Proper Disposal of Unwanted Drugs Getting Easier
Handy, secure dropboxes at Champaign, Urbana and U of I police stations make disposing of unwanted drugs easy. Saturday April 30 is National Prescription Take-Back Day in the U.S.A. The Drug...
View ArticleIllinois Teachers Prepare for Lessons on Impact of Drugs in Environment
Proper disposal of unwanted prescription drugs and other common chemicals is important because of their ability to alter living things when introduced into lakes and streams. School teachers from...
View ArticleDrugs vs. Sharps Disposal: A safety issue
Drugs Many people are now aware that they shouldn’t flush unwanted drugs down the toilet because those chemicals end up in waterways and pollute the environment. So what is the correct way to dispose...
View ArticleAcademic/Government Partners Work Toward the Next Level in Home Water Filtration
ISTC NEWS Nanoparticle Membrane Technology Investigated for Commercial Viability Illustration of free-standing gold membrane with nanoparticles 6 nanometers in diameter and openings of 2 micrometers....
View ArticleWalgreens Creates New Medicine Take-Back Program
Walgreens has started a medicine take back program at select Walgreens in Illinois. If all goes well, they will be expanding the program to other states later this year. A full list of take-back...
View ArticleSustainability Seminar Series Fall 2016: Contaminants in the Environment
The ISTC Sustainability Seminar Series continues on Thursdays this fall with the theme “Contaminants in the Environment.” The schedule of seminar speakers is below. To be added to the seminar and...
View ArticleEmerging Contaminants in Our Aquatic Environments
Americans landfilled 136 million tons of material in 2014. Food, plastics, and in fact, most of what was landfilled could have been recycled or composted. Of particular concern is the more than four...
View ArticleUpcoming Environmental Conference
Rising concerns among environmental scientists over a multitude of contaminants found in water and aquatic life and their impact on human health have prompted ISTC to partner with the Illinois-Indiana...
View ArticleAir, Water, Soil: Prairie Research Institute Researchers Host Chinese Peers
SoyFace studies methods to enhance agricultural yields today and in the face of changing climatic conditions. Scientists from seven Chinese universities visited the University of Illinois July 11-13...
View ArticleThe long road of antiseptic chemical concerns leads to a new ban in health care
WRITTEN BY: Katherine Gardiner, ISTC staff ISTC will host the Emerging Contaminants in the Aquatic Environment Conference at the U of I on June 5-6. A ban on the use of 24 antiseptic ingredients,...
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