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Micropollutant
Micropollutants are contaminants that enter the ground or water in extremely small amounts (measuring below a microgram per liter). Micropollutants are a direct result of human activities and they are derived from a variety of sources including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, cleaning products, and pesticides.
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SEP 04, 2025Earth & The Environment
What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 07, 2025Technology
How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to predict pollution and weather patterns? This is what a recent study publ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 10, 2025Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for contributing airborne microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) to the environment? This ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 17, 2025Earth & The Environment
What are the health implications between particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and PM1 pollution, which are the diameter ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
What are the potential health risks from airborne dust pollution, especially in the growing threat of climate change? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 27, 2025Cardiology
Exposure to high levels of microplastic pollution may raise your risk of stroke, diabetes, and more.Written By: Savannah LoganMAR 14, 2025Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The widespread production and use of plastics began around the 1950s, but the production of plastics has also increased ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in BMJ Global Health is highlighting the significant cost of bottled water. The study has estimated ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
What impact can severe air pollution have on the health of senior citizens? This is what a recent study published in BMJ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
How do microplastics impact marine ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in PLoS One hopes to address as a t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 15, 2023Earth & The Environment
Several new research studies have highlighted the increasing risk of wildfires, and the many problems they are causing t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2023Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2023Earth & The Environment
A collaborative team of researchers led by the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) recently examined long-term tr ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 25, 2022Immunology
As people age, their immune system does not function as well as it did when they were younger, probably due to natural a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2022Microbiology
A recent report in Lancet Planetary Health has shown that when humans are developing in the womb, they can be exposed to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Harnessing the power of mechanical energy, researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology and ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
In a study published in the journal Water Research, researchers from The Korea Institute of Science and Technology ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 04, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 07, 2025
Technology
How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to predict pollution and weather patterns? This is what a recent study publ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 10, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for contributing airborne microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) to the environment? This
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 17, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What are the health implications between particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and PM1 pollution, which are the diameter
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What are the potential health risks from airborne dust pollution, especially in the growing threat of climate change? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2025
Cardiology
Exposure to high levels of microplastic pollution may raise your risk of stroke, diabetes, and more.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The widespread production and use of plastics began around the 1950s, but the production of plastics has also increased
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in BMJ Global Health is highlighting the significant cost of bottled water. The study has estimated
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What impact can severe air pollution have on the health of senior citizens? This is what a recent study published in BMJ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How do microplastics impact marine ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in PLoS One hopes to address as a t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 15, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Several new research studies have highlighted the increasing risk of wildfires, and the many problems they are causing t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2023
Microbiology
Rotifers are a type of microscopic zooplankton that lives in freshwater ecosystems and oceans around the world. Ne resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A collaborative team of researchers led by the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) recently examined long-term tr
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 25, 2022
Immunology
As people age, their immune system does not function as well as it did when they were younger, probably due to natural a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2022
Microbiology
A recent report in Lancet Planetary Health has shown that when humans are developing in the womb, they can be exposed to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Harnessing the power of mechanical energy, researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology and
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
In a study published in the journal Water Research, researchers from The Korea Institute of Science and Technology
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan