Posts Tagged ‘arsenic’
Kids may risk cancer from toxins in food
UC DAVIS (US) — All 364 children in a recent study of food-borne toxin exposure exceeded cancer benchmarks for arsenic, dieldrin, DDE, and dioxins. Continue…
Friday, November 16, 2012 11:38 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Oct 16, 2012 11:12 - 2 Comments
Arsenic from coal ash pollutes water sources
DUKE (US) — Scientists have found arsenic and other toxic elements—in levels beyond EPA guidelines for safe drinking water—in lakes and rivers downstream from coal-fired power plants’ settling ponds.
Health & Medicine - Mar 23, 2012 17:04 - 0 Comments
Arsenic in soil raises cancer concerns
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — A new study based in Australia finds slightly higher rates of some cancers in areas with higher arsenic levels. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 9, 2010 15:08 - 0 Comments
Using supercomputers to clean up coal
STANFORD / U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Pollution control devices known as scrubbers, installed to restrict the amount of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide release from coal-fired power plants, may have helped to reduce acid rain, but they haven’t made those plants safe. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 2, 2010 13:30 - 1 Comment
Irrigation threatens drinking water in Asia
STANFORD (US)—In Bangladesh, where an estimated 60 million people are exposed to unsafe arsenic levels in their drinking water, irrigation practices that tap deep aquifers could compromise access to clean drinking water across the country, according to a report in a recent issue of the journal Science. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 12, 2010 12:21 - 0 Comments
In China, a mining town amid toxic heaps
INDIANA U. (US)—Waters around the Xikuangshan mine in southwest China contain levels of antimony that are two to four orders of magnitude higher than normal, making it a unique laboratory to study the contaminant’s environmental impact. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 19, 2010 13:11 - 2 Comments
Superconductivity in iron compound
CORNELL—A surprising discovery of electronic liquid crystal states in an iron-based, high-temperature superconductor is another step toward understanding superconductivity and using it in such applications as power transmission. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 19, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
When a toxic pond runneth over
DUKE (US)—Exposure to toxic dust and river sediment due to a containment pond collapse at a Tennessee power plant last December poses ongoing dangers to local communities and aquatic ecosystems. (more…)
Earth & Environment, Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2009 11:15 - 0 Comments
Digging deep for clues to Asian water crisis
STANFORD (US)—Health experts have called the water crisis in southern Asia the largest mass poisoning in history. While more than 140 million people drink arsenic-contaminated groundwater each day—and thousands die each year from chronic exposure—the source of the poisoning has been difficult to trace. New clues found in an isolated region of Cambodia could help millions tap safer water sources. (more…)
