Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Environmental ScienceRemediationSustainabililty
Alessandro Pignotti

A Much-Needed Upgrade to Direct Air Capture Technology

Direct air capture (DAC) technology achieves significant improvements in CO2 capture processes through an innovative design, potentially leading to a brighter future for decarbonization efforts.

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Women play a central role in agriculture, where pesticide exposure is common. Even without direct occupational contact, proximity to croplands and related activities can increase exposure, with emerging evidence suggesting these chemicals may disrupt hormonal pathways and influence reproductive development in girls. [[File:Role of women in agriculture in Punjab (5712932498).jpg|Role_of_women_in_agriculture_in_Punjab_(5712932498)]]. Source: Public domain via Wikimedia commons
Environmental Science
Dulce Rosario Alberto-Aguilar

Environmental Pesticide Exposure and Reproductive Development: Recent Evidence on Menstruation and Breast Development in Girls

Excerpt: Girls are entering puberty earlier—but why? Beyond nutrition and body weight, new research highlights how everyday pesticide exposures may disrupt hormones and influence breast development and menstrual timing.

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