Taking an important first step toward reducing Americans' unnecessary exposure to arsenic in foods, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing an "action level" of 10 parts per billion for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, which is ...
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Dangerous contaminants such as lead, chloroform, arsenic, nitrate, nitrite, radon, and E. coli bacteria are common in tap water. Bottled water, often advertised as a "pure" and "natural" alternative to tap water, is ...
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SEMATECH (the international research consortium of semiconductor device, equipment, and materials manufacturers) claims that researchers have made significant advances in post-epitaxial-growth backside clean processing that will prepare ...
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A study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University found that the chicken meat in US contained high levels of arsenic - a chemical which is known to increase the risk of cancer. The increased arsenic levels can be attributed ...
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A team led by an IIT-Madras professor has devised a cheap and effective method to produce clean drinking water. It will soon be possible to produce 10 litres of water — free of bacteria and virus — at just Rs. 10-12 per month, ...
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The power industry will spend over $22.8 billion in 2014 for equipment and chemicals to transport, treat and control water and wastewater. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine through aggregating forecasts in nine of its market ...
The state Department of Environmental Protection said minimal cleanup work has been accomplished during the past year to remove hazardous materials from the former Jeannette Glass site, so the agency is considering stronger measures to ...
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Many Chinese alcoholic drinks are quite distinctive from those of other countries and foreign visitors coming across them for the first time may a little wary of them. However, once they have tasted a sample or two, they may well acquire a ...
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How much progress have federal officials made in taking steps to reduce Americans' exposure to arsenic in everyday foods such as rice and apple juice? Not as much as we'd hope to see. While there is an arsenic standard for drinking water, ...
A commercially available forward osmosis system – the HydroWell system from Hydration Technology Innovations – has been evaluated for use in disaster relief applications. An economic model demonstrates ways to minimise the cost ...
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Culligan and arsenic treatment specialists Zilio SpA have provided Acqualatina SpA with Italy’s first large scale water treatment system designed to remove arsenic and other contaminants from municipal water supplies. The new system ...
Meals Move Outdoors Backyards are important extensions of the home; weather permitting, backyards are where the party begins. From a casual meal on the porch, a romantic lunch for two in the garden, or a reunion of friends and family at a ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc has announced that The National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), has adopted a Thermo Scientific iCAP Q inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for research supporting EU ...
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A Consumer Reports article on arsenic in rice continues to impact consumer confidence and sales of some rice products. Consumer Reports released the arsenic article on Sept. 19, along with a very well coordinated media campaign, citing ...
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A microbial desalination cell (MDC) is used to soften hard water. The MDC achieved more than 90% removal of hardness from several hard water samples, and also effectively removed four heavy metals from a synthetic water sample. Microbial ...
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