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Clean Fuels in Ships Could Reduce Polluting Emissions and Save 40000 Lives Each Year

Rising levels of smokestack emissions from oceangoing ships will cause an estimated 87,000 deaths worldwide each year by 2012. A new study says that government action to reduce sulfur emissions from shipping fuel could reduce that toll

8 Jul 2009

Remediation of Polluted Sites Using Nanotechnology

A new review article appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) co-authored by Dr. Todd Kuiken, a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), focuses on the use of nanomaterials for environmental cleanup

8 Jul 2009

Electronics Companies Fail To Improve The Eco Friendliness of their Products

The latest edition of Greenpeace's 'Guide to Greener Electronics' ranking, released today, reveals that the world's biggest PC makers - Hewlett Packard (HP), Dell and Lenovo - have failed to improve their low scores

8 Jul 2009

Toxic Chinese Made Drywall to be The Subject of July 28th Litigation and Insurance Seminar

Litigation and insurance coverage claims involving alleged personal injuries and property damage from drywall imported from China is the focus of a half-day seminar set for July 28, 2009 at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California San Francisco. The event will also be webcast

8 Jul 2009

Security Device Destroys CD and DVD Data in an Environmentally Responsible Manner

Proton Data Security is announcing the new Proton model 1250A, a security device that ensures all information on compact disks (CD, CD-RW, CD-R, CD-ROM) and optical disks (DVD) is destroyed and rendered useless in an environmentally responsible manner

8 Jul 2009

Prairie Lakes Found to Have High Levels of Mercury After Rains

Prairie lakes are more likely to carry elevated mercury levels during wet cycles that can affect fish caught in them and subsequently consumed by people

6 Jul 2009

Answers Demanded by Chinese Drywall Complaint Center About Toxic Chinese Drywall and Who Knew What, When

Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is sure air conditioning companies knew about the Chinese drywall issues as far back as 2005, and failed to inform the consumers, out of fear of annoying their biggest clients, US homebuilders

6 Jul 2009

Toxic Chinese Drywall Contamination Removal System Prototyped

SabCo, has developed a specifically unique process, referred to as the RISS System. The RISS System(TM) is effective in removing sulfur based contaminants at or below the analytical instrument detection limits (ppb to ppt), and in many cases below the odor threshold

6 Jul 2009

Environmental Link Found Between Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Diabetes

A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have found a substantial link between increased levels of nitrates in our environment and food with increased deaths from diseases, including Alzheimer's, diabetes mellitus and Parkinson's

6 Jul 2009

Australian Government Invests to Save the Great Barrier Reef

CSIRO science is being used to improve land management practices on farmland to help reduce run-off of sediments, nutrients and pesticides on to the Great Barrier Reef

5 Jul 2009