The Nile River passes through several countries on the African continent and is the longest river in Africa at over 4,000 miles long. It's famously been known as a giver of life to the region, but ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – In “Plastic Invasion” episode of the global health and wellness show “Bloom,” James Lutich, a Water Quality Specialist and owner of One Green Filter, joined host Gayle Guyardo to shine ...

For the first time in over 25 years, a comprehensive, grant-funded national test of street sweeper performance took place the second week of July, marking a pivotal moment for the power sweeping ...

KAUST researchers developed nanoparticles that remove microplastics and their associated organic pollutants from water. Using a machine learning model they also created, they can predict the ...

SEOUL, South Korea, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- An analysis by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) suggests that the average person ingests as many as 5 grams of microplastics weekly – that's the ...

In today’s world, everything is a source of potential health concern — even water. Here’s what you need to know about minimizing microplastic ingestion via drinking water. A liter of bottled water ...

A study from January 2024 found that plastic bottles slough off over 100,000 micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) per liter of water. Even avoiding plastic bottles as a water source, water straight from ...

A high school junior has developed a cost-effective filtration system for a dangerous contaminant, providing hope that cleaner, healthier water could be on the horizon for all. Fauquier Now reported ...

Skimming mechanism of hydrophilic teeth for MP (MP, microplastic) balls / The neighboring concave meniscus induces the Cheerios effect, causing the MP ball to naturally move toward the teeth. The ...