Three major US chemical companies have agreed to pay almost 1.2 billion US dollars (1.09 billion Swiss francs) for the contamination of drinking water sources with so-called perpetual chemicals. A large proportion of the US population receives drinking water from the affected sources. In a joint statement...
By Pauline Schwarz. Supply bottlenecks: sewage treatment plants are running out of chemicals! Four German states are therefore taking drastic steps - they are allowing phosphate limits to be exceeded. The European production of "precipitants", which are essential for the chemical purification of water, is running out due to...
Several manufacturers, including Syngenta and Bayer, have withheld data on the risks of their crop protection products. This is shown by an investigation - its author provides information here.
The methods used by large mineral water companies have long been criticized: resources are being exploited in distant countries. But even before our...
Anyone who chooses "light" assumes a healthier drink. However, the WHO is now issuing a warning - as is a sugar researcher.
For the first time in nine years, the state government has presented a report on trace substances in rivers. The situation has not improved since then. Pharmaceuticals in particular are a problem.
In Switzerland, over 600 people are infected with legionella every year. And the trend is rising.
The popular summer drink Caipirinha is a toxic cocktail contaminated with pesticides, warns Greenpeace.
Tiny plastic particles are now everywhere. An international team of researchers has now discovered how microplastics even overcome the protective blood-brain barrier and enter our brains in a very short time.
The toxic substances in the lake bed near Uetikon ZH are only to be filled in and not removed. Local residents criticize the authorities' cost-cutting solution.