Not all pharmaceutical compounds can be removed by traditional methods of treating wastewater.
Category: environmental health
environmental health
Demented by what we breathe.
surprising increases in the mortality rates from dementia with increasing levels of air-borne particles.
agriculture, conservation, environmental health, faculty, food, pesticides, toxicology
Hi-test Pesticides
Don’t let statistics of declining pesticide use fool you
COVID and Air Pollution
You can’t expect to have healthy people in a dirty environment.
agriculture, air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, food, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Overpopulation
Only with a population growth rate of zero might we have some hope for planetary stability.
agriculture, environmental health, faculty, food, lakes and streams, toxicology, water pollution
Atrazine
Atrazine resembles the growth hormones of other organisms, including frogs and potentially humans.
agriculture, air pollution, environmental health, faculty, natural habitat, pesticides, toxicology, water
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
Marijuana production by agribusiness will likely reduce direct impacts on nature
Carbon Dioxide and Mental Health
we should pay more attention to indoor CO2 levels
Airborne Plastics
The microparticles in soil and sediments may persist indefinitely, casting a sedimentary record of human activity on the planet.
environmental health, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, renewable energy
The Science and The Anti-Science
We are seeing an increasing denial of science by the general public—often spread by cell phone and social media.