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- State Association Seeking To ‘Go Green’ With New Headquarters
- With plans to move to a new headquarters later this year, the Credit Union Associations of Colorado and Wyoming (CUAC/CUAW) said it is making an effort to “go green” and is recycling many of its old electronic technology and computer equipment. The Association cited EPA data showing that used electronics...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- Aquatic toxicology of Turkey Creek, Missouri, USA.
- At low flows, ambient toxicity measured as a reduction in Ceriodaphnia survival was observed in two tributaries and in the main channel of Turkey Creek. Toxicity during periods of no observable stream flow was absent in Turkey Creek upstream of these sources and reduced downstream of...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- New technique for removing heavy metals from soil.(Conservation news you can use)
- Alpine pennycress Thlaspi caerulescens can help remove cadmium and other heavy metals from the soil as part of a soil remediation process known as phytoextraction. A recent USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS study conducted by the University of Maryland found that this practice does not harm...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- 'Eco-friendly' computers spare the environment
- WITH computers typically becoming obsolete only a few years after purchase because of constant breakthroughs in technology, a looming problem is what to do with old computers. Unfortunately, the deep innards of computers hold many hazardous materials such as mercury, lead and cadmium. Using computers is not...
- Research articles 2006-08-11
- China finds dangerous heavy metals in fish
- BEIJING AFP — Dangerous levels of heavy metals have been found in a significant proportion of seafood in one of China's major fish-producing areas, prompting officials to warn of the potential harmful impact on human health, media reports said. In a further sign of China's environmental woes, an investigation...
- Research articles 2006-02-16
- New chemical spills threaten water supply for millions in China
- BEIJING AFP — Two major new toxic spills in China have threatened water supplies for millions of residents, officials and state media said, as local governments took emergency measures. In the eastern province of Shandong a 60 kilometer-long (37 mile) diesel oil slick flowing down the Yellow River, China's...
- Research articles 2006-01-08
- Shoddy maintenance work blamed for southern China river pollution
- BEIJING AFP — Shoddy maintenance work at a state-owned smelting works was blamed for a toxic spill that threatens water supplies to southern Chinese cities, state media said. The director of the Shaoguan city smelting works, Zhang Weijian, has been suspended for investigation, said the semi-official China News Service....
- Research articles 2005-12-23
- South China metropolis on alert as toxic slick approaches
- BEIJING AFP — The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou was ordered to prepare to start emergency plans to ensure safe drinking water supplies as a toxic cadmium slick approached the city of 10 million residents. The local Guangdong provincial government issued the order to Guangzhou and neighbouring Foshan city,...
- Research articles 2005-12-21
- China officials say water safe despite chemical
- BEIJING AFP — Chinese officials have played down concerns of a toxic chemical slick floating toward a major city, saying emergency measures and water from other rivers would ensure safe drinking supplies. The cities of Guangzhou, close to Hong Kong, and Foshan had been put on alert over the...
- Research articles 2005-12-22
- PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATION Systematic Study Produces Nanomanufacturing Road Map.
- Christopher Ma and Zhong Wang, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have completed the first systematic study of growth conditions that affect production of one-dimensional nanostructures based on the optoelectronic material cadmium selenide CdSe. Specifically CdSe has been widely studied because of its basis for...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Implications of an Asian Dust Storm on the Gulf of Alaska
- Far-Reaching Effects of Dust Storms on the Trace Metal Supply And the Biological Consequences for the Gulf of Alaska In April 2001, a large dust storm occurred in the Gobi and Takla Makan deserts. The resulting dust cloud traveled east over the Pacific Ocean, extending from the Hawaiian...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Greece slaps ban on drinking water fountains after cadmium scare
- ATHENS AFP — Greek authorities ruled 100,000 drinking water fountains out of service after the discovery of high levels of cadmium, an extremely toxic metal, in several of the appliances. The country's sanitary control authority EFET also asked all owners of fountains to send in water samples for analysis....
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- MEPS WAVE THROUGH REPORT ON HEAVY METALS IN AMBIENT AIR.
- A report by independent Austrian MEP Hans Kronberger dealing with a draft Directive on concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAHs in ambient air (COM(2003)0423 - first reading, co-decision procedure) was adopted by the European Parliament on April 20, during its last...
- Research articles 2004-04-23
- Europe Polarized on NiCad Rechargable Battery Ban
- STRASBOURG, France ENS ? Once considered environmentally friendly replacements for disposable batteries, nickel-cadmium NiCad rechargeable batteries could soon be banned across Europe because they pose an unacceptable environmental risk. The European Parliament confirmed on Tuesday that it wants an EU ban on cadmium in batteries, effectively demanding an end...
- Research articles 2004-04-21
- Ohio Hazwaste Incinerator Fails Emissions Limits
- EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio ENS ? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has imposed interim operating requirements for Von Roll WTI's hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool. The requirements cover seven hazardous air pollutants included in new Clean Air Act regulations. The world's largest hazardous waste incinerator, Von Roll WTI...
- Research articles 2004-04-13
- What a waste: industry gets rid of more and more.
- Sep 15, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency EPA states disposal of industrial waste has increased dramatically in the past year. More than 65,000 tonnes were dumped in 2002, compared with 45,000 tonnes in...
- Research articles 2003-09-15
- Applying biosolids to acid soils in New South Wales: are guideline soil metal limits from other countries appropriate?
- In New South Wales NSW the use of biosolids sewage sludge as a soil amendment has become a major issue for regulatory authorities because of the potential impact of biosolids metal contaminants on agricultural produce. Although guidelines regulating the use of biosolids in other countries are based on extensive data...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- Waste not - Bold Strokes
- Discarded electrical goods will cease to pile up in the European Union, thanks to legislation requiring that all electronics be recycled at the manufacturer's expense. Even though businesses aren't happy about the tough new law and consumers understand that the costs will eventually be passed on to them, the European...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Belleville, Ill.-Area Firm Shuts Down Copper Smelting Plant.
- By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 1--A secret pipeline that sneaked lead, cadmium and zinc oxide into Long Lake for 10 years now has dumped unemployment on about 150 workers at a copper smelting plant near Hartford. ...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- NREL breaks solar-electric record
- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL have broken the record for electricity produced by solar cells made from cadmium telluride. A solar cell's efficiency is calculated as the percentage of available sunlight the device converts into electricity. NREL's recently logged 16.4 percent efficiency...
- Research articles 2001-08-01
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