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03/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The cost of clean-up: Oil spill responders in the Gulf of Mexico exposed to chemical dispersants now have health issues

Cleaning up oil spills is always a dirty and dangerous job, but a new study revealed its hidden health cost. According to Environmental Health Perspectives, two of the chemical dispersants used to clear up the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 have been linked to numerous health problems reported by oil spill response crews after the event. The National […]

08/06/2017 / By Russel Davis

Science breakthrough removes nearly all BPA from water at very low cost

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Auckland, and Oregon State University has recently developed a catalyst that effectively eliminates nearly all traces of bisphenol A (BPA) from water. The new catalysts, called tetra-amido macrocyclic ligands (TAML) activators are small molecules that are known to mimic oxidizing enzymes. According to the researchers, combining the […]

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