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🌿 Published ! This article explores the use of chitosan-based nanomaterials for eco-friendly water purification. These hybrid materials show great potential in removing heavy metals, dyes, and other pollutants—sustainably. 💧🔬
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21891-0.00016-0

#WaterPollution #Chitosan #Nanomaterials #GreenChemistry #CleanWater #EnvironmentalScience #WaterPurification #Sustainability #HeavyMetals #EcoTech #Biopolymers #WastewaterTreatment #ScienceResearch #ClimateSolutions #WaterTech

Dr. bird🌻🐦‍⬛🌞💛| TikTok, YT, IG Apr 17

#Lead and other #heavymetals #found in 51 #toothpastes #fyp #worldupdate #share #contamination #environment https://open.substack.com/pub/bbirdbphd/p/dr-bird-on-tiktok-237?r=erl7r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Dr. bird on TikTok (#237)

Lead and other heavy metals found in 51 toothpastes and powders 👀🐦‍⬛Watch here on TikTokDr.

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Albert Cardona Apr 16

@theguardian_science The paper, inexplicably not linked to from The Guardian article:

“Trace Metals in Nectar of Important Urban Pollinator Forage Plants: A Direct Exposure Risk to Pollinators and Nectar-Feeding Animals in Cities”
Sarah B. Scott and Mary M. Gardiner, 2025
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71238

And the press release from Cambridge University:
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/growing-wildflowers-on-disused-urban-land-can-damage-bee-health-0

#EcosystemCollapse #pollinators #bees #HeavyMetals

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Apr 4

#Similac #ClassAction #Lawsuit Claims Certain #Infant #Formulas Contain #HeavyMetals

https://www.classaction.org/news/similac-class-action-lawsuit-claims-certain-infant-formulas-contain-heavy-metals

Similac Class Action Lawsuit Claims Certain Infant Formulas Contain Heavy Metals

A class action accuses Abbott Labs of failing to warn consumers that some of its Similac powdered infant formulas contain harmful levels of heavy metals.

All Scientifical Apr 1

The main reasons for the release of heavy metals into the environment
What is more interesting: the main reasons
for the release of heavy metals into the environment are wastewater from various industrial facilities, some pesticides and fertilizers, acid rain (i.e. acidification).
Acid rain is associated with the fact that by reducing the pH of the soil, metals dissolve, falling into the aquatic environment.

#heavymetals #environment #pollution #acidrain

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Mar 24

#US #wildfire suppressants rife with #toxic #heavymetals
Study reveals widely used pink wildfire suppressants contain high levels of toxic heavy metals: #cadmium, #arsenic, and #chromium, concentrations up to 3,000x above #drinkingwater limits. While gov and chemical makers have long concealed up to 20% of suppressants' ingredients as "trade secrets" researchers have confirmed their role in environmental #pollution, raising concerns over extensive use in residential areas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/us-wildfire-suppressants-toxic-study

US wildfire suppressants rife with toxic heavy metals, study finds

Suppressants a ‘major’ source of toxic pollution that causes heavy-metal levels to spike in the environment

The Guardian

Journal of Plant Ecology Mar 6

#Biochar is a promising material for #SoilRemediation. Hao-Ming Yuan et al. found that increasing biochar diversity can promote the impact of plant diversity on #RemediatingSoil contaminated by #HeavyMetals such as Cd.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae068