Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Led by the University of Birmingham and involving 15 European and US organisations, PrecisionTox aims to protect human health from the toxic effects of chemicals found in people’s homes, food and the environment. The small size and fast development of these organisms allow chemical testing to be done rapidly.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Colm Warren is Chief Executive of Belfast-based Natural World Products (NWP), a firm which converts food and garden waste into organic compost. However, there is significant scope for this figure to be increased with a greater and concerted push from authorities to drive up recycling rates of household organics, including garden waste.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

Here are seven easy strategies for organic control of pests, weeds and disease that you can try now. Likewise, many from this growing cohort of urban homesteaders have a personal preference for non-chemical and/or organic practices. The post Try 7 organic strategies to control garden pests appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. He applied after hearing about a friend’s positive experience working with the organization. "It "People are getting sick or dying from heat," Berckes said, "and their utility bills are going up.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

The use of water contaminated with higher than recommended levels of arsenic could pose a serious health risk to millions, according to a new study from the University of Sheffield. Obviously, for people in countries where rice is a staple food, consumption is higher and the health risk also increases, such as in many parts of Asia.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

Pharmaceutical compounds affect the human body to improve our health, but they can also have unintentional adverse effects for the wellbeing of wildlife. Metal-organic frameworks, so called MOFs, are a type of nanoporous material that are made of metal ions and organic molecules.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As companies that drill for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing consider recycling and reusing wastewater that surfaces from wells during the fracking process, chemists at The University of Toledo discovered that the new and unexplored waste contains many environmental contaminants including organic chemicals and metallic elements.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

Antibiotic residues in wastewater and wastewater treatment plants in the regions around China and India risk contributing to antibiotic resistance , and the drinking water may pose a threat to human health , according to a “comprehensive analysis” from Karolinska Institute t published in The Lancet Planetary Health.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

These moves will help dictate the state of international cooperation to define whether hydrogen production and transportation guidelines effectively address and mitigate climate and health risks.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Anaerobic digestion is a process whereby organic materials such as energy crops, agricultural residues, manures and food waste are broken down by bacteria in the absence of oxygen, generating biogas (mostly a mixture of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrogen). Benefit #5: Soil health AD offers significant benefits in terms of soil health.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

A seemingly world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter ( PM 2.5 ) across the globe reports that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global population are exposed to levels of PM 2.5 – the world’s leading environmental health risk factor – below levels of safety recommended by Word Health Organization (WHO).

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

These airborne VOCs can cause respiratory irritation and headaches, among other potential health problems, especially in high concentrations or over long periods of time. Twenty semi-volatile organic compounds were identified in concentrations ranging from 10 to 35,000 parts per million.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

These microfibres likely pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health, because once they become colonized by microorganisms, they smell like food and are consumed by marine organisms. Due to their persistence, the microfibres likely build up in marine organisms as they move through the food chain.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Finding both nylon and polyester negatively affected the growth and repair of airway tissue, researchers – from Groningen University, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, and Plymouth Marine Laboratory – said the microfibres could make it more difficult for those with COVID-19 to mend their lungs.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

This system can provide an early warning of heavy metal contamination to safeguard human health and ecosystems.” Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization recommend limits for each contaminant with greater than 96-percent accuracy and with 92-percent accuracy for treated wastewater,” Ragan said.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

They cause major health problems and environmental damage. A major mapping project showed that they can be found at millions of sites throughout Europe. As a result of their extraordinary persistence, toxicity and (bio)accumulation, PFAS are now described as ‘forever chemicals’.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

The researchers report that a silica surface such as sand has little effect on slowing down the movement of the plastics, but that natural organic matter resulting from decomposition of plant and animal remains can either temporarily or permanently trap the nanoscale plastic particles, depending on the type of plastics.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

financial system and to its ability to sustain the American economy,” it stated, adding: Climate change is already impacting or is anticipated to impact nearly every facet of the economy, including infrastructure, agriculture, residential and commercial property, as well as human health and labor productivity. Sub-systemic shocks. Pull Quote.

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Greenability Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

online on Putting Hope into Action with featured speakers on seed diversity, resilient living, herbalism and social change, food insecurity, human health and soil health, native plants and pollinators, perennial agriculture and more with farmers, The Land Institute and KC Farm School’s Let’s Grow Wyandotte.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For the Organizers. Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer! You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Picture collage made from old magazines. For the Fashionistas.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

The biomethane industry, policy makers and regulators need to work closely together to fully realise these benefits, prioritising organic waste and residue feedstocks, incentivizing sustainable agricultural production and valorising biomethane co-products (digestate and biogenic CO2).” Not all of these benefits can be easily quantified.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Levels of organic carbon, nitrogen and the grain size of sediment, were also shown to impact PFAS distribution, suggesting these factors could affect how much PFAS builds up in river sediment.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PFAS chemicals have been used in products since the 1940s and communities today are grappling with the environmental and human health consequences caused by decades of exposure to these forever chemicals,” said Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. It’s time to end the cycle of PFAS contamination for good.

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Greenability Magazine

JUNE 29, 2020

The non-profit organization donates fresh food to more than 360 agencies that distribute to those in need, including Harvesters. The organization typically feeds more than 35,000 people in the Kansas City area every week. The post Help glean farm produce to feed hungry appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2022

Calendar listings can be related to organic food, energy-efficiency, recycling, renewable energy, zero-waste, native plant gardening, nature, resilient living and many other environmental topics. The post Promote your eco-events in Greenability appeared first on Greenability Magazine. Photo: Electronic recycling event.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

Families in need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, can get free, fresh fruits and vegetables at a Pop-Up Pantry hosted by the Kansas City, MO Health Department. until supplies last at the KCMO Health Department, 2400 Troost Ave. The post KC hosts free, pop-up fresh food pantry appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 4, 2022

They found that the region’s three EPA sensors were not providing an accurate picture: Their own sensors revealed concerning levels of air pollution, and correlations between local spikes and health impacts. The results were published in June in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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Greenability Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Organizers of the new Carbon Footprint Eating challenge are hoping that a Meatless Month for Mother Earth will offer so many personal health and global climate benefits that it becomes a new lifestyle for many. Additionally, $1 trillion in annual health-care costs and lost productivity would be saved.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

The signing of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2001 marked a historic moment, as it was the first global treaty aimed at eliminating or restricting chemicals harmful to human and environmental health.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These areas provide various benefits to the overall health and well-being of the environment and society, offering critical habitats, breeding grounds and sources of food for shellfish, birds, and other organisms. The findings were clear: wetland conservation proved to be the most crucial ocean-based climate mitigation solution.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

More than 5% of the world’s population, or roughly 432 million adults and 34 million children, need rehabilitation to address disabling hearing loss, and it is estimated that by 2050, more than 700 million people, or 1 in 10, will have disabling hearing loss, according to the World Health Organization.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If your group or organization would like to request a presentation, host a listening session or share climate related community events and activities, email the K.C. The post Tell Kansas City how to fight climate change appeared first on Greenability Magazine. Office of Environmental Quality at OEQ@kcmo.org.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Back in the summer, they celebrated 10 years of spent carbon reactivation at their Immingham facility, the site later being awarded a prestigious Green Apple environmental award as well as its ISO45001 accreditation for health & safety.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2020

Best Cleaners is a proud affiliate of America’s Best Cleaners , a third-party organization that searches out the top cleaners across the United States. Magazine in August 2011, 2012 and 2013. America’s Best Cleaners is an independent certification organization dedicated to the continued excellence of the dry cleaning profession.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The method uses bacterial biofilms, a sticky substance created by micro-organisms, to trap microplastic particles. ” Microplastics are hugely problematic and pose a major risk to food chains and human health, according to Liu: “They are not easily bio-degradable, where they retain in the ecosystems for prolonged durations.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Rivers are crucial parts of the global water cycle, contain important biodiversity, and are essential for human health. This is concerning as cyanobacteria are well known for producing toxic chemicals that can kill many aquatic organisms.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It brings increasing maintenance awareness of asset health and performance, thus reducing maintenance costs and unplanned downtime, says the firm, a part of NOV Inc. This knowledge can then be applied to set up for future ‘early indication’ and alerting, before the condition impacts the asset’s health.

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