The Environmental Protection Agency recommends reverse osmosis water treatment to remove radioactive isotopes that emit beta-particle radiation. But iodine-131, a beta emitter, is typically present in ...

With surging population growth and water scarcity worldwide, seawater desalination is increasingly used to meet increased demand for water. "The increasing reliance on desalination could contribute to ...

The rise of desalinated water in Israel means many citizens are lacking the important mineral iodine, and a new national study is setting out to assess the scale of the problem. A team of Hebrew ...

In Hebei province, China, over six million people are potentially exposed to excessive iodine through consumption of high iodine underground drinking water and consumption of iodized salt. The aim of ...

New material scrubs iodine from water for the first time and could hold the key to cleaning nuclear accidents. Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine from ...

A MOF-based nanocomposite for removing and detecting radioactive iodine, supporting nuclear wastewater treatment and ...

Ever since the pandemic began, people have been searching for at-home remedies to prevent COVID-19. And, while ordering veterinary doses of ivermectin has been a thing for a while, despite evidence ...