Toxic Chemicals News
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Forever Chemical Levels in Water “Extremely Alarming”
Late last month (November), the Guardian, Watershed Investigations and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) published a report revealing that potentially toxic forever chemicals were detected in drinking water supplies at 17 out of 18 water companies in England, with 11, 853 samples testing positive… something that experts have said they find “extremely [alarming]”. The ...
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Clandestine Meth Labs and Building Occupant Exposure Hazards
Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as meth, is a potent synthetic drug that stimulants the central nervous system. Due to its high potential for abuse, methamphetamine is classified as a Schedule II drug. While much of the meth abused in the United States now comes from drug trafficking organizations that manufacture it in foreign super labs, it is still made domestically in clandestine labs ...
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Water Affected By Pet Parasite Treatments, Study Reveals
Water quality in the UK is a hot topic these days, hitting headlines on an increasingly regular basis thanks to issues such as storm overflow discharges, surface water runoff, pesticides, herbicides, algal blooms, drought, flooding… the list goes on and on, it seems. And now, according to a new report from Imperial College London, it appears that there’s another growing problem that ...
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How FPI`s ICP-MS Provides Rapid Detection of Agricultural Products at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
The World Health Organization estimates that over 600 million people become ill, and 420,000 die each year from eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxic or chemical substances. However, these numbers represent only the "tip of the iceberg," as comprehensive surveillance data on foodborne illnesses are unavailable worldwide. If food is unsafe, humans will not benefit from ...
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World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Changes to Solve Water and Sanitation Crisis
4 million people die annually and 74 million will have their lives shortened by diseases related to poor water, sanitation and hygiene. (WHO 2022) Today, 1 in 4 people - 2 billion people worldwide - lack safe drinking water. (WHO/UNICEF 2021) Almost half of the global population - 3.6 billion people - lack safe sanitation. (WHO/UNICEF 2021) Global water demand (in water withdrawals) is ...
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Potting Electronics With Hot Glue - Is It Environmental ?
Potting Electronics With Hot Glue - Is It Environmental ? Hot glue or hot melt adhesives are thermoplastic materials used in quickly assembling and bonding items. The thermoplastic qualities make the adhesives moldable or plastic under heat but solid in normal conditions. Hot glue can bond even dissimilar materials together impressively when properly handled. Hot glue is used in a wide range of ...
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The definitive guide of best strongest epoxy adhesive glue for metal to plastic in environmental industry
The definitive guide of best strongest epoxy adhesive glue for metal to plastic The strongest epoxy adhesive glue for metal to plastic will be able to hold up regardless of any condition. It is recommended to get a strong and reliable epoxy adhesive glue for your metal to plastic projects. Metals and plastics are two dissimilar materials that need special epoxy adhesive glueing requirements to ...
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Save time and money with ZipThaw
ZipThaw is a revolutionary blood product thawing device. It’s dry, it’s portable, it contains advanced sensors so it precisely tracks the thawing curve, and it’s fast. ZipThaw is also very cost efficient. How? First, ZipThaw uses far less electricity than a hot water bath which needs to be pre-warmed and left on for hours at a time. Second, since ZipThaw is a blood product ...
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EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances
1 of 3 Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C., April 14, 2022. The EPA is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so-called Superfund law. (Carolyn Kaster / AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The ...
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LightDeck Dx Announces Grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture to Develop Rapid Test For Toxic Chemicals in Water
LightDeck Diagnostics, the company leveraging planar waveguide technology to deliver lab-quality diagnostics in minutes, today announced it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to build a rapid, portable, quantitative test to detect many Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) simultaneously. ...
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Matexcel Updated Its Electronic Product Analysis Service for Research Use
Matexcel, a leading supplier in material science, recently announced the update of its electronic product analysis service for consumer & industrial product testing. Electronic products are related products based on electric energy, including watches, smartphones, telephones, television sets, DVD players (VCD, SVCD, DVD), video recorders, cameras, radios, recorders, laser players (CD), ...
By Matexcel
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More Stringent Sampling Required to Address PFAS Water Contaminants
The adoption of more accurate groundwater sampling techniques holds the key to monitoring the presence of PFAS in UK water supplies, urges an environmental technology expert. This warning, from QED Environmental Systems, follows the publication of a study by the BBC that found PFAS levels exceeded European safety limits in over half of the samples taken. Just weeks earlier, Cambridge Water ...
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Study examines the chemical GenX in water: Is it different from other PFAS?
Last fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that GenX chemicals were more toxic than the "forever chemicals" they were developed to replace. Now, a new University at Buffalo-led study examines what happens when GenX—chemicals used in food packaging, nonstick coating and other products—interacts with water. Published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, the ...
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How To Buy The Best Air Purifier With HEPA Filter For Covid Supplier Philippines?
We can't deny that indoor air pollution is an important issue. If we consider the reports from the Environmental Protection Agency, we can find that the pollution level inside our homes is much higher than outside. An easy solution to clean air is to use a good air purifier. The role of these units is to eliminate many dangerous pollutants, toxic chemicals and allergens. In this article, we are ...
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How to remove VOCs from your Indoor air with washable pre filter air purifiers
According to the reports from the Environmental Protection Agency, VOCs refer to toxic chemicals released as gases out of specific liquids and solids. The sad part is that these chemicals may have a negative impact on your health due to short-term or long-term exposure. Let's find out more. VOCs contain some fundamental ingredients in a lot of products and materials that you may use on a daily ...
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Toxic detergent polluting rivers all over!
Toxics Link released a report ‘Dirty Trail: Detergent to Water Bodies’, that has raised serious concern over alarming levels of the toxic chemical “Nonylphenol ” found in detergents and in river water across the country. Nonylphenol is known to be an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDCs). EDCs are mostly manmade chemicals found in several products such as pesticides, ...
By Toxics Link
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Donate now Mother’s beware! Your baby’s nappy is laden with toxic chemicals!
New Delhi, September 28, 2020: If you are a doting as well as a discerning parent with a baby or toddler this is for you! A new study titled, ‘What’s in the Diaper: Presence of Phthalates in Baby Diapers’ released by Delhi-based advocacy organisation Toxics Link raises concern over toxic phthalates being found in disposable baby nappies that are available in the Indian market. ...
By Toxics Link
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Improving employee welfare by PID detection
Businesses can evidence carbon neutrality and improved employee welfare thanks to the fastest and most accurate PID ever from ION Science Whilst China and other governments around the world commit to a green economy by 2030, companies are starting to turn to employee health and safety monitoring to learn and evidence improvements in carbon emissions. Thanks to Cub’s patented ...
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Tap water from across America found to contain Arsenic, Lead and other toxic chemicals
An investigation on drinking water by the Guardian and Consumer Reports (CR) found an alarming levels of chemicals including Arsenic, Lead and PFAS (Per– and polyfluoroalkyl substance) in 118 of the 120 locations sampled across America. This finding gives an overview of the huge challenge drinking water services are facing and the seriousness of the drinking water quality issues in ...
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Wet & dry ice blasting in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut with all-states restoration
Our team at Coulson Ice Blast is proud to feature another client, All-States Restoration. This New Jersey-based water damage restoration and disaster recovery company serves New Jersey, New York, Western Pennsylvania, and Southern Connecticut in the United States (more to come). They provide 24-7 response for emergency cleanup and flood restoration services to minimize water, fire, mold, ...
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