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An international conference at the University of Haifa has called attention to the dangers of exposure to light at night. “The most important thing for us is to raise awareness of the dangers of artificial light at night and we have already come a long way now that the American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced its new policy recognizing adverse health effects of exposure to light at night and encouraging further research into the matter,” said Prof. Abraham Haim, a leading...
SYMBOL OTCBB: PIEX NEWPORT BEACH, CA, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - IBA Green, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Exploration Inc. (PIEX) announces it has confirmed through independent third party testing that it has successfully developed a process to treat toxic incinerator bottom ash (IBA) to meet acceptable Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. IBA is the residue from burning coal or solid waste in order to generate electric power. Proposed EPA...
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IQAir (www.iqair.com), the technology leader in high-performance air purification, today introduced its New Edition room air purifiers. This is IQAir's most significant upgrade yet to its line of residential high-performance air purifiers. The New Edition offers three advancements: Up to 25 percent more clean air, Up to 38 percent longer filter life, And 32% quieter - a new level of quietness never before achieved in...
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), BCEG Environmental Remediation Co., Ltd. (BCEER), and BRISEA Group, Inc., have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market cost-effective, environmentally friendly products for soil and groundwater remediation in China. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111101/NE97440LOGO) By combining BCEER's leading position in China's remediation market and BRISEA's...
NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A comprehensive array of news, market analysis and pricing is now available to the burgeoning biofuels sector through three new products from Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a premier source of benchmark price references. "Platts has been covering biofuels for more than a decade in a variety of our publications," said Leon Yeo, Platts general manager of petrochemicals, "but given the...
ScienceAlerts.com is a new social network featuring the latest information in the basic and applied sciences of biology, agriculture, environment, forestry, geography and health. The members of this new website monitor 5,509 journals publishing in these fields and alert visitors in real-time through topic-specific site content and RSS feeds. The latest addition to this website is the Health Sciences Category with more than 414,000 articles selected from over 3,500 scientific health...
Children who are exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were commonly used in a range of industrial products, could be at risk of an increase in asthma symptoms, according to new research. The study will be presented in a poster discussion this week (Sunday 2 September 2012) at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna. PCBs were regularly used between 1930s and 1970s in a range of electrical equipment, lubricants and paint additives. They were eventually...
"Plastic Ocean" author launches Pacific Rim tour to discuss latest science about plastic pollution in the ocean, including recent research on tsunami debris Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) September 02, 2012 In association with Algalita Marine Research Institute, Captain Charles Moore prepares for the first in a series of presentations and dialogue meetings titled The Plastic Pollution Conversation, to be held at locations across the Pacific Rim, beginning September 8 in Tokyo. The Tour...
SANFORD, Fla., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MaxWest Environmental Systems (www.maxwestenergy.com) today announced the mechanical completion and successful start-up of its second generation gasification technology, the MaxWest Biosolids Gasification System. MaxWest is a biosolids management and renewable energy company with a commercial process to convert wastewater residuals ("biosolids") into clean energy, creating long-term, sustainable solutions for municipal and commercial...
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Environment Inc. has completed the Environmental Claim Validation process for CertainTeed's AirRenew(®) Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Gypsum Board products. Specifically, UL Environment confirmed four product claims: permanent formaldehyde absorption capacity, mold resistance, recycled content, and regional materials. The Environmental Claim Validations apply to AirRenew, AirRenew Extreme Abuse, and AirRenew Extreme Impact IAQ Gypsum Boards....
Latest Pollution Reference Libraries
Acid rain is any form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that is possesses high levels of hydrogen ions. It can have harmful effects on aquatic animals, plants, and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules within the atmosphere to produce acids. Nitrogen oxides can be produced naturally by lightening strikes. Sulfur dioxide can be produced naturally by volcanic eruptions. The chemicals that are...
Water pollution is the contamination of bodies of water including rivers, oceans, lakes, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution is when pollutants are discharged directly or indirectly into a body of water without adequate treatment to remove harmful compounds. Water pollution affects the plants and organisms that reside in these bodies of water. In almost all of the cases the effect is damaging not only to individual species and populations, but to the natural biological communities as...
Today's soil contamination is a direct result of man-made chemicals or other changes in nature's soil environment. This contamination most commonly occurs from underground storage tanks bursting, use of pesticides, discarding oil and fuel illegally, leakage of dirty surface water, draining of wastes from landfalls and knowingly dumping industrial wastes into the soil. The most widespread chemicals found are petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, common pesticides, lead and additional heavy metals....
Arctic haze is a phenomenon that occurs in the atmosphere at high latitudes in the Arctic due to air pollution. What distinguishes Arctic haze from haze found elsewhere, is the ability of its chemical ingredients to endure in the atmosphere for a longer period of time compared to other pollutants. Due to limited snowfall, rain, or turbulent air to displace pollutants from the polar air in the spring, Arctic haze can continue for more than a month in the northern atmosphere. Arctic haze...
