Tag: metals pollution

Wheat and Couch Grass Can Extract Toxic Metals From Contaminated Soils

August 10, 2020Environment

This ability of couch grass and wheat to phytoextract toxic metals can be used for effective cleaning of soils Irina Shtangeeva is a researcher at the Department of Soil Science and Soil Ecology, St Petersburg University. She has studied the ability of wheat and couch…

Sunscreens Release Metals and Inorganic Nutrients Into Seawater

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019Big Pharma

Beachgoers are becoming increasingly aware of the potentially harmful effects UV filters from sunscreens can have on coral and other marine organisms when the protective lotions wash off their bodies into the ocean. Now, researchers have studied how sunscreens release different compounds — trace metals…