Search results for contaminated soil:
Answering that age-old lament: Where does all this dust come from?
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Where does it come from? Scientists in Arizona are reporting a surprising answer to that question, which has puzzled and perplexed generations of men and women confronted with layers of dust on furniture and ...
Common soil mineral degrades the nearly indestructible prion
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the rogues' gallery of microscopic infectious agents, the prion is the toughest hombre in town.
Brookhaven Lab Patents New Method for Mercury Remediation
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have patented a new method to remove toxic mercury from soil, sediment, sludge and other industrial waste. As described in recently ...
Pathogenic soil bacterium is influenced by land management practices
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Researchers from Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Australia have found that the soil bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes the emerging infectious disease melioidosis in humans and animals, is ass ...
Where Did the Uranium Go?
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Uranium's migration through the soil depends on groundwater's chemical composition, according to a recent study by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Scientists showed that uraniumattached ...
Asexual worm quickly adapts to soil contamination
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May 14, 2007 |
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Soil contaminants lead to rapid genetic adaptations in the nematode Acrobeloides nanus. The worms from contaminated soil live longer and lay more eggs under polluted conditions than the worms from unpolluted soil. Dutch-sponsored ...
Solving the mystery of how plants survive near Chernobyl
May 13, 2009 |
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Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident in the Ukraine — the worst in history — scientists are reporting insights into the mystery of how plants have managed to adapt and survive ...
Scientists simulate gut reaction to arsenic exposure
Oct 07, 2008 |
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A simulated gastrointestinal system is helping scientists test contaminated soil for its potential to harm humans. The method is likely to save time and money for people hoping to repurpose land with an industrial past.
S.Korea recalls agriculture products
Sep 05, 2006 |
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South Korea, concerned about lead and cadmium contamination, will recall vast quantities of food grains and produce cultivated in areas near abandoned mines.
Researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
Jan 23, 2006 |
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Scientists at the University of York have played a crucial role in developing a way of using plants to clean up land contaminated by explosives.
Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could ...
Earthworm detectives provide genetic clues for dealing with soil pollution
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Jun 03, 2008 |
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The humble earthworm, famously acknowledged by Charles Darwin when he wrote "It may be doubted whether there are many other animals... which have played so important a part in the history of the world", provides ...
Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
Oct 30, 2009 |
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A research team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) has analysed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels ...
A dirty job but ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Byproducts from the electronics, fuel, chemical and defense industries can be far from benign. Toxic heavy metals like cadmium and lead can seep into our food chain and cause cancer. And if found in the soil, these dangerous ...
Rice grown in United States contains less-dangerous form of arsenic
May 19, 2008 |
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Rice grown in the United States may be safer than varieties from Asia and Europe, according to a new global study of the grain that feeds over half of humanity. The study evaluated levels of arsenic, which ...
