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Coverage of plastics and microplastics in the environment.

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DOE announces $52 million for materials, technology and clean manufacturing innovation

Tech will reduce the carbon footprint across the industrial, buildings, transportation, power and agricultural sectors.
February 5, 2023
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R&D supports domestic manufacturing to strengthen America’s economic competitiveness and move the U.S. towards a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. 


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Nanoplastics unexpectedly produce reactive oxidizing species when exposed to light

Reactions in microsplastics affect the fate and transport of organic contaminants in natural and engineering water systems, research shows.
January 16, 2023
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The production of these reactive oxygen species from nanoplastics can endanger marine life and human health and potentially affects the mobility of the nanoplastics in the environment via redox reactions.


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College of Charleston identifies contaminants from plastic pollution in bay

Researchers investigate PFAS levels in Sarasota Bay dolphins, who like humans, eat fish contaminated by plastic. Here's how their NIEHS project is progressing.
January 13, 2023
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Data collected from fish taken from Sarasota Bay helps identify contaminants from plastic pollution getting into the food chain.


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Plastic ocean PFAS

EPA issues test order for PFAS used in plastics, chemical manufacturing

EPA has concluded that HFPO may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
January 9, 2023
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The information EPA receives under this order will not only improve the Agency’s understanding of human health effects of HFPO, but also the effects of dozens of PFAS.


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DGIST remediation water microplastics VOCs

Eco-friendly membrane removes VOCs, microplastics

Polymer capable of ultra-fast adsorption and removal of phenolic microplastics and VOC contaminants in water.
January 9, 2023
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Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) Professor Park Chi-Young's team successfully developed an 'atypical porous polymer material' that can completely remove phenolic organic contaminants in water.


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New York plans for Dec. 31 ban on 'forever chemicals' in apparel

Everything from dancewear, leggings, scarves to even diapers must not contain PFAS in order to be sold in New York.
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Austin Keating
January 3, 2023
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Following California's recent ban of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, or PFAS, in clothes and makeup, New York is amending its environmental code to ban clothing with PFAS from being sold in the state.


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Semiconductor PFAS

UMass students help semiconductor company find alternatives to PFAS

Transene Company in Michigan is now offering PFAS-free semiconductor etching services.
January 2, 2023
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The second year of research is underway to find alternatives that meet specific criteria for more of Transene’s customers.


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Nonprofit organizations file suit against Houston plastics manufacturer

New lawsuit aims to prevent Inhance Technologies USA from generating PFAS when fluorinating plastic containers.
December 30, 2022
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In their lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, CEH and PEER are seeking a court order restraining Inhance from continued manufacture of PFAS.


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PHA water bottle

LA grocer to offer first biodegradable water bottles

Plastic-free, biodegradable and compostable water bottles are now available at stores throughout Los Angeles using biopolymer PHA.
December 12, 2022
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Cove, the California-based material innovation company, launched the first biodegradable water bottles last week in partnership with Erewhon, the Los Angeles premium organic grocer. 


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Unraveling secrets of microplastics released by tires

Microplastics from tires account for 30–40% of plastic pollution in the environment.
December 4, 2022
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Scientists at EPFL and two other Swiss research institutes are conducting a study of the toxicity of tire-particle compounds and how readily they're absorbed by living organisms. 


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