News articles tagged with 'contaminant'
The dark side of spring? Pollution in our melting snow
— 29 Mar 2011 15:58 | EnvironmentWith birds chirping and temperatures warming, spring is finally in the air. But for University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) environmental chemist Torsten Meyer, springtime has a dark…
Social class makes no difference to water contamination risk
— 16 Mar 2011 13:06 | EnvironmentWealthy, well educated people who choose to drink bottled water rather than water from public supplies may be no less exposed to potentially cancer-causing water contaminants, according…
Pollution triggers genetic resistance mechanism in a coastal fish
— 18 Feb 2011 17:53 | EnvironmentFor 30 years, two General Electric facilities released about 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into New York's Hudson River, devastating and contaminating fish…
First crustacean genome is sequenced
— 4 Feb 2011 15:43 | BiologyThe ubiquitous freshwater 'water flea,' Daphnia pulex, may be too small to see, but it has amply proven its value as an 'sentinel species' for the presence of toxins and pollutants…
'Air laser' may sniff bombs, pollutants from a distance
— 29 Jan 2011 18:10 | EnvironmentPrinceton University engineers have developed a new laser sensing technology that may allow soldiers to detect hidden bombs from a distance and scientists to better measure airborne…
Trapped sunlight cleans water
— 11 Jan 2011 17:50 | PhysicsHigh energy costs are one drawback of making clean water from waste effluents. According to an article in the journal Biomicrofluidics, which is published by the American Institute…
Duke scientists look deeper for coal ash hazards
— 30 Nov 2010 21:45 | EnvironmentAs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weighs whether to define coal ash as hazardous waste, a Duke University study identifies new monitoring protocols and insights that can help…
Leaking underground CO2 storage could contaminate drinking water
— 12 Nov 2010 14:57 | EnvironmentLeaks from carbon dioxide injected deep underground to help fight climate change could bubble up into drinking water aquifers near the surface, driving up levels of contaminants in…
Exposure of humans to cosmetic UV filters is widespread
— 3 Nov 2010 12:11 | HealthAn investigation conducted in the context of the Swiss National Research Programme (NRP50), Endocrine Disrupters: Relevance to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems, demonstrates for the first…
Noise and chemicals: Workers are losing their hearing
— 29 Sep 2010 16:20 | HealthA study carried out by Spanish researchers has shown that the presence of chemical contaminants can interact with noise and modify, for good or for bad, the way in which work-related…