Drinking beverages sweetened with sugar can lead to obesity, cardiovascular disease, cavities, diabetes and other health problems. More than 20 years of public health campaigns significantly reduced the consumption of sugar-sweetened ...
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Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new study by the Environmental Working Group.
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Each year, more than 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally from petrochemicals derived from fossil fuels. Only 9% of this plastic is recycled and 19% is incinerated; 72% goes to landfills, other dumpsites ...
May 6, 2025
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Chemists invented PFAS in the 1930s to make life easier: Nonstick pans, waterproof clothing, grease-resistant food packaging and stain-resistant carpet were all made possible by PFAS. But in recent years, the growing number ...
Apr 22, 2024
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Denmark could save lives and more than $300 million a year by reducing the amount of nitrate in its drinking water. This, according to calculations by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and GEUS. ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Central Florida's 1-4 dioxane contamination has caught the attention of Yale University researchers.
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Every year, more people die of kidney disease than breast cancer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 37 million people in the United States—15% of U.S. adults—have some form of chronic kidney disease.
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