Speciation as an Important Tool for Environmental Scientists

Soil & Sediment Contamination;  January 1, 2004 ;     315 words ...Speciation analysis is defined as the separation...element. Interest and research in speciation analysis has increased exponentially with...III) vs. Cr(VI)). Therefore, speciation analysis is essential for predicting and...

Dartmouth profs win $1.4M grant to study toxic metals

University Wire;  November 3, 2005 ;     501 words ......Shaw of the biology department to study toxic metals in estuaries in the northeast portion...zooplankton. These organisms, contaminated by toxic metals, then enter the food web, where they...project, is a member of Dartmouth's toxic metals research program, a multidisciplinary...

Report details threat from mothball fleet: Tons of toxic metals fall into...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  June 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......lead, zinc, barium, copper and other toxic metals have fallen or washed away from decaying...aquatic life on the bay bottom and that toxic metals are likely entering the food chain and...acknowledged. The report lists seven toxic metals in peeling and flaking paints in ...

EPA awards Dartmouth $15M grant

University Wire;  March 31, 2000 ;     517 words ......Health Sciences to study the effects of toxic metals on human health -- one of the largest...epidemiology and ecological impact of toxic metals, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of toxic metals in humans, and the development of...

TOXIC METALS IN HARBOR DECREASE

The Boston Globe;  August 26, 1990 ;     700+ words ......cut by almost 50 percent the amount of toxic metals its sewage treatment plants discharge...and Nut Islands. Cutting the volume of toxic metals in half reduces the danger to marine...application, based on the presence of toxic metals in the sludge. MWRA officials say sludge...

PERIPHERALS: Thermo Will Launch X Series ICP-MS.

Analytic Separations News;  January 1, 2004 ;     301 words ......Interest in the use of hyphenated techniques for elemental speciation analysis in environmental, biological and clinical sample matrices is...software to provide a complete analytical solution for elemental speciation analysis.

Group says dam leaking toxic metals into river.

Record (Stockton, CA);  November 17, 2005 ;     403 words ......Electric Co. is leaching illegal levels of toxic metals into a tributary of the Mokelumne River...leaching copper, aluminum and other toxic metals into Bear River. The letter from the...Game. State biologists have studied toxic metals in the river below the reservoir for...

Thermo sponsors postdoctoral position for speciation...

Laboratory Equipment;  February 1, 2006 ;     133 words ......applications with the sponsorship of a postdoctoral scientist, Dr. Shona McSheehy. Based at the Center of Excellence for speciation analysis techniques at the University of Pau in France, Dr. McSheehy is dedicated to the development of speciation methodologies...

Residents Raise Concerns About New Incinerator

The Washington Post;  April 9, 1987 ;     700+ words ......officials that they are concerned that toxic metals in ash residue at the facility may be...environmental protection. Denison said certain toxic metals, including cadmium found in color printing...those incinerators do will destroy those toxic metals," Denison told the crowd, "all ...

Ayurvedic medicines often contain toxic metals, study says.(Front)

The Virginian Pilot;  August 27, 2008 ;     482 words ......concoctions tested contained levels of the toxic metals. Dr. Robert Saper, a Boston University...imported from India and found that the toxic metals were common components. Most of the...But among the remaining samples, the toxic metals showed up at similar rates in U.S. and...

WVU researchers building contaminant sensor

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 31, 2008 ;     97 words ......Virginia University are developing a portable sensor to detect toxic metals in water, soil and seafood. The project is funded by a $300...aerospace engineering, is the lead researcher. He says detecting toxic metals now requires bulky, laboratory- based instruments and large...

The paradox of heavy metal contamination...both too much and too little...

Original Internist;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the best assessment of the presence of toxic metals. To be sure, the recent media blitz...consultant has noted high levels of toxic metals to be a major health concern. We have...that the patient/client not showing toxic metals in a hair test is simply so exhausted...

Chelating Resin.

Products Finishing;  September 1, 2001 ;     130 words ......acid chelating resin designed for the removal of cations of toxic metals such as lead, copper and zinc from industrial effluents at...pH values, calcium, magnesium and barium, as well as the toxic metals cadmium, nickel, and cobalt are strongly complexed and may...

California Inventors Develop Storm Water Toxic Metals Removing Treatment...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 9, 2007 ;     233 words ......developed a treatment facility for removing toxic metals from storm water runoff to provide clean...chamber for removing fine particles of toxic metals from the storm water runoff. The absorption...materials for removing the fine particles of toxic metals from the storm water ...

Innov-X Responds to the European Union's RoHS Toxic Metals Directive for...

PR Newswire;  January 5, 2005 ;     698 words ......responsibility for reducing the levels of toxic metals in electronic products -- Pb, Cd, Cr6...QC, and for documented traceability. Toxic Metals used in plastics as pigments, stabilizers...designates maximum allowable levels of toxic metals in new electrical and electronic ...