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Environmental Water Systems in Water Filtration For Safe Health

The Environmental Blog

Types of Filtration Technologies : Physical Filtration : Removes larger particles using screens, sand filters, or membranes. Emerging Contaminants : Pharmaceuticals and microplastics present new challenges. Ensure water is safe, clean, and free from contaminants.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

Astronauts have countered that space exploration can go hand-in-hand with solving troubles on our home planet, leading to technological breakthroughs as well as fresh perspectives on environmental problems. Some warned that NASA’s technology was polluting the Earth with rocket exhaust and industrial manufacturing.

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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too

The Verge: Energy

Renewable rubber Bridgestone’s “Wireless-In-Wheel” technology. A recent Pew Charitable Trusts report found that 78 percent of ocean microplastics are synthetic tire rubber, which makes efforts to cut down on microfiber pollution from our laundry seem a bit quaint. When 6PPD reacts with ozone, it becomes 6PPD-quinone.

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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

Unfortunately, contemporary ice-making and maintenance technologies consume large amounts of energy and produce refrigerant gases that cause pollution , making them environmentally harmful. CFCs and HCFCs are synthetic gases attributed to ozone layer destruction. Hence, each of these gases adversely affects the environment.

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Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem

Envirotec Magazine

Pharmaceuticals As one of the largest contributors of micropollutants, the pharmaceutical industry has the potential to play a significant role in tackling micropollutant contamination; increased investment in research, broader adoption of advanced treatment technologies, and collaboration are crucial.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

At the end of the first century, there were approximately 170 million people on Earth, by 1800, the population was over 1 billion people with major cities developing, breakthrough medical advancements, and continued technological innovation.