Pollution – Page 20
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FeatureThe atmospheric nitrogen question
Pollutants, key atmospheric components and vital fertilisers: nitrogen compounds are all of these, as Emma Davies finds out
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NewsUN panel urges global action on fluorinated chemicals
Stockholm Convention committee concludes that three perfluorinated chemicals demand further action
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ResearchBanned persistent pollutant still threatens half of killer whales
PCBs in world’s oceans could drive most contaminated populations to extinction
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ResearchPollutant particles prevent solar cells from reaching full potential
Study correlates particulate matter concentrations with loss of photovoltaic potential
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NewsSmoking out the chemistry of wildfires
US launches $10 million project to better understand how fires start and spread
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BusinessUS government ordered to ban chlorpyrifos insecticide
Court gives EPA 60 days to finalise a ban, which was proposed under Obama but reversed by the Trump administration
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NewsEPA move could bring asbestos back in America
Health advocates fret at US environment agency’s proposal to make ‘new uses’ of asbestos-containing products legal, but EPA says not to worry
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OpinionThe China CFC dilemma
New production breaking the Montreal Protocol demands a concerted response
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NewsLarge scale experiment probes chemistry inside our homes
Dozens of analytical instruments have spent a month observing the chemistry of the air inside a three bed house
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News£20 million UK fund to clean up plastics production
Money will help tackle environmental problems caused by plastics
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ArticleFrom lethal smog to clean air
There has been over 60 years of changing government regulation and innovative industrial R&D in the pursuit of cleaner air: from reducing NOx and carbon dioxide emissions to developing materials for electric cars
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NewsHarvard and Google team up to take on harmful construction chemicals
New centre is working with Google and others to reduce the use of chemicals linked to health and environmental problems
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ResearchTool to navigate chemical space aims to be ‘Google Maps of drugs’
Software allows links between 8000 drugs and 47,000 compounds of environmental concern to be explored in 3D
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FeatureOil spill cleanup
Is the cure worse than the disease? Katrina Krämer looks at the new alternatives to traditional dispersants and surfactants
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NewsWhy antibiotic pollution is a global threat
Rising antibiotic resistance caused by pollutants needs action
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ResearchIllegal CFC production may be slowing ozone layer recovery
Surprise increase in trichlorofluoromethane emissions linked to east Asia
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NewsUK urged to crack down on F-gas emissions
Global phase-out of HFCs could reduce global warming by 0.5°C over the next century
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NewsUN’s non-toxic targets unlikely to be achieved
The United Nations’ goal of achieving a ‘poison-free environment’ by 2020 won’t be met, Sweden’s chemicals agency warns