chemicalpollution
Toxic forever chemicals have travelled as far as the Arctic Ocean, and were recently found pounding our coastlines on the back of ocean spray, making their removal from the environment all the more imperative. So far, per- or poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) remediation has been beset with obstacles. In the UK, it could cost £21 billion (around €25 billion) to remove all forever chemicals from our sewage alone, according to UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR). Even if we did foot that bill, a question mark still hangs over the efficacy of the available technology. But Oxyle, a Switzerla...
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Menstrual periods may be starting earlier in younger generations, according to new research. The study was published on Wednesday in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open and based on data from the Apple Women’s Health Study, which involved 71,341 women. Researchers in the US found that the average age at which girls begin menstruating has decreased from 12.5 years for those born between 1950 and 1969 to 11.9 years for those born between 2000 and 2005. There has also been an increase in the time it takes for menstrual cycles to become regular after menarche (the first menstrual cycle), with...
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Microplastics have crossed so many boundaries it is hard to keep track. The ‘red flag’ of our consumptive lifestyles, they have reached the limits of the Earth - from the Mariana Trench to the tip of Mount Everest. These tiny particles of decomposed plastic have seeped into clouds, and been found buried in archaeological remains believed to be ‘pristine’. They have challenged our ideas of bodily inviolability too, infiltrating every organ. What might have been considered the ‘purest’ parts of human life - placentas, babies, breast milk - contain microplastics. So it comes as little surprise th...
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