Chemical Pollution Technology and Innovation

Managing the complexity of emerging contaminants in aquatic environments: Exploring their ecotoxicological impacts, detection techniques, and the use of innovative technologies for their remediation. Discover Catalysis.

This review highlights the threat of emerging aquatic contaminants and their risks to wildlife and human health, calling for advanced, sustainable treatment technologies and catalytic innovations to protect water quality.

June 5, 2025 • Research & Reports

Singh, C.K., Sodhi, K.K., Nitin, V., et al.

Noncommunicable Diseases Chemical Pollution

From individuals to global policy: 10 actions to tackle plastic pollution and protect health. LSHTM Climate Change & Planetary Health.

The article outlines ten strategies to combat plastic pollution, emphasizing its health impacts and the need for systemic change. It advocates for policy reform, community action, and interdisciplinary research to create sustainable alternatives.

June 5, 2025 • News

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Chemical Pollution Ocean / Marine Degradation

Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours. Reuters.

Japanese scientists created a strong, non-toxic plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours and leaves no microplastics behind. The material could help reduce ocean pollution but is not yet commercialized.

June 4, 2025 • News

Wang, I.

Noncommunicable Diseases Air Pollution

Environmental modulators of vascular physiology and inflammation. Experimental Physiology.

The review examines how environmental factors, particularly pollutants and natural compounds, influence vascular physiology, inflammation, and the development of atherosclerosis (the build up of fats and cholesterol in artery walls) and cardiovascular disease.

May, 2025 • Research & Reports

Seneviratne, A.N., Majumdar, A., Surendranath, K., et al.

Infectious Diseases Chemical Pollution

Can microplastics spread killer bacteria? One World. One Health.

Plastic pollution and drug-resistant bacteria are teaming up. In this podcast, BU researcher Neila Gross explains how microplastics help superbugs thrive and what that could mean for human health and global antimicrobial resistance.

April 29, 2025 • Podcasts