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Our world-class research and experts are often featured in media across the globe.
See below to see the latest media releases from IISD Experimental Lakes Area and features in media. If you wish to speak to one of our experts, contact Sumeep Bath, media and communications officer at IISD Experimental Lakes Area at [email protected] or +1 (204) 958-7700 ext. 740.
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IISD-ELA in the News | Radio-Canada International | October 19, 2020
Tiny silver particles found to be harmful to fish
"Silver nanoparticles are used in some socks, athletic clothing and in industrial applications, but a new study found that when the tiny particles are discharged into water, they are harmful to fish. Clothing is treated with nanosilver for its antimicrobial properties to keep it from smelling. But when the clothing is washed, particles of silver escape and flow into waste water and out into in the environment. The study was conducted at Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area, in the northern part of the province of Ontario."
IISD-ELA in the News | The Globe and Mail | October 19, 2020
Silver particles in consumer goods found to harm fish in Ontario lake study
"Microscopic silver particles that are added as an antimicrobial agent to athletic clothing, condoms and yoga mats, among many other products, have been shown to harm fish and freshwater ecosystems when released in quantities that are similar to what is thought to be emerging from wastewater plants across Canada."
IISD-ELA in the News | Circle of Blue | October 15, 2020
Canada Water Agency: Government hopes to consolidate water data and management
“We’re missing the big picture,” added Scott Higgins, a researcher with the Experimental Lakes Area, a non-profit research centre in northwestern Ontario that assesses human impacts on whole aquatic ecosystems. “Data have been collected on behalf of the public, and often paid for by the public purse, but it’s not being put together.”
IISD-ELA in the News | The Ethiopian Herald | October 9, 2020
Advisory Group applaud scientific inquiry role on Great Lakes
"The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE) program is facilitating lake advisory groups to enhance scientific inquiry in a systematic and consistent manner, foster a community of shared knowledge and practice, across sectors and geography and positively influence policymaking using science, communication, and other strategies, disclosed African Center for Aquatic Research and Education experts."
IISD-ELA in the News | Great Lakes Now | October 1, 2020
Canada Water Agency: Government hopes to consolidate water data and management
“We’re missing the big picture,” added Scott Higgins, a researcher with the Experimental Lakes Area, a non-profit research centre in northwestern Ontario that assesses human impacts on whole aquatic ecosystems. “Data have been collected on behalf of the public, and often paid for by the public purse, but it’s not being put together.”
