“Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Water pollutiuon
Report: Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Posted in Water pollutiuon
EPA’s Destructive Workfare Economics: Pointless GE PCB clean-up creates 350 jobs at a cost of $2.86 million per job
That doesn’t include jobs created for lawyers and lobbyists, including at the utility GE is now suing — all over a clean-up that is not only unnecessary, but actually causing water pollution. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, PCBs, Toxic waste sites, Water pollutiuon
Marylanders to pay ‘rain tax’; Based on how much pavement owned
How big is your driveway? Continue reading
Posted in Water pollutiuon
EPA says 55% of rivers, streams in ‘poor condition’
So what has EPA been doing for the last 40+ years with the billions and billions of dollars appropiated for clean water? Continue reading
Posted in Water pollutiuon
Really Red: Chinese environment official challenged to swim in polluted river
Bao Zhenming, who declined to take up the challenge was offered over £20,000 to swim in the contaminated waterway. Continue reading
Posted in China, Water pollutiuon
UK: Pollution that killed seabirds cannot be traced, rules investigation
“Source of sticky substance that caused death of hundreds of birds off UK coast will stay a mystery.” Continue reading
Posted in Water pollutiuon
Mass. official blasts ‘voracious appetite’ of EPA ‘beast’
“Worcester Department of Public Works & Parks Commissioner Robert Moylan had little love for the Environmental Protection Agency and the more than $1 billion in mandated water and sewer projects the city will be required to undertake in a report to the City Council regarding infrastructure needs over the next five years.” Continue reading
Posted in EPA, Water pollutiuon
WashTimes: EPA regulates water
Life-giving substances shouldn’t be treated as pollutants. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, Water pollutiuon
Membrane Separates Oil And Water With Ease
Oil and water usually don’t mix, but when the two end up together, say in an oil spill or in an emulsion, they can be nearly impossible to completely separate. But by combining a water-loving polymer with an oil-repelling silicon-based material, researchers have created a new breed of membrane that can separate bulk amounts of any type of oil-water mixture by simple gravity filtration. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas, Water pollutiuon
The Secret To A Clean Beach? Dogs That Harass Gulls
Water quality rises after dogs chase gulls from a Lake Michigan beach Continue reading
Posted in Water pollutiuon
Report warns of oilsands impacts on groundwater
Thousands of people depend on the water below Alberta’s oilsands region, but the effects of industrial development on those water tables is not yet fully understood, a new report says. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas, Tar sands, Water pollutiuon, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged oilsands
Build a Better Toilet to Get Rich and Popular
A sustainable, energy-producing toilet for developing countries has meant a flood of phone calls–and an investment from Bill Gates Continue reading
Posted in Development, Public health miscellany, Water pollutiuon
Tagged potable water, sanitation
Improving water quality can help save coral reefs
Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals. Continue reading
Posted in Coral reefs, Water pollutiuon
How £11bn pledged for water sanitation aid never arrived
Tens of millions denied access to clean water as cash for projects is not paid out Continue reading
MSU prof helps devise method of removing phosphorous from wastewater
A professor at Michigan State University is part of a team developing a new method of removing phosphorous from our wastewater – a problem seriously affecting lakes and streams across the country. Continue reading
Fishing for contaminants: Lake trout a harbinger of global pollutants
When one thinks of iconic fish, Lake Ontario’s lake trout probably don’t come to mind. They don’t have the spear of a marlin or the taste of a tuna. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, Water pollutiuon
Gulf of Mexico dead zone is smaller this year because of drought, researcher says
This year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone,” an area of low oxygen that develops every spring and summer, is the fourth-smallest since measurements of the zones began in 1985, a new report says. Continue reading
U.S. EPA finds remaining water safe in famous fracking town
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is discontinuing water deliveries to four homes in a rural Pennsylvania town that attracted national attention after residents complained that natural gas drilling polluted wells. Continue reading
Posted in EPA, Fracking, Water pollutiuon
Here’s a guy with a worthy goal of improving third world sanitation
Fund raising for such a goal is a tough gig but he seems flushed with enthusiasm Continue reading
Copper making salmon prone to predators
Minute amounts of copper from brake linings and mining operations can affect salmon to where they are easily eaten by predators, says a Washington State University researcher. Jenifer McIntyre found the metal affects salmon’s sense of smell so much that they won’t detect a compound that ordinarily alerts them to be still and wary. Continue reading
