heavy metals

Filtering toxic hexavalent chromium from water

Photo credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL Hexavalent chromium continues to contaminate water sources around the world, with one US company…

5 years ago

Green water-purification system works without heavy metals or corrosive chemicals

This photo shows a concentrator where samples were placed. Credit: Dan Wang Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE)…

6 years ago

Coal Ash Dumps Are Contaminating Groundwater in 22 States

Coal ash located at the Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Virginia, appears in a photo taken on June 26,…

6 years ago

The EPA can’t wait to reopen the mine that poisoned North Idaho

Photo: Tubbs Hill on Lake Coeur d'Alene. - Kyle Johnson for Bloomberg Businessweek The Bunker Hill Mine deposited 75 million…

6 years ago

There’s plastic in your tap water, beer, and table salt

Photo: An albatross that has succumbed to starvation due to overconsumption of plastic particles. Chris Jordan via Ars Electronica on…

6 years ago