Forever Chemicals and Cancer: Nigeria Faces a Growing Toxic Burden
A new review links Nigeria's rising cancer burden to persistent organic pollutants from oil spills, pesticides, e-waste, and industrial emissions, ...
Tag: PFAS
Forever Chemicals and Mercury Found Locked in High-Altitude Peat of Northern Pakistan
Peat cores from two glaciated lakes in northern Pakistan reveal that PFAS and methylmercury, delivered by atmospheric transport and glacial ...
NIH Awards $8 Million to Southern California Center Studying Environmental Health Risks
The Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center has received an $8 million NIH grant to continue three decades of research ...
Forever Chemicals Ride the Egg: How PFOS Passes From Quail Mothers to Chicks
A synthesis of controlled quail experiments shows that PFOS accumulates most strongly in the liver, concentrates in the embryonic chorioallantoic ...
Legacy Pollutants in Blood Linked to Inflammation Markers in French Women
A study of 468 French women found that organochlorine pesticides in blood were associated with elevated CRP inflammation levels while ...
Forever Chemicals Decoded: How PFAS Conquer Water, Soil and Air
A new review in Results in Chemistry explains how the extraordinary strength of the carbon-fluorine bond drives the persistence, partitioning ...
Scientists Unravel How Forever Chemical PFOA Breaks Down in Alkaline Solvent Mixtures
A French research team has mapped the stepwise redox mechanism by which PFOA loses its fluorine atoms in alkaline DMSO/water ...
Oil-Filled Microcapsules Outperform PTFE in Week-Long Friction Tests of Conveyor Plastics
A week-long oscillating tribology study shows lubricant-filled microcapsules in polyoxymethylene cut friction by 37 percent and wear by 88 percent ...
Forever chemicals found in Vietnam’s fish, but regulation has yet to catch up
The first comprehensive review of PFAS in Vietnamese aquatic organisms finds widespread but comparatively low-level contamination and a major regulatory ...
Forever Chemicals in Pregnancy Tied to Higher Gestational Diabetes Risk, Vitamin D May Blunt the Effect
A prospective Chinese birth cohort study finds that higher PFAS exposure during pregnancy is linked to increased odds of gestational ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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