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Sheffield company launches eco-bricks that ‘absorb carbon’

Sheffield company launches eco-bricks that ‘absorb carbon’

Tom MacDougall BBC News, Yorkshire Tom MacDougall/BBC Sheffield start-up company earth4Earth has developed a range of bricks designed to reduce carbon emissions A start-up company in Sheffield has launched environmentally-friendly bricks which absorb and permanently store greenhouse gases. Materials developer earth4Earth, based at Sheffield Technology Parks, said the bricks capture carbon dioxide from the air around them but are also …

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Tariffs hit U.S. companies hard, but businesses absorb them for now – The Washington Post

Tariffs hit U.S. companies hard, but businesses absorb them for now  The Washington Post US Companies, Consumers Are Paying for Trump’s Tariffs, Not Foreign Firms  Bloomberg Kelly Evans: The tariff math  CNBC Here’s who is bearing the cost of Trump’s tariffs so far this year  MarketWatch Americans are mostly paying for tariffs — and price rises may be on the way, says Deutsche Bank  Business …

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Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows | Pfas

Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows | Pfas

Certain kinds of gut microbes absorb toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” and help expel them from the body via feces, new first-of-its-kind University of Cambridge research shows. The findings are welcome news as the only options that exist for reducing the level of dangerous Pfas compounds from the body are bloodletting and a cholesterol drug that induces unpleasant side effects. The …

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