News tagged with caustic chemicals
Breaking Up Can Be Hard
Laura Townsend '10 eases a soggy lump of concrete out from what looks like a gigantic pizza oven. "Come on, whoa! -- This bad boy is going to fall apart," she says as she inspects the pebbly mass and then ...
May 05, 2010 |
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A fabric with green sheen: Fast-growing bamboo offers more eco-friendly cloth
Anne Kai, of Lacey, Wash., owns a small, hand-dyed fabric business with an environmental slant.
Mar 02, 2009 |
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From waste to water: Study examines solution to red mud problem
Scientists at the University of Glasgow are working to turn a toxic industrial waste product into a material which can be used to treat contaminated water.
May 21, 2012 |
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From oil spill to toxic waste: The polymer solution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last October, a containment dam belonging to a Hungarian alumina manufacturer collapsed after heavy rains, releasing 200 million gallons of caustic sludge. Eight people died in the flood of ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Inhaling 'Red Mud Disaster' dust may not be as harmful to health as feared
Scientists in Hungary are reporting that the potential health effects of last October's Red Mud Disaster, one of the worst environmental accidents in Europe, may be less dangerous than previously feared. Their ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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University of Minnesota licenses sensor technology to a startup
United Science, a Minnesota startup company, has licensed sensor technology developed at the University of Minnesota that could prevent toxic byproducts of mining and other industries from ending up in the environment and ...
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Catastrophe in Hungary was avoidable: researcher
In Hungary, as in many parts of the world, toxic bauxite sludges created during aluminium production are stored in the open air. Prolonged rainfall probably pushed the collection pond to its limits. The dam ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Officials: wall of Hungary sludge lake will fall
(AP) -- The wall of a reservoir filled with caustic red sludge will inevitably collapse and unleash a new deluge of red sludge that could flow about a half-mile (1 kilometer) to the north, a Hungarian official ...
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Crews struggle to clear toxic Hungary sludge flood
(AP) -- There was no stopping the avalanche of toxic red sludge when it rammed into Kati Holtzer's home: It smashed through the main door and trapped the woman and her 3-year-old boy in a churning sea of ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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EU to Hungary: Don't let toxic sludge hit Danube
(AP) -- Hungary opened a criminal probe into the toxic sludge flood Wednesday and the European Union urged emergency authorities to do everything they can to keep the contaminated slurry from reaching the D ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Toy recall, report signal small-battery dangers
(AP) -- Swallowing button batteries can be fatal or cause serious harm, and research suggests that severe injuries in children, though relatively scarce, are on the rise.
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic
(AP) -- A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 02, 2010 |
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