water contamination Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:05:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 What is Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking), Anyways? [Video] https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking-anyways-video-20130912/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking-anyways-video-20130912/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:05:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41559 As petroleum reserves extracted by typical methods begin to run dry, many opportunistic petroleum companies have turned to hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas located in more difficult locations. Natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has become more common in the last decade or so, and a buzzword in political, economic, and environmental conversations, alike. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hydraulic-fracturing-fracking-anyways-video-20130912/feed/ 0 41559 Graphene Oxide Offers New Hope for Water Decontamination https://www.greenoptimistic.com/graphene-oxide-offers-new-hope-for-water-decontamination-20130109/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/graphene-oxide-offers-new-hope-for-water-decontamination-20130109/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:31:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31039 Water is the universal solvent on the planet, and without it, minerals and nutrients can’t be transported. Life would cease to exist. This property of water, though, means it also transports and disperses toxins just as easily, including radioactive materials. Cleanup around nuclear sites, such as the recent disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/graphene-oxide-offers-new-hope-for-water-decontamination-20130109/feed/ 1 31039 Accurately Identifying Water Contamination Helped by Mathematics https://www.greenoptimistic.com/accurately-identifying-water-contamination-with-help-of-math-20121129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/accurately-identifying-water-contamination-with-help-of-math-20121129/#respond Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:50:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29037 Uncannily similar to the Camelford water pollution incident in Cornwall, England in the late 1980s, in 2009 there was an incident in Crestwood Illinois. Due to human error, drinking water in Crestwood was accidentally contaminated which led to high cancer risk, brain damage, and even death in some instances. On the heels of these tragedies, […]

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