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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 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.
Chemistry World April 23, 2008 Victoria Gill	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 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Standards Measurements of potentially dangerous amounts of arsenic in rice show food regulations in the EU and US are outdated and lag far behind the stricter controls on arsenic in water, say UK chemists.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 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 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.
Reactive Reports Issue 60 David Bradley	Fried Rust Could Prevent Arsenic Poisoning Arsenic-contaminated drinking water, could one day become a thing of the past thanks to the unexpected discovery of the magnetic properties of rusty nanoparticles.
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 August 2005 Michael C. Wilson	Geomedia Movies: I.D. screen times at the Smithsonian... Books: Dancing with giants: A review of the Last Giant of Beringia... Maps: Mapping a transportation hub in Alabama... etc.
Chemistry World January 28, 2009 Nina Notman	Iron helps oceans capture more carbon A team of international scientists studying the role of iron in the storage of carbon under the ocean have confirmed that natural iron fertilisation increases the rate of carbon capture.
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Anisha Ratan	Phone camera checks water for arsenic UK scientists have developed a mobile phone-based system to help people avoid drinking water contaminated with arsenic.
Geotimes July 2005 Megan Sever	Carbon Leaching Out of Siberian Peat New research is showing that as temperatures rise across the Arctic, carbon once locked up in permafrost soils may begin escaping into the area's waterways.
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.
Mother Jones May/Jun 2001 Bill McKibben	An Alternative to Progress Bangladesh, despite all its problems, holds the promise of a kind of self-sufficiency not imagined at the World Bank...
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 Gene G. Marcial	At Ziopharm, Arsenic Is Not So Toxic Ziopharm uses arsenic that is organic. It's stock is rated a buy.
Chemistry World April 7, 2013 Laura Howes	Beer filtration could add arsenic Researchers at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have found that the material used to filter beers might add arsenic at the same time as it removes yeast.
Science News March 5, 2005	What's in the Dirt? The U.S. Geological Survey offers a database of more than 60,000 chemical analyses of stream sediment and soil in different parts of the United States.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Sandra Upson	Loser: Algae Bloom Climate-Change Scheme Doomed Planktos's ploy to combat global warming by sequestering carbon in the oceans holds no water.
Geotimes October 2005 Megan Sever	Carbon's Complicated River Ride Researchers recently found that carbon moves from the atmosphere, through trees, soil and water, and back into the atmosphere in fewer than five years, indicating that the landscape is not providing as much long-term storage of carbon dioxide as hoped.
Chemistry World February 21, 2014	Chemists on a mission Chemists can, and do, find solutions to humanitarian challenges -- hunger, poverty, pollution, disease -- sometimes using off-the-shelf chemistry that has not been considered for humanitarian issues, or by developing new chemistry.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Arsenic-Eating Fern Researchers at Edenspace Systems, a leader in phytoextraction -- using plants to extract poisonous chemicals, such as arsenic, lead, and uranium from the soil -- have found a plant that loves sucking arsenic out of the soil.
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.
Chemistry World February 29, 2012 Elinor Richards	Can arsenic bind to bacterial DNA? Scientists from the US and China say that arsenic substituted DNA may be more stable than first thought.
Chemistry World August 13, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Environment agency accident releases toxic mine waste into US rivers The US Environmental Protection Agency's botched investigation of an abandoned mine in Colorado has led to more than 11 million liters of water contaminated with metals entering major US waterways.
Geotimes May 2006 Avner Vengosh	Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater Given the continuous degradation of the quality of groundwater in many aquifers worldwide, and the increasing demand for using alternative water resources, the radioactivity factor may be more important than is realized.
Science News November 3, 2008 Janet Raloff	From Aerators To Rust -- New Lead Risks Aerators cap the ends of most drinking-water faucets. Unless you're cleaning them out regularly, you might be developing a toxic mini gravel field that your drinking water passes through.
Geotimes July 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ancient Ocean Burps A sediment core extracted from the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Calif., indicates two "burps" of carbon dioxide were once released from a deep, stagnant part of the ocean.
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Wendy Wolfson	Safe Water World CDC scientists, simple technology, and a splash of advertising acumen deliver pure water to developing nations. Epidemiologists at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) blend technology with marketing to make drinking water safe. It could save millions of lives.
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Chemistry World August 15, 2008	Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Rewrite Photosynthesis Rules Bacteria that photosynthesise using compounds of arsenic, rather than water, have been discovered in Mono Lake, California.
Geotimes October 2006 Megan Sever	Giving Carbon a Deep-Sea Burial While many people are calling for an immediate reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, others are looking toward ways to dispose of the excess carbon dioxide. Burying the gas in sediments below the ocean could be a potential solution
Chemistry World April 8, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Arsenic anticancer target revealed Researchers from China and France believe they have uncovered the molecular mechanism by which arsenic trioxide kills certain cancer cells.
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Philip Ball	Dial chem for murder The public fascination with poisoning investigations, and the science that supports them, is explored in a new exhibition Forensics: the anatomy of crime at the Wellcome Collection in London, UK.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel	Turn Smog Into Money This new exchange-traded investment lets you profit from carbon credits.
AskMen.com Jen Janzen	Organic Food Primer These days, you can buy almost everything in organic form, from the cotton in your T-shirts to the spinach in your fridge. Read our organic food primer to learn about the benefits of going organic and how easy it can be to incorporate it into your life.
Science News November 3, 2001 Janet Raloff	Bottled Water for All? U.S. households are water hogs. Responding to statistics showing that just two percent of tap water usage goes towards eating and drinking, some researchers say Americans should use less highly-treated water for bathing, washing, and watering their lawns...
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Foster, Hoe & Johnson	Learning From Katrina: Pearlington, Miss., Struggles to Rebuild A small town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast must revamp its water system in the wake of Hurricane Katrina