Fracking activities may contribute to anxiety and depression during pregnancy
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Tag: Environmental Health
New technique could help engineer polluted water filter, human tissues
Rutgers-led team's protein patterns look like flowers, trees, snowflakesCredit: Nancy Hernandez, William Hansen and Slava Manichev Scientists can turn proteins ...
An apple carries about 100 million bacteria — good luck washing them off
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Active pharmaceutical ingredients can persist in the environment
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Climate changes faster than animals adapt
Credit: Bernard Castelein Climate change can threaten species and extinctions can impact ecosystem health. It is therefore of vital importance ...
100 days, 100 nights: Sensor network reveals telltale patterns in neighborhood air quality
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‘Legacy’ mercury pollution still a problem in New Jersey meadowlands waters
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Exposure to air pollution among women in Mozambique greatly intensified by the use of kerosene lamps
Credit: Ioar Rivas (ISGlobal) Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among Mozambican women who use kerosene as the ...
Keeping livestock in the yard just might help your baby’s immune system
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BU finds workplace injuries contribute to rise in suicide, overdose deaths
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Molecular sensor scouts DNA damage and supervises repair
Credit: Jang et al. (2019) Nature Structural and Molecular Biology PITTSBURGH, July 22, 2019 - In the time it takes ...
KIST uesed eco-friendly composite catalyst and ultrasound to remove pollutants from water
Developed eco-friendly, low-cost, and high-efficiency wastewater processing catalyst made from agricultural byproductCredit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) Developed eco-friendly, ...
Cleaning our water with groundbreaking ‘bioinspired’ chemistry
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University The 20th and 21st centuries have seen an explosion in the use of synthetic chemicals worldwide, ...
Strong family relationships may help with asthma outcomes for children
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