Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

The last decade has seen some progress with studying plastic pollution, but there are still significant challenges, such as a lack of comparability of reported results, especially when it comes to microplastic particles. Some 11 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year. We measure particle size in all samples.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. Even the definition of “microplastics” is slippery. Rivers, for example, though we would expect this to be a catchment-specific issue, said David Tompkins, a soil scientist with Aqua Enviro, during the November event. And not all rivers carry the same load of microplastics.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

But agriculture can also be a carbon sink, where carbon is stored (sequestered) in both crops and soil. Expand urban and agricultural water efficiency, including reducing indoor water usage to 55 gallons per person, per day by 2022, and 50 gallons by 2030 , in accordance with “ Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life.”

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Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 72

Grist

MARCH 22, 2024

Although some policymakers have taken steps to protect people from EDCs — the European Commission, for example, in 2022 proposed stricter labeling regulations that would require companies to alert consumers of their hazards — many in the field believe the overarching response has been incommensurate with the scale of the crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

This contamination of water has spread PFAS to soil, crops and wildlife, including fish.“For The EPA uses what’s known as draft Method 1633 to test for up to 40 PFAS compounds in fish tissue, as well as in wastewater, surface water, groundwater, soil, biosolids, sediment and the liquid that forms when waste breaks down in landfills.

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