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A Kansas State University geologist and graduate student are finding that the most important tools in their fieldwork on groundwater arsenic pollution are women and children armed with pamphlets and testing kits."When going into a foreign land, you need the common people's help, support and understanding of the work you are doing," said Saugata Datta, a K-State assistant professor of geology.Datta's research examines arsenic levels in the groundwater in Bangladesh and West Bengal,...

MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventy firms were honored in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's annual list of the fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley. Lighthouse Management Group heads the FastPrivate 2009 rankings as the fastest growing privately held company in Silicon Valley. Rankings are based on percentage of revenue growth from 2006-2008. Lighthouse Management Group, a professional staffing and recruiting firm, grew by over 2000 percent during...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Akros Silicon Inc., a leader in intelligent energy management ICs, will be presenting at Darnell's Digital Power Forum (DPF '09) being held from Sept. 21-23, 2009, in Santa Ana, California. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090921/LA79080LOGO) Standalone power system efficiency is not sufficient to meet the new initiatives for energy conservation and cost management. Intelligent network-based energy management is the next frontier for...

Researchers in Austria say they found wide variations in how people absorb arsenic into their bodies. Study leader Kevin Francesconi of the University of Graz in Austria finds the ability to eliminate arsenic from the body ranging from study participants who eliminated 95 percent of the ingested arsenic to others who eliminated as little as 4 percent. The study, published in Chemical Research in Toxicology, points out standards in many parts of the world -- including areas of the United...

Large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate arsenic from the body, according to a new study that questions existing standards for evaluating the human health risks from the potentially toxic substance. The study found that some people eliminate more than 90 percent of the arsenic consumed in the diet. Others store arsenic in their bodies, where it can have harmful effects. The research, based on the first application of new methods for studying arsenic, is scheduled for the...

DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SUMMARY: Don't try this at home! Blendtec(R), maker of the Total Blender(R), recently tried but failed to crack, cut or crush a piece of boron steel used in the Ford Fiesta (NYSE: F) on its "Will It Blend?" viral video More than 50 percent of the all-new Fiesta's body structure will be made from high-strength and ultra-high-strength steel including boron steel, which helps deliver great fuel economy and low CO2 emissions Not only is boron useful in...

Federal Stimulus Package Funds Will Aid Compliance with U.S. EPA Drinking Water Standards PHOENIX, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Today WIFA (Water Infrastructure Finance Authority) approved the Arizona American Water loan grant application to receive funding from the Federal Stimulus Package Funds. "We congratulate our customers, and thank all the people involved especially Kristin Mayes, Chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission for making this happen," said Joe Gross, Director of...

The ability to mount an immune response to influenza A (H1N1) infection is significantly compromised by a low level of arsenic exposure that commonly occurs through drinking contaminated well water, scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Dartmouth Medical School have found.Joshua Hamilton, the MBL's Chief Academic and Scientific Officer and a senior scientist in the MBL's Bay Paul Center; graduate student Courtney Kozul of Dartmouth Medical School, where the work was...

CHENGDU, China, May 15 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Apollo Solar Energy, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: ASOE; "Apollo Solar Energy" or "the Company"), a leading vertically integrated miner and refiner of tellurium (Te) and high-purity tellurium based metals for specific segments of the global electronic materials market, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Revenue for the first quarter of 2009 increased 21% to $2.3...

CHENGDU, China, May 12 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Apollo Solar Energy, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: ASOE; "Apollo Solar Energy" or "the Company"), a leading vertically integrated miner, refiner and producer of tellurium (Te) and high-purity tellurium based metals for specific segments of the global electronic materials market, today announced that Behre Dolbear Asia, Inc. ("BDASIA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Behre Dolbear & Company, Inc. ("Behre Dolbear") of Denver, CO, issued...