Water Pollution

Youth protest for climate justice. Illustration: depositphotos.com

There is no room for environmental justice in Trump's dictatorship.

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Among the areas that were decided to be eliminated "for reasons of efficiency" is the area of ​​environmental justice, which is responsible for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). During 2025, 171 EPA employees were sent on administrative leave - 160 of whom dealt with justice issues
Agricultural pest control. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Innovative Israeli development for breaking down toxic pesticides: environmentally friendly and safe to use

Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Migal Research Institute and Tel Hai College have developed a biochemical process that combines enzymes and natural bacteria to break down the toxic pesticide paraoxon into harmless substances.
Fracking - extracting oil from oil shale. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Fracking: why the oil shale is not a long-term solution

In the confrontation between Trump and Harris ahead of today's elections, the issue of using hydraulic fracturing to extract oil or gas from oil shale came up. Supporting this industry means a threat to the environment. opinion
The various ways in which Indians worship the Ganges also pollute it. Photo: balouriarajesh, Pixabay

polish to earth

Special for the holiday: these are the stories of some of the most polluted places on our planet, which would not be harmed by a "Pesach cleaning". A dirty trip around the world
A diagram describing the main points of development

Optical detection of impurities inside water pipes

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Researchers have succeeded in developing a flexible sensing sheet that is inside a pipe in order to continuously monitor the quality of the liquid in it. By measuring the voltage induced within a layer of carbon nanotubes, it is possible to determine
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The true cost of pollution in Siberia

At the end of May, a red discharge was reported in the banks of the Ambranaya River that spilled into Lake Pyasino, near the city of Norilsk in northern Siberia, Russia. About 20 thousand tons of oils (mainly diesel) leaked from a tank
Environmental pollution. From Jumpstory.com

23% of deaths in the world are caused by an unhealthy environment

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Technion researchers have developed a technology to purify wastewater rich in formaldehyde

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Photo: shutterstock

Water Water Pursuit: Panic for clean water throughout history

When were the first water wells dug? Who was the first royal to sit on a toilet? What made the Parisians build sewers and when did we get the token that water quality is related to our health? We came to flood
China's economic influence in Africa. Illustration: shutterstock

China's impact on the environment in developing countries

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Quality tests for drinking water inside educational institutions are the only way to make sure that the water is safe. Illustration: https://plumbwellplumbers.com.au

What is in the water our children drink at school?

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In the poorest and most densely populated areas on Earth, drinking water wells, dug to avoid the need to use surface water contaminated with bacteria, are poisoned by arsenic originating from groundwater. Now these too are in danger. Illustration: pixabay.

Death in the water: Arsenic is poisoning people around the world

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The sewage flows into the sea in Haifa in 2015. Photo: Dr. Eil Rahab.

When the sewer and the sea meet

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The desalination plant in Hadera. Despite the desalination, and perhaps because of it, the state of natural water in Israel is not alarming. Photo: IDE Technologies / Wikimedia.

Troubles of worshipers

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Tiny, self-propelled robots kill bacteria and can help make water drinkable. Figure: American Chemical Society

Swimming robot bacteria can eliminate real dangerous bacteria in drinking water

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Barack Obama drinks from Flint water after the end of the crisis. Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.

Deadly water

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Following the implementation of recommendations by the Technion experts, there has been a dramatic reduction in the total volume of fuel leaks in Israel in the last 16 years, mainly in leaks from gas stations. Photo: Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas.

The fuel guard

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Researchers have discovered a bacterium residing in the common sponge Theonella Swinhoe, which stores huge amounts of the toxic chemical element arsenic, and can help develop methods for effectively cleaning water from the toxin. Source: Courtesy of Tel Aviv University.

Researchers have discovered a bacterium that stores huge amounts of arsenic

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The drying of the humid habitats harms the population of frogs and toads. Photo: Mateja Bedenčič, Flickr

frog strike

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CEO of WellToDo Hovav Gilan

AST and the Technion invest in WellToDo

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: Dr. Shai Levy, University of Haifa

A tadpole of a 2-headed salamander is in the animal ecology laboratory at Haifa University

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pollutants Photo: shutterstock

A biological method for purifying toxic pollutants

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water purification. Illustration: shutterstock

An application introduces environmentally friendly materials for removing organic pollutants from water

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rocket fuel Credit: www.lbl.gov

Life on poison / David Bailo

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Simulation of the Haifa Life Sciences Park. Credit: Haifa Economic Society

Cluster: The Galilee unites scientific forces; Haifa will establish a biotechnological incubator

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Drainage works in Nahal Kishon. Photo: Kishon Drainage and Streams Authority

In the coming weeks, the company that will carry out the biological purification project of the bottom of the Kishon River will be determined

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Illustration of the process: following ultraviolet light irradiation, an electron in the titanium dioxide undergoes excitation and is transferred to the graphene layer, where it jumps to a silver cation and thereby creates a silver nanoparticle.

Sensors for detecting low concentration infections

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Lake Eichbaum where there is a high concentration of bacteria that cause the fish to die. Photo: Wiki-share

Why not pee in water?

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Bucky Oren. From Mekorot website

Former Chairman of Mekorot Buki Oren: The world will have to find cheap sources to add another 50% to global water consumption within 20 years

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A nature reserve in Poland. From Wikipedia

A new approach to conservation

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Right: Prof. Brian Berkowitz and Dr. Yishai Dror. Purified water

Take out the poison

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Oliver Scott, University of California at Santa Cruz

A new material for capturing pollutants

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Delilah Leitner. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

About a third of plastic products tested emitted toxic substances

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Javid Rzayev

Nanomembranes for filtering drinking water from bacteria

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An employee of the National Laboratory in the Savannah River tests the activity of chlorine-eating bacteria

Bacteria that break down dangerous solvents

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From left: Professor Qilin Li, student Michael Liga, graduate Huma Jafry and Professor Andrew Barron

A new and simple method for exterminating viruses

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The natural water cycle - no longer content with it

Is there no shortage of water in Israel?

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water. From Wikipedia - image under CC license

Deuterium-reduced drinking water

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River pollution. Photo: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from Wikipedia

Water that could reach consumers disappears along the way and rivers are polluted

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Urban environment in Singapore. From Wikipedia

Determinant limits for a healthy planet

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wrecked ship

toxic cargoes

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The polymer chains protect and shield the membrane surface below them

A revolutionary membrane for water desalination

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eyes for the blind

"The Young Engineer" competition

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An artesian well (SHIPOT) that extracts groundwater by gravity is a main source of water in many villages in Ukraine. Photo with CC license from Wikipedia

An innovative monitoring method for water pollutants

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The spreading slick in the Gulf of Mexico as photographed by NASA's Aqua satellite on April 29, 2010

The Black Bay

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Dr. Hadas Meman. Photo: Tel Aviv University

An innovative method for purifying drinking water

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The developers of the method at Argon Lab

A green method for the preparation of propylene oxide from silver nano-aggregates

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Cleaning oils using ozone bubbles

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The forgotten acid in seawater

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Prof. Jacob Bar, was awarded the "Honorary Member for 2009" award by the International Association for the Research of the Porous Media (INTERPORE) for his great contribution in the field

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