Los Angeles | Houses infested with toxic substances, months after fires
(Altadena) Nine months after the fires of Los Angeles, Karen Girard still cannot rejuvenate at home. The smoke impregnated the ...
Tag: Toxic
The health and economic costs of three toxic chemicals used in plastics are estimated at $1.5 trillion in a single year.
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain A new study co-authored by an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst estimates that adverse ...
Researchers demonstrate their ability to remove toxic particles from end-of-life tires
Thermal performance, product distribution and morphological evolution in microwave pyrolysis of EOL tires. Credit: Natural chemical engineering (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00110-9 ...
Extremely well-preserved fossil sawfly sheds new light on the coevolution of insects and toxic plants
This “extremely well preserved” fossil details a new species of sawfly that is now extinct. Credit: Michael Frese, University of ...
Toxic wild mushrooms: nine children and two adults hospitalized after being poisoned
Eleven members of the same family who allegedly picked wild mushrooms together had to be urgently hospitalized Friday evening after ...
Toxic protein may contribute to the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Credit: Structure (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.08.002 A toxic version of a certain protein may differentially affect brain, spinal cord and skeletal ...
Some microbes used toxic gases to fight iron in Earth’s early oceans, geomicrobiologists say
Precambrian banded iron deposits (banded iron formation) in South Africa. Credit: Andreas Kappler Early in Earth's development, the atmosphere did ...
From kitchen utensils to toys to household items linked to toxic flame retardants
Graphical summary. Credit: Chemosphere (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143319 From toys to kitchen utensils to takeout trays, researchers have discovered a toxic ...
Sponges’ symbiosis with bacteria helps them store toxic molybdenum to ward off predators, study finds
The research sponge Theonella conica in its natural habitat (Red Sea). Credit: Shani Shoham A new study from Tel Aviv ...
Evidence Mounts for Toxic Books Containing Dyes
Leila Ais cuts out a sample of a book cover to test for toxic dyes. Credit: Kristy Jones If you ...
