Articles related to pollution

Browse: Coal Shipping Threat to Great Barrier Reef	conSCIENCE: Our Human Right not to Be Poisoned by: Julian Cribb Thousands of new chemicals are released each year, and the toxic effects are mounting. What can we do about it?
Browse: Oats Clean Nuke Contamination	Browse: Common Chemicals Linked to Chronic Disease in Men
Browse: Broken Hill Playgrounds Contaminated	Feature: Sex in a Changing World by: Bob Wong Sex isn’t always easy, but it’s becoming a lot more complicated due to human-induced changes to the natural environment.
Browse: Orange Peel Mops Up Mercury Pollution	Browse: Smelting Emissions Escape Regulation
Browse: Motorboat Noise Helps Marine Predators	Browse: Antarctic Mercury Threatens Fish and Birds
Cover Story: The Big Picture on Nanoparticle Safety by: Laurence Macia & Wojciech Chrzanowski Nanoparticles are found in our food, cosmetics and tattoo inks, but regulations for their use aren’t keeping up with new research questioning their safety.	Feature: Sewage in Antarctica: A Drop in a Frozen Ocean? by: Jonathan Stark Human activities are impacting Anatarctica’s once-pristine environment, with evidence of antibiotic resistance genes and sewage-related contaminants entering its food chain.
Feature: Probiotics for the Planet’s Polluted Plumbing by: Matthew Lee & Mike Manefield Imagine a world where billions of tiny creatures were deployed in the environment to degrade industrial pollutants that contaminate the world’s crucial groundwater reserves.	Feature: Swimming in a River of Drugs by: Erinn Richmond & Emma Rosi A study finds that more than 65 pharmaceuticals accumulate in aquatic invertebrates and riparian spiders, and can then spread through the food chain to birds and other terrestrial animals.
Browse: Adults Make Heavy Traffic of Asthma by: Stephen Luntz Wood smoke and heavy traffic fumes contribute to the severity of asthma symptoms in adults, researchers at the University of Melbourne have confirmed.	Browse: Marine Microbes Munch on Plastic Waste
Browse: Penguins on a Slippery Slope	Browse: Corals Eat Plastic
Browse: A Flood of New Toxins by: Staff	Browse: Air pollution linked to brain alterations and cognitive impairment in children
Browse: Balloons the Number 1 Marine Debris Risk of Seabird Mortality	Browse: Coal Power Stations Disrupt Regional Rainfall
conSCIENCE: Your Nitrogen Footprint Has Far-Reaching Consequences by: Xia Liang Australia’s reliance on coal and taste for beef is contributing to nitrogen pollution as far away from our population centres as the Great Barrier Reef.	Eureka!: Dung Beetles Navigate Using the Milky Way by: Magdeline Lum Dung deetles navigate using the Milky Way, and scientists analyse a dead whale’s ear wax to reveal its exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Expert Opinion: Organic Pollutants Linked to Early Menopause by: Australian Science Media Centre A new study has found that women who are exposed to high levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals begin menopause 2–4 years earlier.	Expert Opinion: The Persistent Killer of Killer Whales by: AusSMC Killer whales are at risk due to PCB contamination despite a near-global ban more than 30 years ago. The threat affects more than half of the world’s orcas, and whale populations near industrialised regions and at the top of the food-chain are at a high risk of population collapse over the next 100 years.
Lowe Tech: White Washing Energy Policy by: Ian Lowe The draft energy white paper would have looked out of date 25 years ago, when we already knew about the problems of “peak oil” and climate change.