News tagged with environmental risk assessment
'Iron' fist proposed for Miami's giant snail problem
Huge, slimy snails from Africa have overrun a Miami-area town and the US government said Tuesday a potent pesticide is the best way to get rid of their exploding numbers.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Industrial solvent TCE even more dangerous to people
One of the most widespread groundwater contaminants in the nation is more dangerous to humans than earlier thought, a federal agency has determined, in a decision that could raise the cost of cleanups nationwide, including ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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WWII shipwrecks could threaten US coast
On the evening of Feb. 2, 1942, an unarmed tanker with 66,000 barrels of crude oil on board was steaming in the Atlantic, about 90 miles off Ocean City, Md. Without warning, it was struck by German torpedoes. The attack set ...
Jul 17, 2011 |
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Tracking groundwater pollution to its source
Computer algorithms might be useful in identifying sources of groundwater pollution, according to researchers in Australia and India. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management they explain how no ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Canadian researchers set to study impact of nanomaterials on aquatic ecosystems
A team of Canadian scientists and engineers, led by the University of Alberta and the National Research Council of Canada, will collaborate on a $3.39 million, three-year study to assess the potential effects of nanoparticles ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Simulating pharmaceutical and personal care product transport
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) carried in biosolids (i.e., treated sewage sludge) may reach surface waters or groundwater when these materials are applied as fertilizer to agricultural land. During the ...
May 19, 2009 |
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