#Toxin

Author: Esther Landhuis / Source: Science News To take his fledgling lab to new heights, Liangfang Zhang hatched a plan that he considered brilliant in its simplicity. It involved procedures that many of his peers found a little out there. But if he could make his idea work, it would clear a

Author: Sarah Zielinski / Source: Science News At some point eight to 10 years ago, some toads stowed away on a ship in Asia, possibly Ho Chi Minh City, and hitched a ride to Madagascar. Those invaders, Asian common toads, have been slowly spreading across the large island ever since. The toad’s

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network This elegant park bench does not just give weary pedestrians a place to rest their feet – it also absorbs as much air pollution as 275 trees, but in a tiny fraction of space. The CityTree bench is the work of Green City Solutions, a

Via Priceonomics.com, Every year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires most large industrial facilities to report the volume of toxic chemicals they release into the environment.  The EPA takes this data and consolidates it into the Toxic Releases Inventory (TRI), which is then

Author: Andrea Cannon / Source: Wise Bread Most people associate reusable straws with saving money. After all, wouldn’t it be nice to keep using the same straws and stop wasting money throwing them away after each use? What many people don’t realize is that using reusable straws can actually be