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Simple soil mixture reverses toxic stormwater effects
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
A simple column of common soil can reverse the toxic effects of urban runoff that otherwise quickly kills young coho salmon and their insect prey, according to ...
China air quality dire but improving: Greenpeace
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
The skies of China's notoriously smog-filled cities saw a marginal amelioration last year, according to figures released by Greenpeace Thursday, but pollution r...
A spoonful of sugar in silver nanoparticles to regulate their toxicity
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
The use of colloidal silver to treat illnesses has become more popular in recent years, but its ingestion, prohibited in countries like the US, can be harmful t...
Mystery pollutant kills 200 birds in San Francisco Bay
Jan 21, 2015 (UPI)
The toll of dead birds found along the shores of San Francisco Bay has now topped 200. That's more than double the estimate that was offered yesterday, as effor...
Yak dung burning pollutes indoor air of Tibetan households
Jan 20, 2015 (SPX)
Tibet, the highest region on Earth and one of the most remote, is associated with vivid blue skies and the crystal clear air of the Himalayas. During the long c...
New contaminants found in oil and gas wastewater
Jan 19, 2015 (SPX)
Duke University scientists have discovered high levels of two potentially hazardous contaminants, ammonium and iodide, in wastewater being discharged or spilled...
Pollution soars in Chinese capital amid winter smog
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Pollution levels soared in Beijing on Thursday to readings more than 20 times WHO recommended limits, as an annual bout of intense smog returned to haunt the Ch...
Mercury from gold mines accumulates far downstream
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have determined that the health risks taken on by artisanal, small-scale gold miners extend far beyond the miners themselves. Based on a study of go...
India bans burning cow dung near yellowing Taj Mahal
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
India has banned the burning of cow dung near the Taj Mahal amid fears the famed white-marbled mausoleum was turning yellow from air pollution, an official said...
China encourages environmental social groups to sue
Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)
China on Wednesday granted public interest groups more power to sue those that flout environmental protection laws, the country's highest court said, as Beijing...
Beijing dangerous smog down four percent in 2014: govt
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
Air pollution in Beijing dropped slightly last year, municipal authorities said, although levels of the most dangerous small particulate matter remained more th...
China firms fined record $26m for polluting river
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
Six Chinese companies have been fined $26 million for discharging tens of thousands of tonnes of waste chemicals into rivers, state media said, the biggest such...
Tehran air pollution puts nearly 400 in hospital
Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)
Almost 400 people have been hospitalised with heart and respiratory problems caused by heavy air pollution in Tehran, with nearly 1,500 others requiring treatme...
Urban Stream Contamination Increasing Rapidly Due to Road Salt
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
Average chloride concentrations often exceed toxic levels in many northern United States streams due to the use of salt to deice winter pavement, and the freque...
Microplastics in the ocean: biologists study effects on marine animals
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
Ingestion of microplastic particles does not mechanically affect marine isopods. This was the result of a study by biologists at the North Sea Office of the Alf...
Bangladesh development 'threatens fragile Sundarbans
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
Bangladesh's rapid development on the doorstep of the ecologically fragile Sundarbans mangrove forest means "environmental disasters" like this month's oil spil...
Pilot plant for the removal of extreme gas charges from deep waters
Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)
Being part of the mining area Herrerias in Andalusia, deep waters of Pit Lake Guadiana show extremely high concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2). In t...
More research links pollution exposure during pregnancy to autism
Dec 19, 2014 (UPI)
For the second time this year, a scientific paper has linked air pollution and autism. The latest study, carried out by researchers at Harvard School of Public ...
New tracers can identify coal ash contamination in water
Dec 17, 2014 (SPX)
Duke University scientists have developed new forensic tracers to identify coal ash contamination in water and distinguish it from contamination coming from oth...
Super-bacteria found in Rio bay ahead of 2016 Olympic sailing
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Brazilian scientists have discovered antibiotic-resistant super-bacteria thought to emanate from hospital waste in the latest bad news for the polluted bay that...
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