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Johnson Matthey Inc. today announced an agreement with the U.S. government, resolving virtually all government claims of alleged environmental violations at Johnson Matthey's Salt Lake City gold and silver refining facility. The case, which centered on claims by the government that Johnson Matthey had violated environmental laws during 2000 to 2002 regarding certain wastewater treatment activities involving selenium released into waste water, was disputed by Johnson Matthey. The...

Anyone interested in weighing in on changes to water-quality standards that will impact the Great Salt Lake is invited to a public meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m., at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, 168 N. 1950 West, Salt Lake City. One focus of discussion so far has been selenium's impact on the lake's habitat. Selenium is a naturally occurring mineral, but it can show up in ecosystems at higher levels due to industrial activity. At high enough levels, it can impact the...

By Ken Ward Jr. The Manchin administration approved a new Hobet Mining permit that does not include limits on the mine's discharge of selenium, a pollutant that a top expert says is already pushing the Mud River watershed "to the brink of a major toxic event." Environmental groups alleged Thursday that the permit, approved in May 2007, violates a federally approved plan aimed at cleaning up selenium problems in the Guyandotte River and tributaries including the Mud. In a letter, lawyers...

By Ken Ward Jr. A federal judge has sealed from public view documents about a coal company's efforts to clean up selenium pollution from a mountaintop removal mine in Logan County. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers last week granted Apogee Coal Co.'s motion to file the documents under seal. Chambers sealed four documents containing reports from consulting firms that Apogee is considering hiring to design or install selenium treatment equipment at its mining operation. A three-page...

By Ken Ward Jr. Staff writer Hobet Mining Inc. will pay a nearly $1.5 million fine to resolve a lawsuit by state regulators over repeated selenium water-quality violations from its sprawling mountaintop removal operations along the Lincoln-Boone county line. Hobet also will give the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection $500,000 worth of rocks, perform two studies of selenium impacts, and get credit for $1.5 million in supplemental environmental protections, for installing...

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Chemicals industry industry is available in its catalogue. World Selenium Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p090610/World-Selenium-Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Selenium in Metric Tons. The specific end-use segments analyzed are Glass Manufacturing, Metallurgy, Chemicals, Electronics, Pigments, and Others including Agricultural Feeds. The report provides separate comprehensive...

Novel University of Leicester research uses ingredient found in dandruff shampoos to monitor oxygen levels in oceansScientists at the University of Leicester are using an ingredient found in common shampoos to investigate how the oxygen content of the oceans has changed over geologically recent time.The same ingredient, which was also used to fight off alien invaders in the film "Evolution", is a widely available dietary supplement used by many people.The ingredient, selenium, is an...

ABERDEEN, S.D. - South Dakota State University researchers are looking for ways to increase the amount of the trace mineral selenium in flour.Flour that is high in selenium could create a market for farmers along the Missouri River, where the selenium content is high, said Padmanaban Krishnan, a cereal chemist at SDSU's Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality.Krishnan has been studying ways to increase the selenium content in flour for two years. It involves milling...

Quinnova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the commercial launch of its second, water-lipid based foam prescription drug product utilizing the patented Proderm TechnologyTM. TERSI FOAM™, containing 2.25 percent selenium sulfide as its active ingredient, provides physicians and patients with the first foam, leave-on selenium sulfide therapy for the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis and tinea versicolor of the skin. "TERSI FOAM's cosmetically elegant, leave-on therapy and the...

CHICAGO -- Antioxidant vitamins, including A, E and C, don't help you live longer, according to an analysis of dozens of studies of these popular supplements.The new review showing no long-life benefit from those vitamins, plus beta carotene and selenium, adds to growing evidence questioning the value of these supplements.Some experts said, however, that it's too early to toss out all vitamin pills - or the possibility that they may have some health benefits. Others said the study supports...