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Brookhaven Lab Patents New Method for Mercury Remediation

Brookhaven Lab Patents New Method for Mercury Remediation

Chemistry / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Toxic Coal Ash Threatens Health And Environment

Toxic Coal Ash Threatens Health And Environment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Exposure to dust and river sediment containing toxic metals and radioactivity from a coal ash spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston power plant last December could pose risks ...


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Microscope reveals how bacteria 'breathe' toxic metals

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form.


Contamination under boats no worse than elsewhere in California bay, study says

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A yearlong federal study has determined levels of contaminated sediment found under obsolete, rotting government ships anchored in Suisun Bay, in central California, are no higher than those found elsewhere in local waters, ...


Researchers find high levels of toxic metals in herbal medicine products sold online

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Boston, MA--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that one fifth of both U.S.-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain lead, mercury or arsenic. ...