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Pollution & Waste

Combating Pollution for a Cleaner World

Investigate the impacts of pollution, from plastics and chemicals to air and water contaminants. Discover effective waste management strategies and innovations aimed at creating cleaner, healthier environments.

Where Microplastics Accumulate Depends on a Sticky Secret

MIT researchers uncover how microbial slime—biofilms—plays a key role in where microplastics stick or drift away, offering new tools to combat pollution.
Conservation Mayumi Nakamura -

Salton Sea Study Reveals Toxic Air Threat Far Worse Than Reported

Environment Mayumi Nakamura -
New research shows air monitors have missed toxic gas emissions near the Salton Sea—putting vulnerable communities at risk in one of California’s worst hidden crises.

How HVAC Systems Mediate Pollution Indoors

Environment Mayumi Nakamura -
New University of Utah research finds that HVAC systems play a key role in letting—or blocking—outdoor pollution indoors, with wildfire smoke posing the biggest challenge.

Climate Change Is Complicating the Fight Against Smog

Climate Change Mayumi Nakamura -
A warming planet may make traditional smog-reduction strategies less effective, according to new MIT research that reveals how future climate conditions will alter the chemistry of air pollution.

Rust That Saves

Ecological Innovations Mayumi Nakamura -
Can rust really save us from PFOS pollution? Groundbreaking research from Stevens Institute of Technology shows that ordinary iron powder might be the key to affordable, large-scale water purification.

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