Traces of cadmium found in most Swiss foodstuffs

Levels of cadmium in chocolate vary according to where the cacao was grown Georgios Kefalas Cadmium, a toxic and carcinogenic heavy metal found in soils, is present in our food. A study by the French-speaking Swiss Consumer Federation has detected cadmium …

OCP Bets on Low-Cadmium Fertilizers to Strengthen Its European Position

As cadmium in some phosphate fertilizers becomes a public health and regulatory issue in Europe, Morocco’s OCP says it has developed a process to sharply reduce the metal’s presence in its products, a challenge with direct implications for access to Europe …

Virginia Aquarium hosts E-Cycling event September 12th – newly accepted items include reusable bags and cigarette butts

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Dispose of old electronics, and other waste responsibly at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center’s E-Cycling event on Saturday, September 12, from 9 a.m. to noon. Rain or shine, participants can recycle old cellphones, …

California moves to outlaw disposable vapes, a toxic trash plague from beaches to battery fires

Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes soon could be illegal in California. On Wednesday, the state assembly approved Assembly Bill 762, which, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will make the battery-powered disposable devices illegal to manufacture, …

How Much Should You Actually Order? A Sourcing Guide for Jewelry Retailers

A jeweler discovers that a supplier is willing to provide a good discount on 150 pieces of jewelry, compared with 50 pieces. She accepts the deal, the numbers seem like they’d be easy to do on paper and four months later she still has 60 units of a design …

SWALCO to host chemical waste collection in Mundelein

A household chemical waste mobile event will take place Aug. 29 at the Mundelein Metra Station, 205 N. Archer Ave. This event will run from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Appointments are required. The appointment scheduler is available online. In addition, …

Baddi industrial boom leaves villages parched, Sirsa rivulet battles pollution

A detailed watershed study of the 3,256-hectare Baddi micro-watershed in the Shivalik foothills of Solan district has revealed that the rapid expansion of the Baddi industrial belt has come at a heavy cost to neighbouring villages, depleting groundwater, …

Fuzzy AHP and bow-tie analysis prioritize risks at Ethiopia’s largest urban dumpsite

Ethiopia’s Giant Open Dump Has a Hidden Risk Map—and Water Pollution Tops It Every day, roughly 3,000 tonnes of municipal waste arrive at Repi, an open dumpsite on the southwestern edge of Addis Ababa. The site has operated since 1964, when it stood well …

LDH@ZnS Quantum Dots and Flower-Like ZnO Enhance Dithizone Photocatalytic Degradation

A newly engineered photocatalyst has achieved complete laboratory removal of dithizone from contaminated water in just 21 minutes, dramatically outpacing a conventional zinc oxide material tested under comparable conditions. The result comes from a …

Betul fishermen seek clarity over cadmium contamination in oysters