Category: Public health
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Human Medicine Loading River Creatures With Dozens of Drugs
Spiders, such as the one pictured here, are found in riparian environments all over the world. They build their webs over streams and catch aquatic insects as they emerge from the water. Pharmaceuticals in the insects spread to the spiders and other organisms on land. Photo: Stephen Hamilton Medicines do an excellent job of increasing…
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In Echo of Flint, Lead Water Crisis Now Hits Newark, New Jersey
Photo: Shana Gilbert and her daughter, Malaysa Ingram, received water filters at Paradise Baptist Church in Newark this month. The filters were distributed free because of elevated lead levels in the city’s water. Credit: Sarah Blesener for The New York Times NEWARK — For nearly a year and a half, top officials in Newark denied…
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Proof humans ARE eating plastic
Experts find nine types of microplastic in every sample from human guts Sources could include the eating of fish or drinking from plastic bottles The smallest microplastic particles are capable of entering the bloodstream Research was a pilot study involving eight participants. Each one kept a food diary for a week Human bodies are becoming…
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There’s plastic in your tap water, beer, and table salt
Photo: An albatross that has succumbed to starvation due to overconsumption of plastic particles. Chris Jordan via Ars Electronica on Flickr. Kosuth M, Mason SA, Wattenberg EV (2018) Anthropogenic contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0194970. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194970 You’ve seen it; plastic bottles discarded on the beach, photos of marine life…
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In the Heart of the Corn Belt, an Uphill Battle for Clean Water
Iowa State Senator David Johnson has led the fight to reduce agricultural pollution of the state’s waters. Casey Beck Runoff from farms and feedlots has badly polluted Iowa’s waterways, more than half of which do not meet federal quality standards. Now, an unlikely coalition is calling for stricter controls to clean up the drinking water…
