Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.

Together, they make the substance, calcium phosphate. Sidewalk chalk is made from calcium and sulfate, which makes calcium sulfate. One of the most common chemicals connected to calcium is called ...

About 60 per cent of the UK is classed as having hard water, meaning high amounts of calcium carbonate are found in pipes, ...

As water moves through the chalk it will dissolve magnesium and calcium carbonate, which raises the electrical conductivity. It generally takes decades for the water to move through the chalk to the ...

This is different from the chemical that makes up seashells, which is calcium carbonate. Luckily, sea shells and teeth don’t dissolve in water. There is a special soft flexible plastic material that ...

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life, causing organisms' shells and skeletons made from calcium carbonate to dissolve. The more acidic the ocean, the faster the shells dissolve. By ...