Tagged: contaminants

Biodiversity / Daily News / Health / Magazine / Sustainability

30 Aug, 2018

Market removal leads to decrease in Arctic pollutants

Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic, according to new research findings from a team who have been actively monitoring the region for almost...

Innovation / Magazine / Water

22 Jun, 2018

New filter removes run-off chemicals

The filter will first be used to recover aircraft de-icing chemicals. In the future it will also be used in urban areas to remove environmental toxins, pollution and probably microplastics, reports Håvard Egge from...

Daily News / Health / Lifestyle / Water

15 Sep, 2015

World facing flood of new toxins

Common household products like cleansers, personal care products and food packaging are responsible for a flood of potentially dangerous new pollutants making their way into our drinking water, warns an international expert in environmental...

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