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SF Dumps Millions of Gallons of Sewage During Big Storms. Surfers Say That Needs to Stop
Atmospheric rivers almost guarantee that San Francisco, with its sewage system, will dump millions of gallons of raw sewage ...
The Cool Down on MSN11h
Researchers issue warning after examining stormwater runoff: 'These results demonstrate the need to ... mitigate the spread'
The study authors emphasized the need to carefully evaluate pavement materials. Researchers issue warning after examining stormwater runoff: 'These results demonstrate the need to ... mitigate the ...
Frontiers12d
Mid-Level Riverine Outflow Matters: A Case of Microplastic Transport in the Jiulong River, China
The rain washes away many microplastics ... Microplastics were studied in water samples collected from Xiamen Bay and the Jiulong River Estuary. Microplastic pollution is mainly caused by the smaller ...
Phys.org19d
UK water industry found to be using deception tactics to deflect blame for sewage pollution
A new study published in Nature Water has revealed that England's major ... or describing overflows as containing "heavily diluted rainwater," even when untreated sewage was present and posed ...
Hampshire Chronicle10d
Five grants from Watercress and Winterbournes scheme
The Watercress and Winterbournes partners have expressed their delight in supporting these projects and look forward to seeing the impact they ...
The Straits Times24d
Gruelling Arctic conditions couldn’t stop her: One explorer’s relentless race to save what’s left before it’s gone
Through her latest project, the Before It’s Gone (BIG) Arctic Research Expedition, she has collected snow, ice and water samples ... analysing the samples’ microplastic, lead and black carbon ...
University of Manchester19d
Water industry using deception tactics to deflect blame for sewage pollution
A new study published in Nature Water has revealed that England’s major water and ... recycling centres" or describing overflows as containing “heavily diluted rainwater”, even when untreated sewage ...
The Independent11d
Scientists warn of 'worrying' increase in microplastic levels in human brain
Researchers at the University of New Mexico in the US who conducted the study note that microplastic levels in the brain appear to be greater than in the kidney and the liver. There is a greater ...
Business Insider12d
Researchers found a spoon's worth of nanoplastics in human brains — the latest evidence that plastic is accumulating in our bodies
who coauthored a paper published in 2023 that found behavioral changes and brain inflammation in mice after they drank microplastic-polluted water for three weeks straight. Related stories The ...