Some Smelter Slags Represent A Significant Environmental Hazard
...r base metals containshigher levels of potentially hazardous elements. That is particularly true ofsmelters that were operating at the turn of the century and before, Parsonssays. He has been studying one such site, the Penn Mine in Calaveras County, Calif.that operated intermittently from the early 1860s to t...Science-Based Decision Guide May Be Answer To EPA's Controversial Rule
...tates views its own genetically modified plants as hazardous to people or theenvironment," said R. James Cook, Ph.D., plant scientist and endowed chair inwheat research at Washington State University. "No evidence exists that theseplants produce any hazard, and it is scientifically indefensible to regulatethe...More Research Needed To Reach Green Goals
...ronment: More information about theaccumulationof hazardous metals and chemicals in our society is needed. Which chemicalsshould be allowed?How can we steer human behaviour and lifestyles in a more environmentallyfriendly direction? New ways The Swedish EPA survey of research requirements shows that SEK3m -...BNL Scientists Report On A Natural Cleanup Solution For Polluted Soil & Incinerator Ash
.... "The resulting cleaned soil is much less hazardous and costly to disposeof, and can even be re-used," said A. J. Francis, one of the co-authors andco-inventors of the process. "Since the process separates the metals from theradioactive elements, the problem of mixed toxic-radioactive waste disposal ...Sandia Decontamination Foam May Be Tomorrow's Best First Response In A Chem-Bio Attack
...re based on bleach, chlorinated solvents, or other hazardous or corrosivematerials, Tadros says. And many new and emerging decontaminants are designed towork against only a limited number of either chemical or biological agents. They also are expensive, he says. A new nerve-agent decontaminant made inGermany,...1999 Spring Meeting: Information For Media Representatives
...ndings an importantbreakthrough regarding a major, hazardous plate boundary fault zone. Theearthquake also provided the opportunity to assess a natural hazard threat in adeveloping area. These risks are believed to be in some ways greater in thedeveloping than in the developed world. (Relates to Sessions S42A,...Bacteria That Gorge On Rotting Waste Can Break Down DDT
...lbacteria that feed on organic waste to break down hazardous substances into lessharmful by-products in a process called bioremediation. The soil bacteriaconvert chlorinated pesticides to less toxic by-products by using enzymes knownas dehalogenases to chop out offending chlorine groups. They hope the landowne...Successful 'Green' Solvent Found For Problematic Chemicals
In the search for less hazardous manufacturing solvents, researchers atthe Universities of Notre Dame and Pittsburgh report in the May 6, 1999, issueof Nature a new process to separate problematic chemicals from ionic liquids. It is the vapor pressure of traditional solvents...National Laboratory, National Parks And Forests Leaders Seek To Share Resources
...restsmanagers toured INEEL's fleet maintenance and hazardous materials managementareas. "The parks and forests all have big fleets and waste issues to deal with," saidBeller. "We discussed issues like worker safety, environment, wasteminimization, maintenance shops and fleets, alternative solvents, and snowpl...Media Advisory: 1999 Spring Meeting -- Updated Press Conference Schedule
...ndings an importantbreakthrough regarding a major, hazardous plate boundary fault zone. Theearthquake also provided the opportunity to assess a natural hazard threat in adeveloping area. These risks are believed to be in some ways greater in thedeveloping than in the developed world. (Relates to Sessions S42A,......ed for aircraft de-icing. Eliminating the hazardous solvent from the coatings could also make them easier to use and reduce the amount of equipment and ventilation now required to protect workers, Eckert noted. This could produce cost savings for aircraft operators and others using large...New process converts municipal waste into commodities and fuel
...ned to reduce or eliminate the use orgeneration of hazardous substances. The process developed by Biofine, Inc.,converts cellulosic biomass to levulinic acid, an important building block inthe manufacture of other useful chemicals. "The Biofine technology offers a versatile answer to two of society's mostpres...CU-Boulder to send experiments ranging from ladybugs to water quality on NASA shuttle
...stewater treatments andremediation of biologically hazardous sites to providing safer water forbackpackers," said Klaus. "The key is successfully manipulating the bacteria inthe space testbed under very trying conditions." BioServe also will fly a new device for NIH, NASA Ames and Yale University todetermine ...Universities to compete in second annual autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) competition
...l and dangerousmissions, such as ocean sampling in hazardous or inaccessible locations,undersea warfare and mine countermeasures. "The competition has beendesigned to stimulate and challenge a new generation of engineers to performrealistic missions in the challenging underwater environment," said Dr.Curtin. ...Pinpoint targeting promises improved success in gene therapy for blood and other disorders
...where it was supposed to. There was no potentially hazardous effect onother cells. "We target the parent stem cells because we want the therapy to last fora long time in humans," Wilcox said. "That wouldn't be possible if we justtargeted platelets since a platelet's life span in the bloodstream average...Hurricane Hugo serves as living laboratory for Clemson University forest scientists
...f the damagedwood could be salvaged because of the hazardous working conditions and theextent of the damage. Much of the higher quality wood that would normally beused as construction lumber had to be processed (at a lower value) as pulpwoodbecause of extensive damage to the trunks. Timber prices first dropp...Communications towers killing birds
...at 4 million peryear. Flying will become even more hazardous in the next decade, predicted Albert M.Manville, a biologist from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Office ofMigratory Bird Management in Arlington, Va. He said that television stationsconverting to the digital format in the United States pl...NIEHS urges safety workers to prepare for Y2K false alarms and malfunctions
... the construction trades, thehealth care industry, hazardous materials related fields, and emergency responseactivities. The Y2k awareness materials include a handbook with an overview ofwho and what the Y2K problem could potentially impact, an update of the state ofindividual industries' Y2K compliance, an ou......ing substances will have beenidentified by2005 and hazardous flame retardants will be abolished. The goal of A... be dealt with. Today we know too little about how hazardous thesesubstances are.The proposal is that there will be comprehensive health and environmentalinforma......g pattern may have arisen due to the threadsnakes' hazardous foraging strategy, Kley and Brainerd suggest. When they invadeants' nests to find sufficient food, they have to eat very quickly to avoid being attacked, and even killed, by the large and powerful worker antsguarding the nests. Very little research ...