Water Pollution

Freshwater mussels have long been used by humans as decorations, tools, and for food. Ancient Europeans used freshwater mussel shells as ornaments. Ancient Mayans used the shells as paint pots, pendants, and clothing decorations. The mound-building tribes of …

By saving the critically endangered axolotl that only lives in the lake upon which Mexico City is built, scientists are also saving Mexico City itselfAn endangered Axolotl salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), peers at the camera. (Credit: BioGraphic / ... Ca…

Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka, and Kendra Pierre-Louis survey the wave of antiregulation actions by the Trump adninsitrationspecifically anti-environmental regulation. The Trump administration is rolling back 95 environmental regulations in all. "His ad…

The Humble Co.

IMAGE: Figure 1: SEM images and diagram showing the formation of the ultrathin silica layer on the porous membrane. view more  Credit: Kobe University Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University's Resea…

With all efforts to stop the sale and use of toxic colour powders in Erumely coming to a naught, District Collector P.K. Sudheer Babu has now issued a formal order banning shops from stocking and selling the material. The directive, issued under Cr.PC sectio…

A greenish-yellow liquid oozing onto a section of a major Michigan highway is the same cancer-causing substance that was involved in the notorious California water-pollution case brought by activist Erin Brockovich, according to authorities and reports. The …

ADUN SPEAKS | Early this morning the enforcement units of the Pahang state government moved in to demolish the rest of the farms numbering about 60 situated along Sungei Ichat, in Kuala Terla, Cameron Highlands. In April 2019, the state government demolished…

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Re: Democrats, White House reach accord on new NAFTA : According to the Sierra Club, the deal falls far short of the fundamental changes that Democrats and environmental groups have consistently said are needed to curb NAFTAs environmental damag…