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Ag8n "In the past, this company was using PVC ( polyvinylchloride). If this is still being used, the most major issue from PVC degradation is HCl (hydr..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
Hindimessages "Plastics are very dangerous for human health . Avoid it Hindimessages " | Read more » over 3 years ago
stevie "This came in from Molly Jacobs, Environmental Health Initiative Project Manager at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production: Agency for Toxic..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
jjcreedon "Just want to make sure it’s an EPA approved lab.. that’s all. We have partnered w ALS .. cause of this plus they’re very well known nationally " | Read more » over 3 years ago
stevie "Sarah Martik from the Center for Coalfield Justice recommended: "holding some town halls to talk about what happened and what that means, and then ..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
stevie "I also heard about Performance Analytical, Inc. in CA. @JackieJamesCreedon is there a reason for that specific lab out of CA? It looks like they h..." | Read more » over 3 years ago
Engineerjaykumar "Yeh! here is a research topic about Pollution of groundwater due to extensive use of fertilizers. and Phosphorus concentrations in irrigation, flo..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
joyofsoy "Thanks @Engineerjaykumar! Do you know if there are specific chemicals/compounds tied to specific effects? For example, could you say that high lev..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
joyofsoy "ALS Environmental in N CA— Jackie James (@JackieJCreedon) December 6, 2019 " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
joyofsoy "Community science and media - appeal to people’s conscious— Jackie James (@JackieJCreedon) December 6, 2019 " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
Engineerjaykumar "This type of plastic causes pollution of air which causes a deterioration of concrete structure as well as in human being it causes skin irritation..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
warren "I almost forgot to post here, one amazing thing you can do with microplastics is to make a Sea Globe -- read about @maxliboiron's beautiful (if tro..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
warren "Not awesome, but, this is a great way to generate some sample microplastics to look at. " | Read more » almost 4 years ago
warren "I noticed that the yellow/orange rope we're using sheds quite a bit, if it's helpful to know. I guess I'd assume a finer rope (pea cord maybe?) wou..." | Read more » almost 4 years ago
mimiss "Does the material the rope is made of matter? Have you had any issues with particular types of rope regarding durability to speed/water? " | Read more » about 4 years ago
maxliboiron "I tend to use bright pink/orange rope because we find a lot of rope fragments in our samples here in fishing-land, most of which is white, green, b..." | Read more » about 4 years ago
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CD3000 "Microplastics could be used as epoxy filler to make industrial products that don't end up in ocean, such as picnic benches, decks, picture frames. ..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
Ag8n "Where does incineration rate on the list? " | Read more » over 4 years ago
warren "Via @maxliboiron -- thanks Max! Once plastics have been in the water for a while, they've both attracted new industrial chemicals (like the flame ..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
Ag8n " Density is difficult to use. Many manufacturers use fillers like titanium dioxide as a filler. This will dramatically alter the density, dependin..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
maxliboiron " @warren : The fluorescing plastics you mention are from specially designed lab plastics that floresce, so not related to polymer type or to everyd..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
Ag8n " With PVC, as the plastic degrades, you get more and more conjugated double bonds. Hate to get chemical, but the where the plastic absorbs starts ..." | Read more » over 4 years ago