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Climate change could worsen effects of pollution on plants
Emissions from large point sources of pollution, such as heavy industry, have a detrimental effect on the plants growing in the local area. A new study suggests that predicted increases in global temperatures as a result of climate change may worsen the harmful effects of aerial pollution on plant diversity in susceptible areas. Researchers from Finland examined the effects of local, severe ...
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Mapping human health risk in urban environments
A new study demonstrates how mapping software can be used to analyse data on heavy metal soil pollution in an urban environment. The researchers incorporated land use information to gain realistic estimates of potential risks to human health that could help inform land use planning. Human activities, including industrial manufacturing and road travel, contaminate the soil with heavy metals such ...
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EPA completes cleanup of mine waste in Superior, Montana
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the completed cleanup of contaminated mining waste within the town of Superior that began on September 8, 2013. As part of this project, mining waste containing heavy metals including antimony, lead and arsenic that exceeded human health thresholds was removed from 38 residential properties and the Mineral County Airport and placed at ...
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EPA releases plan for next phase of cleanup at radiation technology site in rockaway, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan for the next phase of cleanup work at the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The 263-acre site was used for testing and developing rocket motors and developing propellants. Ground water at the site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds, a group of chemicals that can have serious ...
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A versatile XRF spectrometer for demanding applications
The versatility and performance of the SPECTRO XEPOS Energy Dispersive X-ray spectrometer have made it the most powerful instrument in its class. This compact bench-top unit rapidly determines elements from Sodium to Uranium in samples as diverse as waste oils, minerals and contaminated land, yet with the lowest detection limits of any bench-top XRF. For many applications it easily competes with ...
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EPA Selects West Virginia Communities for New Brownfields Investments
Several West Virginia communities will share in a nationwide total of $67 million in brownfields funding announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties. In West Virginia, five grants totaling $1 million will help communities conduct environmental assessments of properties, review cleanup options, and initiate cleanup at ...
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Soil washing - a suitable pretreatment process for vacuum distillation during soil remediation
Soil washing and vacuum distillation are two different methods used for soil remediation. It is because of their differences that they compliment each other where large volumes of contaminated soil need to be remediated in short time. Soil washing is a chemical-physical process which is commonly used for soil contaminated with heavy metal, mineral oil, tar and other organic pollutants. Soil ...
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Texaco Begins Soil Cleanup, Additional Groundwater Work at Ventura County Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that work will begin this week to address soil contamination at the Pacific Pipeline Superfund Site located in Fillmore, CA. Additional groundwater work will begin in early 2014. This work, estimated to cost more than $8 million, is part of a recent settlement with Texaco Inc., a Chevron subsidiary. Texaco, under EPA’s supervision, will ...
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Texaco Begins Soil Cleanup, Additional Groundwater Work at Ventura County Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that work will begin this week to address soil contamination at the Pacific Pipeline Superfund Site located in Fillmore, CA. Additional groundwater work will begin in early 2014. This work, estimated to cost more than $8 million, is part of a recent settlement with Texaco Inc., a Chevron subsidiary. Texaco, under EPA’s supervision, will ...
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Implications of sewage sludge
Sewage sludge has been widely applied to agricultural lands to enhance soil fertility due to its high organic matter and nutrient content. It has been considered as an economically and environmentally sound disposal alternative to landfills and incineration. However, one of the concerns of continued application of sewage sludge is the increased amounts of heavy metals deposited into the soil. ...
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HDXRF approved for elemental analysis of soil and solid waste by new method – ASTM D8064-16
Newly published ASTM D8064-16 standard test method has been approved for the quantification of heavy metal elements in soil and solid waste by monochromatic Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry using multiple monochromatic excitation beams – also known as High-Definition X-ray Fluorescence (HDXRF). With a growing global demand for soil remediation and treatment, this ...
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New (2007) Uranium Analyser
Since the Chernobyl disaster, the awareness of the health hazard of Uranium is reflected in the call for close monitoring of contamination of land and water as well as urine checks of people in high contamination risk areas, atomic energy work places and close by habitations. Global Warming and toxins’ contamination of much of our planet have been increasingly present in the news and ...
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Lead Management for Firing Ranges Webinar
TDJ is offering a FREE webinar with guest speaker Mike Carney on:Lead Management for Firing RangesTuesday Dec 17th 2019 at 10:00 AM CST. Topics will cover: Firing Range Design Parameters for Effective Lead Management Managing Lead Environmental Impact at Operating Ranges Site Specific Considerations for Operating and Closed Facilities Register Here Blastox® 215 is used for ...
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Mexico `fails` to enforce environmental law over contaminated electronics site
On 22 February, the Instituto de Derecho Ambiental, Colonia Jardines del Sol and Colonos de Bosques de San Isidro (the 'Submitters') filed a submission with the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) asserting that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in connection with a contaminated site located in Zapopan, Jalisco, on which construction of ...
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Alfa Chemistry: Refined Environmental Governance Products and Solutions for a Healthier Environment and Life
With the ever-increasing environmental concerns worldwide, Alfa Chemistry has taken a proactive and innovative approach towards minimizing the ecological impact of industries. Its newly introduced products and solutions for environmental management cover a wide range of sectors, including the power industry, petrochemical industry, textile & dyeing industry, pulp & paper industry, oil ...
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EPA, DOJ and Indiana reach proposed $14 million settlement on Westville, superfund site
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, U.S. Department of Justice, Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Office of the Indiana Attorney General have reached a proposed settlement with a group of 13 potentially responsible parties who will pay for and complete the final phase of cleanup at the Cam-Or Superfund site in Westville, Ind. The group will provide $12 million to ...
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EPA Proposes Mass. Hazardous Waste Site to Superfund’s National Priorities List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a Franklin, Mass. hazardous waste site to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and converts them into productive local resources by ...
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ASTM C1571 - 03(2012) Standard Guide for Characterization of Radioactive and/or Hazardous Wastes for Thermal Treatment
This guide identifies methods to determine the physical and chemical characteristics of a variety of hazardous and/or radioactive wastes including heavy metal contaminated wastes. These wastes can be in the physical form of sludges (wet or dry), spent waste water filter aids, waste water filter cakes, incinerator ashes (wet or dry), incinerator ...
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Handheld XRF Available for Environmental Testing
Eastern Applied Research, Inc is pleased to announce the addition of handheld x-ray fluorescence technology to the various lines of ED-XRF analyzers offered. Oxford Instruments has selected Eastern Applied to act as a distributor of its portable XRF analyzers throughout the North East of theUnited States. With over twenty years of experience in sales and service of x-ray fluorescence ...
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EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck and Congressmember Rodney Frelinghuysen Announce System to Treat Contaminated Ground Water at Rockaway Borough, NJ Superfund Site; Tour Six Superfund Sites in Morris and Essex Counties
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck and Congressional Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen today announced the completion of a system to treat contaminated ground water at the Rockaway Borough Wellfield Superfund site in Rockaway Borough, New Jersey. The officials were in Morris and Essex Counties to review and assess progress on Superfund cleanups at six ...
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