Triclosan, a common chemical used in personal care products and toothpaste, is the sixth most harmful substance that damages river's ecology. Concentrations of the chemical at numerous test sites in the Elbe river basin, exceeded the predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) for algal communities up to a factor of 12, according to researchers from Germany and Slovakia. Accordingly, researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) ...Sunday, 28 October 2012
Chemical Used in Personal Care Products Damaging River Ecology
Triclosan, a common chemical used in personal care products and toothpaste, is the sixth most harmful substance that damages river's ecology. Concentrations of the chemical at numerous test sites in the Elbe river basin, exceeded the predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) for algal communities up to a factor of 12, according to researchers from Germany and Slovakia. Accordingly, researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) ...
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