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Imagine that you are constantly eating, but slowly starving to death. Hundreds of species of marine mammals, fish, birds, and sea turtles face this risk every day when they mistake plastic debris for food.Plastic debris can be found in oceans around the …
Removing contaminants from soil is a time consuming and costly endeavour. But growing plants in affected areas offers a cheap and sustainable way of dealing with waste. Known as phytoremediation, the field exploits a plant’s ability to absorb and concentrate nutrients in …
Recent studies agree: Chemical exposures have become a serious public health threat. While chemicals such as plasticizers make life more convenient, they’re a major contributor to ill health, costing the U.S. more than $340 billion each year in health care costs and …