*Technology and Advice for Clean Water The availability and safety of water supplies is a global challenge, especially in water-stressed countries such as Italy, and requires continuous effort. Public health organizations must not only prevent scarcity but also reduce the probability of contamination by a wide range of substances, from cyanotoxins to emerging contaminants to …

We all know the huge issue plastic is causing in our oceans today, but as it turns out this floating waste poses yet another danger: toxic heavy metals. Plastic poses significant risks to both our aquatic ecosystems and the humans that rely on them. The latest scientific concern on how plastics impact heavy metal toxicity …

The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), established in 1972 and headquartered at Cape Ferguson near Townsville QLD, is Australia’s premiere tropical marine research agency playing a pivotal role in providing large-scale, long-term and world-class research that helps governments, industry and the wider community to make informed decisions about the management of Australia’s marine environments. …

Scientist Undertakes Immersive Assessment of the Tennessee River’s Water Quality Dr. Andreas Fath goes a long way to prove a point. Already a world-record holder for swimming the entire length of the Rhine River in 28 days in 2014, the 50+ year-old Professor of Medical and Life Sciences at Furtwagan University in Schwarzwald, Germany, dove …

“Are you listening? One word — plastics,” says a family acquaintance to the young Dustin Hoffman in the 1967 classic film, The Graduate. “There is a great future in plastics.” A half century after that prophetic statement, scientists and environmentalists are making another profound statement, only this time it is more ominous in nature. In …