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April 23, 2008
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Global fluoride and arsenic contamination of water mapped Swiss researchers have mapped the levels of arsenic and fluoride in groundwater throughout the world.   |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2006
Maria Burke |
Sourcing Bangladesh's Arsenic Arsenic contaminates millions of people's drinking water in West Bengal and Bangladesh, but scientists now think they might have figured out how the toxic element gets into the water in the first place. |
Geotimes
August 2004 |
Geomedia Geologic Wonders... Book Reviews: Geology and Health: Closing the Gap... Desert Heat -- Volcanic Fire... The Winelands of Britain: Past, Present, and Prospective... Terroir: The Role of Geology, Climate, and Culture in the Making of French Wines... etc. |
Geotimes
February 2006
Megan Sever |
Arsenic Leaching Into Water From Soil Researchers suggest that the rivers that drain the mountains are still bringing in the arsenic and depositing it throughout Bangladesh during annual floods. During the dry period, the arsenic would be drawn down to the aquifer, thus replenishing the aquifer's arsenic levels. |
Chemistry World
October 11, 2011
David Bradley |
Hope for Arsenic Free Water From Deep Underground Researchers have found that arsenic adsorption by sediments could help prevent the salts intruding into groundwater more than 150 meters deep. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Jon L. Rau |
Teaching Urban Geology From the Bottom Up Middle- and High School-level textbooks do not contain sufficient geological data to illustrate interesting problems and natural hazards that are related to local geological urban settings, thus forcing teachers to do their own research. |
Geotimes
December 2003 |
Geomedia On the Shelf for the Holidays... Books for the western traveler... |
Geotimes
March 2004
E-an Zen |
The Marriage of Geology and Philosophy This slim volume deals with the public role of earth science in contemporary society. What it has to say should concern not only public-minded earth scientists and those engaged in policy-making, but those who care about the relations between science and the humanities |
Chemistry World
November 30, 2009
Lewis Brindley |
Colour change test for arsenic US researchers have developed a test to quickly and accurately measure arsenic levels in drinking water down to very low concentrations. |
Chemistry World
March 4, 2013
David Bradley |
Microbial mobilization may offer arsenic solution Contamination of groundwater by naturally occurring arsenic salts has been an insidious environmental problem affecting millions of people across the Indian sub-continent for decades. |
Geotimes
October 2004
Ron Kind |
Geologic Mapping for the Future Recognizing the diverse roles mapping plays in society, Congress recently voted to reauthorize the National Geologic Mapping Act. |
Geotimes
November 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: The Fossils of Florissant... Areal mapping applications... |
Chemistry World
December 3, 2010
Mike Brown |
Arsenic sustains life A microorganism that uses the toxic element arsenic instead of essential nutrient phosphorus to sustain growth and life has been discovered by US researchers and could help us understand how life on Earth evolved. |
American Journal of Nursing
November 2005
Stephanie Chalupka |
Tainted Water on Tap A description of selected water contaminants and their known health effects as well as which populations are more vulnerable. An outline of assessment and nurses' roles in patient education and as community advocates for safer drinking water. |
Geotimes
December 2003
Hatheway et al. |
Applied Geology in Service of the Public Welfare Engineering geologists play a crucial role in providing geological information to the public. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Rice Studies Highlight Inconsistent Arsenic Standards Measurements of potentially dangerous amounts of arsenic in rice show food regulations in the EU and US are outdated and lag far behind the stricter controls on arsenic in water, say UK chemists. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2011
Emma Shiells |
Eliminating arsenic from drinking water An iron-rich, porous material can remove arsenic from drinking water in under two hours, say Chinese scientists. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Fred Schwab |
Does Geology Kill You? We must become "medicinal geologists." Ignorance of geology, not geology itself, can make you sick. We must learn about the relationship between geology and human health. |
Geotimes
June 2005 |
Geomedia Selling Extreme Life on the Extreme Screen... Books: Earth: An Intimate History... On the Shelf: Climate Change Picks from Kim Stanley Robinson... Maps: New View of North America... etc. |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2012
Andrew Shore |
Groundwater arsenic detector Groundwater contaminated with arsenic has led to an epidemic of arsenic poisoning in parts of Bangladesh and India. Scientists in China have developed a sensor to detect arsenic quickly and accurately in water. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Randall Orndorff |
Mapping Colorado Currently, only 24 percent of Colorado's spectacular geology has been mapped at the fine scale of 1:24,000. At the same time, the state hosts many geologic hazards. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Geomedia Ten years of mapping Utah... |
