Floating Seawer Skyscraper Rids The World’s Oceans Of Plastic While Generating Clean Energy | The Mind Unleashed

Floating Seawer Skyscraper Rids The World’s Oceans Of Plastic While Generating Clean Energy | The Mind Unleashed: Seawer is a self-supported hydroelectric power station that can generate electricity using seawater at the same time that it cleans up plastic waste. The huge structure separates plastic particles and fluids,�recycles seawater�and releases it back into the ocean.

Corporations Replace BPA with More DNA-Damaging Bisphenols

Corporations Replace BPA with More DNA-Damaging Bisphenols: Consumer beware.�New research published in the journal Chemosphere confirms that the hormone-disrupting chemical known as bisphenol A (BPA) is not the only bisphenol with DNA-damaging effects. In fact, the new cell study�found that "...bisphenol�AP,�bisphenol�M, or�bisphenol�P exerted genotoxic potentials that are greater than that of BPA."��

19-year-old inventor finds way to clean up the world's oceans in under 5 years time

19-year-old inventor finds way to clean up the world's oceans in under 5 years time: Previously the idea of cleaning up the world’s oceans with their vast accumulations of disposed plastic material was considered an impossibility. Now a 19-year-old inventor says he and his foundation has a way to clean up the world’s oceans, and not only does he say we can do it, but that we can do it in five years time and produce a profit from it.

19-Year-Old Student Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

19-Year-Old Student Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building: 19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel. The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be�separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling.

PXR: A stepping stone from environmental chemical to cancer?

PXR: A stepping stone from environmental chemical to cancer?: "Several chemicals that can accumulate to high levels in our body (for example, BPA and some pesticides) have been recently linked to an increased risk of cancer and/or impaired responsiveness to anticancer drugs. A team of researchers, led by Sridhar Mani, at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, has now identified a potential mechanistic link between environmental exposure to these foreign chemicals (xenogens) and cancer drug therapy response and survival."

Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution | Video on TED.com

Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution | Video on TED.com: "Artist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives -- and some thoughts on how to free ourselves from the plastic gyre."

Plastic-Free Living Guide :: Fake Plastic Fish | Live Life With Less Plastic

Plastic-Free Living Guide :: Fake Plastic Fish | Live Life With Less Plastic: "Do you think it’s possible to live life without plastic? Or to at least live with less plastic?� Check out this list of plastic-free alternatives and see for yourself."