Science news articles about 'environmental harm'

... is released, it is impossible at present for consumers to avoid contributing to this environmental harm. These findings are presented in the medical journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology ...

... States lacks the standards to ensure that producing biofuels from cellulose won't cause environmental harm, says a distinguished group of international scientists. But because the industry is so young ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says it has determined chemicals used to remove ice from airport runways may do more environmental harm than previously realized.

... with agriculture," Melillo says. Current grain-based biofuel cropping systems are known to cause environmental harm, including soil erosion and depletion, nitrogen fertilizer pollution, and a decline ...

... efforts of the majority of the world's scientists, Jeffries has somehow managed to remain totally oblivious to, or unconcerned by, the hidden financial costs and environmental harm associated with...

The health benefits of fish consumption have been over-dramatized and have put increased pressure on wild fish, according to a new research published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ...

... or atmosphere. But new research shows that the use of geoengineering to do environmental good may cause other environmental harm. In a symposium at the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting, ...

... new work with sulfur dioxide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon disulfide -- all acid gases that are environmentally harmful -- at the American Chemical Society Fall 2009 Meeting and Exposition, Tuesday, ...