Scientists in the Czech Republic performed a set of experiments to examine the consequences of methamphetamine seeping into aquatic ecosystems. Traces of the highly addictive stimulant can apparently be found in many freshwater habitats due to discharges from wastewater treatment plants. In a paper published on Tuesday, the researchers concluded …
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Ukraine is on the brink of environmental crisis. Studying the attitude of Ukrainians towards nature in the past, experts call our ancestors “eccentricity”. Ie, those that lived in peace with nature, care for the land, water and wildlife, not causing anyone intentional harm because they recognized the mutual dependence. The …
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The specialist acknowledged the strawberries are the most contaminated with pesticides berry. According to who experts obtained in the course of a large-scale study of the composition of 36 thousand samples of various fruits, berries and vegetables, namely strawberries often contain traces of pesticides. In scientific work carried out analysis …
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Various kinds of plastic got almost all the water in the world. In our world, so many things made of plastic, which is not surprising as everywhere it has penetrated. A large part of the plastic garbage is in the ocean, about 8 million tons annually. And now it turned …
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Scientists have discovered that sea salt brought from different parts of the Earth, there are always plastic particles. They think it is a consequence of the total environmental pollution. Plastic particles contain sea salt from France, UK, USA, Spain and China. Experts believe, of microplastics in it, was able to …
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Last year, Ukraine has increased the emissions of polluting substances into the atmosphere by 7.7%.In Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the zone of the antiterrorist operation) in 2016, the emissions of pollutants into atmospheric air from stationary pollution sources increased by 7.7% …
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The champion was a strawberry in the most contaminated batch found 20 pesticides. You might be surprised, but strawberries topped the ranking of the most pesticide-contaminated produce. According to EWG, this vegetable food product is not so beneficial, as consumers are accustomed to imagine. American non-profit organization Environmental Working Group …
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Studies have shown that the soil to be purified can not. Scientists of geographical faculty of Lomonosov Moscow state University revealed excess of maximum permissible concentration of benzopyrene in the soil in the East of Moscow. As explained by study author Dmitry Vlasov, the soil in the East of Moscow …
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