Oil Depot Fire Pollutes Air

As many as 36 people received minor injuries from a series of explosions at an oil depot near London on 11 December 2005. The explosions were reported to have been triggered accidentally, but the matter is being inquired into.// Sources from the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust maintained tha...

Common Industrial Chemicals May Not Boost Cancer Risk

...higher blood levels of PFOA/PFOS, which can occur among people who work with these chemicals or people living in the vicinity of a chemical plant that pollutes the environment with PFOA/PFOS, Raaschou-Nielsen said. Any danger with these chemicals may soon become moot, since, in 2006, the U.S. Environmental...

Amalgam fillings are safe, but skeptics still claim controversy, researcher says

... fact, the evaporation rate of mercury from amalgam is a million times lower than from pure mercury. Anti-amalgam activists also say dental mercury pollutes the environment. However, dental mercury accounts for less than a quarter of a percent of mercury re-entering the environment. Dr. Mackert presente...

Mardi Gras Gives Everyone a Big Fat Break Because Carnival Means 'So Long' to Meat

... United Nations Summit on Global Warming in December, meat production was cited as a primary source of greenhouse gas. Meat farming also depletes and pollutes our water supplies. A single pound of beef can take up to 5,000 gallons of fresh water to produce, and waste from factory farms poisons ground water ...

Mardi Gras Gives Everyone a Big Fat Break Because Carnival Means "So Long" to Meat

... United Nations Summit on Global Warming in December, meat production was cited as a primary source of greenhouse gas. Meat farming also depletes and pollutes our water supplies. A single pound of beef can take up to 5,000 gallons of fresh water to produce, and waste from factory farms poisons ground water ...

Grandmother is Inspiration for Winner of Tobacco Free Florida YouCare Contest

...each, and Matthew David of Jacksonville. Stick figures illustrate the reasons why Sbrissa does not smoke including second-hand smoke that smells and pollutes the air, yellow teeth and fingers, bad breath and lung cancer. She also regards smoking as a waste of time and money and concludes her video by saying...

Photos: For the First Time Researchers Show Reversal of an Aging Marker in the Human Retina Correlated with Visual Improvement Using a Nutraceutical Matrix (Longevinex(R))

...al aging, usually beginning in the third decade of life, with the progressive accumulation of lipofuscin, the medical term for cellular "garbage" that pollutes cells as they age. Researchers believe lipofuscin is not an innocent bystander -- that it generates free radicals, gene mutations and even cell death....

China Cannot Be Blamed for Rising CO2 Emissions: Britain Official

...those of rich nations. Adding to Ashton's comments, Greenpeace UK Director John Sauven said, "It is estimated that the average American still pollutes between five and six times more than the average Chinese person, and the responsibility for China's soaring emissions lies not just in Beijing but als...

Fly Ash Bricks are Absolutely Safer Than Actually Predicted

...demands for greener building materials, Allnutt said. "Manufacturing clay brick requires kilns fired to high temperatures. That wastes energy, pollutes air and generates greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. In contrast, fly ash bricks are manufactured at room temperature. They conserve ...

Pollutes in Biological News

Study reveals air pollution is causing widespread and serious impacts to ecosystems

...human impacts. Mercury contamination results in fish that are unsafe to eat. Acidification kills fish and strips nutrients from soils. Excess nitrogen pollutes estuaries, to the detriment of coastal fisheries. And ground-level ozone reduces plant growth, a threat to forestry and agriculture." New air qual...