom laccase to clean up p…
Environment
NASA satellite discovered Niagara Falls is polluted
Not only water, but also pollutants originating from forest fires thousands of miles away in Ontario, Canada, are polluting the Niagara Falls on the border between the U…
Environment
Australia: Warning about air pollution in the classroom
The atmosphere in some schools may contain contaminants in the form of dispersed microscopic particles.
Environment
Tracing the mysterious filter of the atmosphere
Nature uses a substance capable of destroying pollutants to clean the air, but so far humans have not found this substance.
Environment
The broad and serious impact of air pollution in the United States
If you are living in the Eastern United States, your surroundings are being ruined by air pollution. A new report from the Cary Institute of Ecological and Natural Prote…