News tagged with perchlorate contamination
CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government ...
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Fireworks cause environmental pollution
May 29, 2007 |
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U.S. government scientists say Fourth of July fireworks displays often held over lakes and other bodies of water can pollute the water with perchlorate.
Researchers find that a commonly found contaminant may harm nursing infants
Dec 03, 2007 |
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Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that perchlorate—an industrial pollutant linked to thyroid ailments—is actively concentrated in breast milk. Their findings suggest that ...
'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future
Jun 22, 2009 |
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With millions of people in the United States eagerly awaiting those July 4 fireworks displays — and our Canadian neighbors doing likewise for their July 1 Canada Day celebrations — here's a prospect for those ...
EPA's perchlorate goal is criticized
Mar 16, 2006 |
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A panel of scientists says a proposed federal limit of 24.5 parts per billion on the toxic chemical perchlorate in drinking water is too high.
Microorganism eating contaminants
Sep 02, 2005 |
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ASU researcher Bruce Rittmann has found an environmentally friendly way to mitigate the human health threat from perchlorate drinking water contamination. Perchlorate is a component of solid rocket fuel.
Martian soil may contain detrimental substance
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy.
Carbon nanotubes offer 'green' technology for perchlorate removal
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 25, 2006 |
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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, environmentally friendly process for treating water contaminated by perchlorate, a toxic chemical that has been found in drinking ...
Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?
Liquid saltwater is likely present on Mars, new analysis shows
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists ...
Keyboards and mice can harbor hospital infections
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that bacterial contamination rates from c ...
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