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.
IISD-ELA in the News | Global TV | October 20, 2020
"A nine-month-long competition tasking young people on the prairies with solving environmental problems facing Lake Winnipeg is about to declare a winner."
IISD-ELA in the News | TreeHugger | October 20, 2020
"The researchers found that, even though the amount of nanosilver in the lake measured in the parts-per-billion, the quantities appearing in fish taken out of the lake were 1,000 times higher. This reveals that the nanosilver does not just settle at the bottom of the lake and that it can enter the food chain and affect entire fish populations."
IISD-ELA in the News | CBC | October 19, 2020
"Scientists at the ELA have been doing whole-ecosystem freshwater research for half a century, including one unconventional study that started with a bang. Researchers wanted to know what impact the hunt for oil and other natural resources was having on fish. "
IISD-ELA in the News | Radio-Canada International | October 19, 2020
"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
"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."
