March 20, 2009
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter March 20, 2009 |
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EPA target agrees to soil testing
The US Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreement with Emhart Industries to conduct soil testing and other investigation work at a portion of the proposed B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County, Calif. This agreement follows negotiations that began after the EPA notified Emhart Industries in March 2008 that it may be responsible for the contamination. Other companies that EPA believes may be responsible are Goodrich Corporation and Pyro Spectaculars. “We appreciate Emhart`s willingness to cooperate with the EPA and conduct additional investigation work at the site,” said ... |
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Common soil bacteria could clean up nuclear contamination
Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that “inhale” toxic metals and “exhale” them in a non-toxic form. The bacteria might one day be used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from nuclear weapons production decades ago. Using a unique combination of microscopes, researchers at Ohio State University and their colleagues were able to glimpse how the Shewanella oneidensis bacterium breaks down metal to chemically extract oxygen. The study, published online this week in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, provides the first evidence that Shewanella maneuvers proteins ... |
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