FROTH AND BUBBLE

News About Pollution

3,095 articles

US tests for toxic spill from Mexico mine
Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)
US authorities are testing a river in Arizona for possible cross-border contamination from a toxic mine spill in northwestern Mexico, an official said Tuesday. ...
New toxic spill traced to Mexico mine
Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)
Civil protection authorities have confirmed new toxic spills in northwestern Mexico, where a massive acid spill from a copper mine contaminated waterways. Sonor...
NJIT researchers working to safeguard the shoreline
Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)
An NJIT research team has estimated the total mass of oil that reached the Gulf of Mexico shore in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout. It's the first ...
Auf Wiedersehen to plastic at Berlin's no-packaging store
Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)
Clutching their preserve jars, Tupperware boxes and cloth shopping bags, Berliners can now buy their groceries package-free in a "precycling" first for the envi...
Mexican authorities say mine still leaking acid
Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)
A Mexican copper mine which spewed millions of gallons of acid into a river last month is still causing pollution and the facility's owners are blocking the wor...
Plastic pollution choking Australian waters: study
Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)
Three-quarters of the trash found off Australian beaches is plastic, a study released Monday said as it warned that the rubbish is entangling and being swallowe...
Proposed trash plant sparks protests in southern China
Sep 14, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of people gathered Sunday in southern China to protest against a proposed trash incinerator, protesters said, as the government sought to allay anger ...
Mexico mine sets aside $147 mn for spill damages
Sep 12, 2014 (AFP)
Mining firm Grupo Mexico has set side $147 million to pay for damages from a massive acid spill that contaminated waterways in the northwest of the country, off...
Scientists discover hazardous waste-eating bacteria
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
Tiny single-cell organisms discovered living underground could help with the problem of nuclear waste disposal, say researchers involved in a study at The Unive...
A Mexican plant could lend the perfume industry more green credibility
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
The mere whiff of a dreamy perfume can help conjure new feelings or stir a longing for the past. But the creation of these alluring scents, from the high-end to...
New plan to avoid dumping dredge waste on Great Barrier Reef
Sep 09, 2014 (AFP)
Australia is considering reusing waste dredged from the Great Barrier Reef for land reclamation instead of controversially dumping it at the World Heritage site...
Giant garbage patches help redefine ocean boundaries
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of environmental concern between Hawaii and California where the ocean surface is marred by scattered pieces of plast...
Wastewater plants blamed for Mexico mass fish death
Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)
The death of 3.2 million fish at a lagoon in western Mexico this past week was caused by poorly functioning wastewater treatment plants that failed to filter ou...
2.8 bn risk ill health from home air pollution: research
Sep 03, 2014 (AFP)
Nearly three billion people risk ill health and early death merely from breathing the air in their homes that is polluted by fires made for cooking and heating,...
Mexico closes part of a huge copper mine over acid spill
Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities in Mexico said Monday they have closed part of a huge copper mine at the heart of a major chemical spill last month which prompted officials to turn...
Leading scientists call for a stop to non-essential use of fluorochemicals
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
A number of leading international researchers, amongst others from the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, recommend that fluorochemicals ...
Mexico investigates huge fish kill in lagoon
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
Fishermen used shovels, wheel-carts and trucks in western Mexico on Monday to pull tons of dead fish out of a lagoon that has been the scene of four fish kills ...
Mexico investigates mass fish death in lagoon
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
At least 48 tonnes of fish have turned up dead in a lagoon in western Mexico and authorities are investigating whether a wastewater treatment plant is to blame....
Thailand totters towards waste crisis
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
A blaze at a vast rubbish dump home to six million tonnes of putrefying trash and toxic effluent has kindled fears that poor planning and lax law enforcement ar...
Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution
Aug 27, 2014 (SPX)
Unregulated trash burning around the globe is pumping far more pollution into the atmosphere than shown by official records. A new study led by the National Cen...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.