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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.   |
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
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Chemistry World
July 2011
Philip Ball |
Column: The Crucible How principled was William Morris? |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
U.S. CPSC
November 4, 2003 |
CPSC Denies Petition to Ban CCA Pressure-Treated Wood Playground Equipment The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously today to deny a petition to ban the use of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) pressure-treated wood in playground equipment. |
Reason
February 2007
Ronald Bailey |
Snap, Crackle, Poison? G.M. rice scare -- The rice flap isn't deadly, but it does demonstrate a need for reform in the inefficient way genetically enhanced crop varieties are approved internationally. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
June 11, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Common Cancer-Causing Substances Find out about the most common cancer-causing agents (both artificial and natural), and how to decrease your risk of developing it... |
Chemistry World
January 10, 2013
Laura Howes |
Golden rice trial breached ethical guidelines Golden rice, the -carotene boosted genetically modified rice, which it is hoped will help to prevent cases of childhood blindness, has suffered another setback. Chinese researchers were judged to have breached ethical guidelines when they ran a trial in which children were fed the GM rice. |
Prepared Foods
June 1, 2005
J. Hugh McEvoy (Chef J) |
Ingredient Challenges: The Chef's Edge: Rice and Pasta: Grains Flavored with Flair With low-carb diets no longer in vogue, carbohydrate-rich products are resuming their rightful place on American menus. Across America, upscale diners are ordering risotto, paella (gourmet rice dishes) and pasta entrees of all kinds. |
Geotimes
August 2007
Megan Sever |
Genetic Discovery Yields Stronger Plants Researchers have discovered a gene in a variety of rice that allows rice plants to grow better in low-nutrient conditions and may in fact actually enhance plant growth. |
Chemistry World
August 12, 2013
Andy Extance |
US chemical exposure bears income imprint Concentrations of 18 potentially harmful chemicals in US citizens' blood and urine are linked to income: half to being poorer and, surprisingly, half to being richer. |
