Below our feet there is a complex web of life constantly at work. Soil hosts all types of life like microorganisms, fungi, and bacteria, all of which work together to make soil, soil. Why do we care about soil? Well Continue reading →

Heavy metals could be in my water?! It has been estimated that approximately 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water per year and 2 million people suffer from casualties each year due to contaminated water. This Continue reading →

Most Americans are familiar with pesticides and use them in their homes and yards on a regular basis. Sometimes more specifically referred to as insecticides or herbicides, products like ‘RoundUp’ and ‘Raid’ are staples of many sheds and garages. And Continue reading →

Chlordane’s rocky history In Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring (published in 1962), Carson warns the readers against the evil chlordane, a chemical that is capable of mass destruction on both the environment and the health of humans and other organisms. It was introduced Continue reading →

Chlordane in Tecolote Canyon? Especially during a time of changing environmental protection legislation, it remains important to discuss the long-lasting presence of many pesticides and other pollutants. In an analysis of chlordane, a termite pesticide, in both Tecolote Canyon and Continue reading →

Heavy metals in the terms we view them as environmentalists are characterized by their capacity to do harm through toxicity. Heavy metals are commonly used in medical tools and are essential to our technological era due to their versatility and Continue reading →

What are PCB’s and are they bad? Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCB’s, are a class of 209 molecules widely used in industry as coolants, plasticizers, waterproofing materials, and other uses. Producing PCB’s entailed reacting biphenyl in the presence of chlorine, so the Continue reading →