heavy metals

Filtering toxic hexavalent chromium from waterFiltering toxic hexavalent chromium from water

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

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 StatesCoal Ash Dumps Are Contaminating Groundwater in 22 States

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

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

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
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