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Exposure to airborne metal pollution associated with increased risk of mortality

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Although there is ample evidence that air pollution—specifically airborne. A European study has used wild moss samples to estimate human exposure to airborne metal particles in order to analyze the relationship between atmospheric metal pollution and risk of mortality. —Bénédicte Jacquemin.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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pollution—even at levels deemed safe—to an increased risk of diabetes globally. The main drivers of diabetes include eating an unhealthy diet, having a sedentary lifestyle, and obesity, but the new research indicates the extent to which outdoor air pollution plays a role. Louis Health Care System links PM 2.5 million U.S.

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Wuhan team develops new electrochemical cell for efficient, pollution-free extraction of lithium from salt lake brines

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This method avoids using additional chemicals, offering a high efficiency, pollution?free Consequently, the stable supply of lithium resources has become an issue of increasing concern. 2019), “Highly Selective and Pollution?free 1 LiCl and a strong cycle ability with 70.8% capacity retention over 200 cycles. Zhao et al.

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Isfahan University of Tech team reports new efficient pretreatment method for rice straw to boost yield of cellulosic ethanol

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Researchers at Isfahan University of Technology (Iran) report the efficient production of cellulosic ethanol from rice straw using a new sodium carbonate pretreatment method. Rice straw was treated with sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3 )prior to enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. and 1 M sodium carbonate solution. Resources.

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UCLA Health Center receives electric Winnebago as mobile surgical instrument lab; MOTIV EPIC chassis

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The Motiv system features a TM4 electric drivetrain with 250 kW and 2,300 N·m peak motor and a 127 kWh sodium-nickel battery system. HVIP cuts air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while accelerating the development and commercialization of clean transportation technologies.

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CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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The Kendrick mass defect differentiates the proton, ammonium, and sodium adducts in both singly and doubly charged forms. But water pollution from surfactants in fracking fluid may not be as big a concern as previously thought. Resources.

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Haldor Topsøe ECO-Jet wins award; reducing soot, HC and heavy metal emissions from ships powered by bunker fuel

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The ECO-Jet process also removes other harmful substances from the exhaust of engines using bunker fuel, for instance poisonous hydrocarbons and metals including vanadium, iron, nickel, silicon and sodium. The solution can be combined with a scrubber process to remove sulfur from flue gases. Bunker fuel may contain as much as 3.5

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