Mother loses peripheral vision from apparent exposure to mercury in beauty creams.
| CNN Health | By Meera Senthilingam | February 2023 | Toxic levels in her home put family at risk, say experts A woman in Minnesota...
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Alchemist
- Feb 10
- 2 min
How Worried Should You Be About Mercury in Your Tuna?
| CR Consumer Reports | By Lauren Kirchner | February 9, 2023 | CR tested canned tuna from BumbleBee, Chicken of the Sea, StarKist, and...
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Alchemist
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year.
| TechCrunch | Aria Alamalhodaei | January 24, 2023 | Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will head to space twice this year, as it...
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Growth in the Adoption Of Mineral Mining Environmental Specialist Roles
| Skillings Mining Review | Staff Reporter | January 17, 2023 | The mineral mining industry is facing growing pressure to address the...
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Child Labor in Mining and Global Supply Chains
| Child Labor | Staff Reporter | January 13, 2023 | Child labor in mining and global supply chains has been a long-standing issue that...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Amazon rainforest nears tipping point that may see it become savannah
| New Scientist | Environment | 7 March 2022 | | By Adam Vaughan | More than three-quarters of the world's largest rainforest has become...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say
| BBC | Science | Climate Change | 19 hours ago | | By Helen Briggs Environment correspondent | "The trees are losing health and could be...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation
| Mongabay Series: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation, Land rights and extractives | | by Jenny Gonzales on 22 February 2022 | Major...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks
| Eurek Alert| Peer-Reviewed Publication | | Duke University | 28-Jan-2022 | Scientists record the highest levels of atmospheric mercury...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 16, 2022
- 2 min
Prince William's speech at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase in Dubai
| Earthshot Prize | 16 February 2022 | “We must make this the decade of the Earthshot. A decade where we all respond with urgency and...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 14, 2022
- 2 min
Community in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm oil pollution
| by Alianza periodística tras las huellas de la palma | 4 February 2022 | | Translated by Sydney Sims | “When the company moved in, the...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
The illegal Brazilian gold you may be wearing
| BBC News | Latin America & Caribbean | | February 02, 2022 | A special task force in Brazil is conducting raids deep in the Amazon, in...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
U.S. EPA and WHO sign agreement protect the public from health risks of pollution
Source: The World Health Organization | January 22 This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 21, 2022
- 2 min
Air pollution can reach the placenta around a developing baby
| Science NEWS HEALTH & MEDICINE | | By Aimee Cunningham | SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 AT 4:57 PM | A study of women in Belgium found black carbon...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists.
Guardian Damian Carrington Environment editor Tue 18 Jan 2022 08.00 GMT Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Wildfires Are Fueling a Toxic Combo of Air Pollutants
SCIENTIFIC AMERICA - POLLUTION The 2020 fire season subjected half the western U.S. population to a stew of particulate matter and ozone....
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Alchemist
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
Merry Christmas-Feliz Navidad
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi "La Tierra proporciona lo suficiente...
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Bruce A. Cosgrove M.Sc., (Solution Chemistry)
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Amazon tribe suffers mercury contamination as illegal mining spreads
| Thomson Reuters Foundation | December 17, 2021 | | 7:54 am Education Latin America Gold | Nearly 60% of tested people in Munduruku...
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Alchemist
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
Experimental lake shows fish populations can recover quickly from mercury contamination
Lengthy experiment demonstrates potential benefits from cutting air pollution. Science 15 DEC 2021 12:20 PM BYERIK STOKSTAD Mercury...
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Alchemist
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations Spain
Dec. 13, 2021 the Government of Spain deposited its instrument of ratification becoming the 137th Party to the #MinamataConvention on...
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