The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, ...
Due to the impact of the surrounding environment, the safety impact factors encountered during the construction of loess tunnels are complex and numerous, which causes frequent accidents, and there is ...
The risk posed by microorganisms in diverse environments has emerged as a notable concern. However, existing microbial risk assessment frameworks often lack breadth and coherence. Here, to address ...
This chapter reviews EPA and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methodologies for risk-based cleanup at hazardous waste sites. These two methodologies, while not the only available, are ...
Inside the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, scientists say they’re under pressure to alter safety reviews of chemicals commonly found in consumer products like household ...
A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will conduct a two-part study to assess and advance current approaches to toxicity testing and assessment to meet regulatory data needs. In the first ...
The causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. To date, the virus ...
Researchers used four different types of port environments to investigate the levels of contaminants emitted from five different sources. They found that the combined emissions of metals and ...