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Monthly Archives: April 2018

Save the Soil

April 23, 2018 — 1 Comment ↓

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 →

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Solution to Lead Contaminated Drinking Water

April 22, 2018 — 3 Comments ↓

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 →

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PESTICIDES AND THEIR TENDENCY TO OVERSTAY THEIR WELCOME

April 20, 2018 — 1 Comment ↓

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 →

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Chlordane is among us!

April 18, 2018 — 1 Comment ↓

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 →

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The “Sitch” on Chlordane in Sediment

April 16, 2018 — No Comments ↓

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 →

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How Environmental Mercury Sinks May Change How Humans Eat

April 16, 2018 — 1 Comment ↓

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 →

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Shortening Telomeres – A New Consequence of Air Pollution

April 7, 2018 — 1 Comment ↓

Impact of Coal-burning Power Plants on Newborn Health In 2004, a major coal-burning power plant in Tongliang, China was closed. A study was conducted on children conceived and born before and after the closure to observe the health effects of Continue reading →

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Something’s Fishy About PCB’s

April 5, 2018 — 2 Comments ↓

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 →

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