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1 Million – Barrel Oil Spill in China Coast Now As Large As Paris

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:37:17 +0000

The Iranian oil tanker, Sanchi, which carried 136,000 tons or one million barrels of highly flammable oil mix, sank last January 6 after colliding with another ship. Aside from the fatal explosion causing its 32 crew members dead or missing, the oil spill has now spread and tripled its area, resulting in environmental and health […]

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How Does Living On A Plastic Planet Impact Our Health?

Guest Contributor — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:37:56 +0000

Our entire modern society has been built on a plastic foundation. While using the material has been extremely efficient and profitable, it may be time to assess how it impacts our health. Recent studies have shown that microscopic plastic fibers can be found everywhere in our environment. They can even be found in our homes, […]

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New Carbon-Based Wonder Material Soaks Radioactive Pollution from Water

Nicholas Say — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 14:48:45 +0000

In a recent collaborative study conducted between university researchers from Rice and Kazan, it was discovered that cleaning up the radioactive mess that we have created is a lot easier than was previously thought. The research found that by using two relatively inexpensive materials, a large percentage of radioactive contaminants could easily be removed from […]

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Uranium Contamination of Ground Water continues to be a Problem

Guest Contributor — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:47:19 +0000

Despite the belief that natural groundwater would flush out remaining uranium at former power plants, this turns out not to be the case. The diluting effects of nearby rivers are furthermore far less effective than expected. In response to this issue, research is underway at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to understand why […]

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North Carolina Legislation Allows Coal Power Pollution

Benji Jerew — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:11:07 +0000

Coal power plants, aside from generating electricity and the worst carbon dioxide emissions of any power plant. As if coal power wasn’t dirty enough, from an emissions standpoint, they also generate tons of coal ash as a byproduct of combustion. Of course, the coal ash has to be put somewhere, but the only solution, so […]

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Freedom Industries Chemical Spill Bigger Than Previously Thought

Benji Jerew — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:38:09 +0000

A chemical spill in West Virginia, which was first detected January 9, was worse than Freedom Industries originally let on, meaning cleanup efforts and people’s daily lives are going to be harder to address. Freedom Industries owns the tank that leaked into West Virginia’s Elk River, spilling some 10,000 gallons of MCHM and PPH (4-methylcyclohexane […]

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Fracking Wastewater Found to be Polluted, Even Radioactive – Duke University

Benji Jerew — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:23:51 +0000

The recent boom in fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, to extract natural gas, has led to low natural gas prices, which is a good thing, supposedly, for the economy, but it seems like we’re going to have to pay for those low prices in other ways. Fracking, in principal, is easily explained. A well is drilled […]

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Anti-Depressant Water Pollution: Aggressive Fish on Prozac?

Benji Jerew — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:45:32 +0000

Abuse of prescription drugs is a big problem today, ranging from self-medicating physicians to dealers on the street. A similar problem has been found in water pollution downstream from waste treatment plants. Self-medication is problem because a number of considerations need to be taken in order to make a proper drug prescription, including allergies, body […]

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Water Pollution Assessed by Comparing to Pristine Forest Streams

Mila Luleva — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:48:29 +0000

In order to determine patterns in the natural change of water quality and nutrient concentrations in streams and rivers in forested areas, a recent study has established that undisturbed water basins should be studied with long term data. Alba Argerich, a postdoctoral research associate with Oregon State University and the lead author of the study […]

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140 Nations Agree on Reducing Mercury Pollution

Mila Luleva — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:32:21 +0000

One hundred and forty nations made a pact to reduce emissions of mercury from mining, utility plants and other industrial processes. New stricter regulations were adopted, together with enforceable limits and proposing alternatives that do not use mercury. Mercury is a harmful and toxic natural element, which is usually found in the environment as a […]

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Sea Sponges Could Be Used to Detect Climate Change and Water Pollution

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:32:13 +0000

Kuo Yang and Susanne Zeile, guided by Prof. Wei Zhang discovered that sea sponges can tell whether they’ve suffered changes because of climate change or other pollutants in the water they live in. They performed tests on sea sponges by artificially increasing water temperatures, adding pollutants or modifying the acidity levels. The results have been […]

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Self-Sustaining Wastewater Processing Plant Powered by Methane

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:11:56 +0000

Siemens Water Technologies engineers have invented a technology that creates enough methane from purifying sludgy water to power the processes of a wastewater treatment plant. They even set up a pilot facility in Singapore.

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Robotic Fish Detecting Water Pollution

Mike Sandru — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:58:30 +0000

A team of researchers at the University of Essex has received European funds worth 2.5 million pounds to complete a project to construct a robotic fish shaped like Carp able to monitor the pollution from ports.

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