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Toxic spill from Colorado mine creeps through US southwest
Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)
Environmental scientists tested a key US river Tuesday for signs of a toxic waste spill from a botched Colorado mine clean-up that prompted a state of emergency...
US anti-pollution workers turn river orange in toxic spill
Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)
Workers from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accidentally triggered a massive release of toxic waste from an old gold mine that sent about three mi...
Rio sailors embark on anti-pollution protest
Aug 08, 2015 (AFP)
Yachts and fishing boats converged Saturday on Rio's filthy Guanabara Bay, the site of next year's Olympic sailing contests, to protest the authorities' failure...
Basic tableware switch would reduce exposure to possible harmful substance
Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)
In households with kids - or grown-up klutzes - a durable set of melamine plates and bowls is a must. But studies suggest that heat and acid can cause melamine ...
Seagrass thrives surprisingly well in toxic sediments
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Toxic is bad. Or is it? New studies of seagrasses reveal that they are surprisingly good at detoxifying themselves when growing in toxic seabed. But if seagrass...
World Bank unveils new conditions for loans
Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)
The World Bank unveiled Tuesday a set of new social and environmental rules for its 188 member nations to receive financial assistance. According to the World B...
Septic tanks aren't keeping poo out of rivers and lakes
Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)
The notion that septic tanks prevent fecal bacteria from seeping into rivers and lakes simply doesn't hold water, says a new Michigan State University study. Wa...
Treating ships' ballast water: Filtration preferable to disinfection
Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)
In order to prevent the transfer of harmful organisms, ships' ballast water is often subjected to electrochemical disinfection.* "However, our analyses show tha...
Playing 'tag' with pollution lets scientists see who's 'it'
Jul 30, 2015 (SPX)
Using a climate model that can tag sources of soot from different global regions and can track where it lands on the Tibetan Plateau, researchers have determine...
Synthetic coral could remove toxic heavy metals from the ocean
Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)
A new material that mimics coral could help remove toxic heavy metals like mercury from the ocean, according to a new study published in the Journal of Colloid ...
Degrading BPA with visible light and a new hybrid photocatalyst
Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)
Over the course of the last half century, BPA has gone from miracle to menace. Its popularity soared after the 1950s, when scientists discovered that it could b...
Researchers discover how to cut worrying levels of arsenic
Jul 24, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have made a breakthrough in discovering how to lower worrying levels of arsenic in rice that is eaten all over the wor...
Beirut awash with trash after landfill protest
Jul 24, 2015 (AFP)
The humid summer air of Beirut has started to reek as uncollected trash piles up in the streets after protesters shut down Lebanon's largest landfill at a time ...
China air pollution levels fall: Greenpeace
Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)
Air pollution levels in China's cities improved in the first six months of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Wednesday, but remained far w...
Mercury scrubbers at power plant lower other pollution too
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
Air pollution controls installed at an Oregon coal-fired power plant to curb mercury emissions are unexpectedly reducing another class of harmful emissions as w...
Oil spills affecting fish population
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
A mixture of bitumen and gasoline-like solvents known as dilbit that flows through Prairie pipelines can seriously harm fish populations, according to research ...
University researchers to play important role in research on arctic oil spills
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
Three University of Calgary researchers are collaborating with the University of Manitoba to study the impacts and consequences of potential arctic oil spills o...
Marine litter undermines benefits of coastal environments
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
Marine litter can undermine the psychological benefits of coastal environments, a study has shown. The beneficial effects of the blue environment to human healt...
Attention beachgoers: Fecal contamination affects sand more than water
Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)
"No swimming" signs have already popped up this summer along coastlines where fecal bacteria have invaded otherwise inviting waters. Some vacationers ignore the...
Air pollution costs France 100 billion euros per year
Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)
The effects of air pollution cost France some 100 billion euros ($110.1 billion) each year, a French Senate committee report estimated Wednesday, citing impact ...
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