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Research Reveals Children Exposed to Toxic Air Pollutants Have Lower GPAs

A University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) study on children's health has found that fourth and fifth graders who are exposed to toxic air pollutants at home are more likely to have lower GPAs.

28 Aug 2015

Plastic Particles in Cosmetic and Cleaning Products Could Impact Marine Life

Everyday cosmetic and cleaning products contain huge quantities of plastic particles, which are released to the environment and could be harmful to marine life, according to a new study. Research at Plymouth University has shown almost 100,000 tiny ‘microbeads’ – each a fraction of a millimetre in diameter – could be released in every single application of certain products, such as facial scrubs.

28 Aug 2015

Virginia Commonwealth University Converts RamSafe Buses to Operate on Liquid Propane Bi-Fuel

Virginia Commonwealth University Parking and Transportation has converted 70 percent of its RamSafe fleet to operate on liquid propane bi-fuel through a partnership with the Virginia Department of General Services; the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Alliance AutoGas and Virginia Clean Cities. The conversion is projected to save the division more than $20,000 in annual fuel costs.

26 Aug 2015

Heavy Metal Pollution May Have Contributed to Large Extinction Events

Metal poisoning caused the malformation observed in ancient organisms and may have contributed to their extinction and that of many other species.

26 Aug 2015

EDI and Shaanxi Automotive Build Electrified PHEV Port Truck for Port of Shanghai

Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI), a global leader in advanced high-efficiency zero emissions hybrid and electric drivetrain solutions, today announced their newest clean energy innovation—a fleet of PHEV trucks for the Port of Shanghai built in collaboration with one of the world’s largest truck manufacturers, Shaanxi Automotive.

25 Aug 2015

Pyrolysis Process Uses Less Energy to Reclaim Soil at Oil Spills

Rice University scientists are cleaning soil contaminated by oil spills in a way that saves energy and reclaims the soil's fertility.

24 Aug 2015

Toxic Chemical Spreads Beyond Superfund Site

Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory have found that a contaminated mixture called Aroclor 1268 has spread beyond a former chemical plant, now a Superfund site, near Brunswick.

19 Aug 2015

BIOP Researchers Study How Nitrogen Oxides Affect Plant Pollen

Together with the Research Unit Protein Science and the Institute for Environmental Medicine of Technische Universität München as well as the research consortium UNIKA-T and the Christine Kühne - Center for Allergy Research and Education, researchers of the Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology (BIOP) studied how nitrogen oxides affect the pollen of the plant.

18 Aug 2015

New Study Shows Intensity of Groundwater Contamination Via Uranium and Nitrate in Two Key US Aquifers

Nearly 2 million people throughout the Great Plains and California above aquifer sites contaminated with natural uranium that is mobilized by human-contributed nitrate, according to a study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

18 Aug 2015

Researchers Report Sunlight Triggers Release of Nitrogen Oxide Compounds from Urban Grime

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have determined that natural sunlight triggers the release of smog-forming nitrogen oxide compounds from the grime that typically coats buildings, statues and other outdoor surfaces in urban areas.

18 Aug 2015