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| Contaminated Land |
| Save Paramus Wetlands Update
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The property owner and developer has referenced contamination in the past, and it has been mentioned that portions of the soldier hill site had been used as a dump over 50 years ago.
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| Firms Monitor Selves for NORM
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Energy companies self-monitor for NORM, the technologically enhanced, naturally occurring radioactive material can accumulate on equipment or soil where they mine oil and natural gas.
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Old Training Vessel to be Sunk
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The old Texas Clipper ocean going classroom ship will be sunk and become an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Parks and Wildlife says the former maritime training vessels which are more than 60 years old will be sunk off South Padre Island weather permitting.
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Earth: A Lot Deeper Than Most are Taught
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The olivine group of minerals makes up more than half of the mantle, which contains two-thirds of the Earth by weight and contains 97 percent of its minerals. The Earth's crust contains less than half a percent of the planet by weight and comes in two versions: oceanic and continental.
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Super Cyclone Heading for Bengal
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The Centre has put the eastern coast on alert, asking both Orissa and Bengal to keep a close watch and take precautionary measures. In Bengal, a cyclone alert was issued for South and North 24-Parganas, East and West Midnapore, Howrah and Hooghly.
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| Editorial |
Environmental protection and pollution are the two prime issues that need attention. Measures to improve environmental quality are certainly helpful.
Intensified environmental protection efforts have caused both air and water pollution to drop for the first time in China.
According to a report, Chemplast Sanmar, PVC major, is allegedly dumping chemicals into the river Cauvery in Chennai, India.
The European Parliament has adopted its first EU directive on soil protection. The focus is setting up of public inventories of contaminated sites within the EU.
For more interesting updates, stay in touch with next week’s issue of Environment IDeaS.
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| Featured White Paper |
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Soil Contamination Due to Heavy Metals from an Industrial Area of Surat, Gujarat, Western India |
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A.K. Krishna, P. K. Govil |
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National Geophysical Research Institute |
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Soil pollution is a source of danger to the health of people, even to those living in cities. The anthropogenic pollution caused by heavy industries enters plants, goes through the food chain, and ultimately endangers human health. In this context, the knowledge of the regional variability, the background values and anthropogenic vs. natural origin of potentially harmful elements in soils is of critical importance to assess human impact. The present study was undertaken on soil contamination in Surat, Gujarat (India).
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