Green roofs may be a source of pollution
Green roofs could become a future source of water pollution, says a new study.
Environment
Nov 12, 2013
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News tagged with lead pollution
Earliest ever evidence of lead pollution found in the Balkans – from 3600 BC
Sometime around 3600 BC, people in the Balkan peninsula reached a major milestone: their mining and metal smelting created enough pollution for us to detect it today. Our research has revealed this was the beginning of the ...
Environment
May 30, 2018
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California's biggest environmental cleanup leaves lead contamination and frustration
California's largest and most expensive environmental cleanup has failed to properly remove lead pollution from some homes and neighborhoods near a notorious battery recycler in southeast Los Angeles County, leaving residents ...
Environment
Feb 20, 2023
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Study of North Atlantic Ocean reveals decline of leaded petrol emissions
A new study of lead pollution in the North Atlantic provides strong evidence that leaded petrol emissions have declined over the past few decades.
Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2016
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Sparrow in a lead mine—birds adapt to life in contaminated areas
A new study of house sparrows' genes has found the first evidence of animals adapting to lead contamination in heavily polluted areas of Australia.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2018
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'Polluted' babies, millions dead: Scientists sound alarm on global pollution
By many measures, modern science has greatly improved the American way of life. Advances in chemistry and other technologies over the past century have made food more affordable and transportation more convenient and paved ...
Environment
May 18, 2022
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Study expands what we know about natural, low-cost ways to remove pollutants from water
Newly published research by a Dickinson College chemistry professor is advancing what we know about the power of fruit and vegetable peels to remove pollutants, such as dyes and heavy metals, from water. Cindy Samet, professor ...
Other
Aug 1, 2018
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The first assessment of toxic heavy metal pollution in the Southern Hemisphere over the last 2,000 years
Human activity, from burning fossil fuels and fireplaces to the contaminated dust produced by mining, alters Earth's atmosphere in countless ways. Records of these impacts over time are preserved in everlasting polar ice ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2024
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Excess heavy metals in 10% of China's land: report
About 10 percent of China's farmland contains excessive levels of heavy metals due to contaminated water and poisonous waste seeping into the soil, state media said Monday, citing a government survey.
Environment
Nov 7, 2011
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Lead isotopes yield clues to how Asian air pollution reaches California
About a third of the airborne lead particles recently collected at two sites in the San Francisco Bay Area came from Asia, a finding that underscores the far-flung impacts of air pollution and heralds a new way to learn more ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2010
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