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Boiling Hard Tap Water Removes up to 90 Percent of Microplastics: Study
The calcium carbonate in hard water encapsulates nanoplastics as it becomes the flaky crust you sometimes see at the bottom of your tea kettle.
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New Study Explains Why You Probably Shouldn’t Eat Snow
One area of research is how air pollutants interact with air particles like snow. A new study in Environmental Science shows that snow acts like a magnet for pollutants, taking them out of the air.
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LA Plans to Be Clean and Green by 2050
Los Angeles has plans to be rid of their infamous smog by 2050.
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‘Probiotics’ for Plants Boost Detox Abilities; Untreated Plants Overdose and Die
Scientists using a microbe that occurs naturally in eastern cottonwood trees have boosted the ability of two other plants – willow and lawn grass – to withstand the withering effects of the nasty industrial pollutant phenanthrene and take up 25 to 40 percent more of the pollutant than untreated plants.
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Boiling Hard Tap Water Removes up to 90 Percent of Microplastics: Study
The calcium carbonate in hard water encapsulates nanoplastics as it becomes the flaky crust you sometimes see at the bottom of your tea kettle.
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New Study Explains Why You Probably Shouldn’t Eat Snow
One area of research is how air pollutants interact with air particles like snow. A new study in Environmental Science shows that snow acts like a magnet for pollutants, taking them out of the air.
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LA Plans to Be Clean and Green by 2050
Los Angeles has plans to be rid of their infamous smog by 2050.
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‘Probiotics’ for Plants Boost Detox Abilities; Untreated Plants Overdose and Die
Scientists using a microbe that occurs naturally in eastern cottonwood trees have boosted the ability of two other plants – willow and lawn grass – to withstand the withering effects of the nasty industrial pollutant phenanthrene and take up 25 to 40 percent more of the pollutant than untreated plants.
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