Samara, on the Volga River, is one of the leading industrial cities of Russia with a population of a little more than one million. The Volga River has been used for commercial traffic for hundreds of …
The Birth Control Pill Threatens Fish Reproduction
An estimated 80 million women worldwide take oral contraceptives (aka "the Pill") to "inhibit ovulation and thus prevent pregnancy". First available to the public in the 1960s, the Pill has been …
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NY Proposes Recycling Cooling Water at Nuclear Power Plants
When one thinks of nuclear power, images of cooling towers rising into the sky come to mind. Water is needed in nuclear power production in order to cool the "waste heat" generated and in case an …
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Silver Nanoparticles Can Mutate and Kill Fish Embryos
Nanoparticles of silver are in more than 200 different products on the market as anti-microbial agents, but scientists are now questioning whether the practice is safe for our environmental and …
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Water Supplies Tainted by Artificial Sweeteners
Municipal water supplies contain "significant amounts" of artificial sweeteners, according to a new study from the Water Technology Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany. Featured in the peer-reviewed …
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Biologists Warn 3 Pesticides Harm Salmon
Three common agricultural pesticides carbaryl, carbofuran and methomyl are jeopardizing the survival of salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest. Federal biologists warn these pesticides can …
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