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AWWA encourages households to identify, eliminate lead pipes, plumbing
As Drinking Water Week continues, the American Water Works Association is encouraging consumers to identify and eliminate lead service lines and lead in home plumbing. Lead presents health concerns for people of all ages, particularly pregnant women, infants and young children. If consumers live in homes where lead is in contact with drinking water, they may be at risk of exposure. A study from ...
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Minneapolis, Hennepin County Will Receive $6.8 Million Grant to Remove Lead
Local officials have received a $6.8 million dollar grant to remove toxic lead paint and other health threats from homes in Minneapolis and elsewhere Hennepin County. A city-county taskforce on childhood lead poisoning prevention secured the funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), explained the local Star Tribune. The taskforce has already reduced the number of ...
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Recycling Lead from Used Batteries Increases Health Risks in Mexico
Increasing numbers of old batteries that Americans recycle are sent to Mexico, where the lead is removed and then re-sold or re-used, according to the New York Times. The recycling process for batteries has become more expensive and complex in the U.S. since the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) instituted new regulations concerning lead pollution, so American companies are sending more ...
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Park Nicollet Health Services and EPA Reach Agreement on Lead Reduction Project
After the Clean Air Act violations at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Park Nicollet Health Services have come to a resolution. According to the EPA, the hospital failed to maintain any records or submit any reports on secretion of their ethylene oxide sterilizers. “Ethylene oxide has been classified by the ...
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Lead Harms Children at Lower Levels than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Experts say that the threshold for diagnosing lead poisoning in children should be lowered in light of new evidence that lead can harm children at lower levels than previously thought. Consequently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may revise its standards in response to a federal advisory committee’s recommendation. According the New York Times, this is the first ...
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Toxic Lead Paint Still a Hazard in Many Buildings across California
Last month, the California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting published a report about lead paints hazards and vulnerable children. The article discusses an ongoing legal case that could require paint companies to pay up to a billion dollars to remove lead-based paints from homes in the state. According to the article, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge has until the end ...
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Providing safe, clean water
In many parts of the world, access to clean drinking water is far from certain. Filtration of large volumes of water, however, is slow and impractical. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have introduced a new water purification method based on magnetic nanoparticles coated with a so-called "ionic liquid" that simultaneously remove organic, inorganic, and microbial contaminants, as well ...
By Wiley
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Funding Cuts Eliminate or Severely Handicap Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs
Funding for the lead poisoning prevention programs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been drastically cut, reports the New York Times. For the 2013 fiscal year, only $2 million is allotted for the greatly needed programs, which previously relied on $29 million to carry out their services. The result will be a major disruption or possible permanent cessation of ...
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MMR Mold Stain Remover Tested by Leading Accredited Laboratory
Several months ago, the manufacturer of MMR mold stain remover had their product put under the microscope. Mold Solutions’ FastMoldRemoval.com subjected MMR mold stain remover to extensive laboratory tests that were conducted by Aerobiology Laboratory Associates, Inc. The purpose for the testing was to determine the effectiveness of MMR. Three different types of fungi were allowed to ...
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Technique for arsenic-free water developed
A novel approach to arsenic removal could lead to a quick and inexpensive purification of drinking water in developing countries. Previous research demonstrated that arsenic can be removed from water using activated carbon or iron minerals, such as magnetite nanocrystals. However, such particles are too small to be effective in flowing water and they quickly degrade when exposed to the ...
By SciDev.Net
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Conducting Wipe Sampling After Lead Abatement
Permanently removing all traces of lead-based paint hazards is a crucial element in the rehabilitation of older buildings, particularly those built prior to 1970. Lead-based paint abatement techniques will be aided by two new ASTM International standards that focus on composite wipe sample preparation for analysis following lead abatement activities in buildings. The new standards are E2913, ...
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Help protect children from environmental risks
October is Children’s Health Month. To heighten awareness about environmental issues impacting children, EPA is providing parents and caregivers simple tips they can use to help protect children in their homes, schools and communities. “As both EPA Administrator and a mother, I understand the importance of protecting our children from environmental threats,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. ...
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Innov-X and Steinert cooperate in meatball extraction technology
WOBURN, MA – April 28th, 2010 –Innov-X Systems and Steinert have entered into an OEM agreement to market a new high speed, x-ray fluorescence-based (XRF) sorting system that will effectively identify and remove copper containing material, such as “meatballs”, from ferrous scrap. This new technology will be a welcome solution for metal recyclers worldwide who have long been challenged by copper ...
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