Our outreach publications

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFAS — encompass several thousand synthetic compounds used since the 1950s for their non-stick, waterproofing, and heat-resistant properties. They are found in fi...

Microplastics refer to plastic fragments smaller than five millimeters. They originate either from particles manufactured as such or — much more frequently — from the gradual breakdown of larger plast...

Connecting scattered housing to a centralized sewer network is expensive — the bulk of the cost lies in the piping, not the treatment plant. Below a certain population density, the logic reverses: tre...