Hydroelectric dams are under assault for killing fish, biomass burning produces greenhouse gases just as fossils do, and geothermal power releases toxic ground and water contaminates.
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While reluctantly agreeing, Kazakhstan said it feared that highly toxic fuel had contaminated water and soil over a huge area.
In fact, in many cases, the degree of exposure to toxic chemicals in tap water by inhalation is comparable to the exposure that would result from drinking the stuff.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that more than a week after Hurricane Katrina hit the region health officials still don't know if the water contains toxic chemicals.
That list is part of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, otherwise known as Prop 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly exposing individuals to listed substances without providing a clear and reasonable warning.
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Despite reporting five deaths from a bacteria-caused illness, public health officials said Tuesday they are more concerned about the possibility of toxic chemicals in the water covering New Orleans than they are about a cholera outbreak.
Environmental concerns dominate the media in China as newspapers warn of the dangers of toxic smog and polluted underground water.
Instead of evaporating, the toxic components remain in the water.
Some say the future is already predetermined, as a result of our short-sightedness, with water full of toxic waste and maybe even combative robots who see humans as a scourge on the tiny blue planet that we share.
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With complex purification technology beyond the reach of the many developing world communities that suffer from dangerously high levels of the toxic metalloid element in their water supply, this surprisingly simple method of filtration, could quite literally save lives.
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First, they considered the possibility that seasonal upwellings of toxic or oxygen-poor bottom water were responsible.
"The toxic chemicals have caused many environmental emergencies linked to water and air pollution, " it said.
She says favoritism in the workplace is as common as the office water cooler, but a lot more toxic.
Environmental experts say birds and animals are more likely to escape a burning patch of water than an oil slick, although toxic fumes could endanger wildlife.
Industrial waste, much of it toxic, litters the landscape, poisoning the soil, water and air.
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District Judge Martin Brown, sitting at Cardiff Magistrates Court, heard that toxic liquids had leached into a reen, or adjacent water course.
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In 2008 MIT chemist Daniel Nocera concocted a very simple, very cheap, robust, self-healing and non-toxic catalyst made from cobalt and phosphate that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
In many cases, a toxic sludge is created when metals and other toxins are removed from water used in the manufacturing process.
Other solutions are more complex, but still cheap, such as injecting a sugary mixture into a water supply contaminated by hexavalent chromium to make it less toxic and less mobile underground.
The 12, 700-square-foot Energy Star-certified house was crafted from low-toxic materials, withstood air tightness tests on the insulation, and has a water furnace geothermal system that provides hot water, radiant floor heat and air conditioning.
Still, the residents with water problems were hopeful that the Atlanta-based U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry was looking at the issue.
The highly toxic H2S (hydrogen sulfide) and CO2 (carbon dioxide) are removed along with excess water to get the gas below 7 ppm (parts per million).
Critics of existing scrubber technology however point out that the technology only removes the toxic chemicals from the atmosphere at the expense of depositing them in the ocean as contaminated waste water.
They also contain toxic materials and are often disposed of in developing countries where they sicken local people and taint their water and environment.
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