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The Osun River has become turbid and unsafe for consumption - threatening its cultural and biodiversity significance. Photo by: Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images. from www,gettyimages.com

September 27, 2022

Nigeria’s sacred Osun River supports millions of people - but pollution is making it unsafe

Emmanuel O. Akindele, Obafemi Awolowo University

The ability of the Osun River to support biodiversity is being threatened by pollution and can only be rescued if the contamination ends.

Wildfire smoke contains a mixture of toxic pollutants that can be harmful to both the lungs and the brain. Bloomberg Creative/ Bloomberg Creative Photos via Getty Images

November 12, 2021

Neurotoxins in the environment are damaging human brain health – and more frequent fires and floods may make the problem worse

Arnold R. Eiser, Drexel University

Pollution from more frequent floods and wildfires – exacerbated by the warming climate – is threatening human health and poses particular risks to the brain.

Toxic dust hung in the air around ground zero for more than three months following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Anthony Correia/Getty Images

September 10, 2022

9/11 survivors’ exposure to toxic dust and the chronic health conditions that followed offer lessons that are still too often unheeded

Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University

Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions, which are placing them at higher risk during the pandemic and as they age.

September 23, 2020

Our toxic legacy: bushfires release decades of pollutants absorbed by forests

Cynthia Faye Barlow, Macquarie University and Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University

Leaded petrol hasn’t been used since 2002, but new research found traces of it end up back in the air after bushfires.

The amount of cadmium content in cocoa beans depends on the location and soil conditions where the chocolate plant is grown and type of chocolate plant itself. iravgustin/Shutterstock

February 7, 2020

Chocolate contains cadmium that can increase cancer risk

Mila Sari, University of Hull

Chocolate plants can absorb cadmium through their roots and store it in chocolate leaves and seeds. Cadmium levels in processed chocolate depending on the production process and the producers.

Snowshoe hares near the now closed Giant Mine outside of Yellowknife, N.W.T show signs of arsenic contamination. (Denali NPS/flickr)

June 13, 2018

Toxic leftovers from Giant Mine found in snowshoe hares

Som Niyogi, University of Saskatchewan and Solomon Amuno, University of Saskatchewan

Historical gold mining at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T. released toxic arsenic into the environment. Snowshoe hares are showing signs of poisoning.

The picture is awesome… but am I risking my health? Steve Marcus/Reuters

January 7, 2015

Are quantum dot TVs – and their toxic ingredients – actually better for the environment?

Andrew Maynard, University of Michigan

Earlier this week, The Conversation reported that, “The future is bright, the future is … quantum dot televisions.” And judging by the buzz coming from this week’s annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES…

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