There is nothing in our air or water or soil that will prevent us from going bankrupt.
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The adoption of herbicide-resistant crops could help improve water and soil quality by reducing the need for tilling.
What the city does have is contaminated standing water and soil, downed power lines and limited automobile fuel.
In the hills, torrents of water washed soil away, or left it but rinsed the nutrients out of it.
While reluctantly agreeing, Kazakhstan said it feared that highly toxic fuel had contaminated water and soil over a huge area.
Once emitted, it persists in the environment for a long time - circulating through air, water, soil and living organisms - and can be dispersed over vast distances.
"It is important to note that based on water, soil and sediment testing already conducted, there is no indication of any risk to the public health or public safety, " the FBI said.
The scheme is an agri-environment scheme, which provides funding for farmers to manage their land in a way designed to benefit biodiversity and landscape features and improve the quality of water and soil.
Now, even though refined plans show an alternate route, environmentalists worry that if the expected 500, 000 to 700, 000 barrels of crude oil flow through the pipeline each day, leaks could contaminate the water and soil.
Unfortunately, no victory big or small will save Sofia and her peers from their fate: Scientists who have studied the area say even if spraying stopped completely today, it would take a few generations to decontaminate the water and soil, and for any lingering health impacts to fade away.
That means building futuristic structures that use wastewater and solar power to produce hydroponic (grown in a nutrient-rich water, without soil) and aeroponic (grown in water-saturated air) crops.
The water footprint includes both the water withdrawn from surface and groundwater and the use of soil water (in agricultural production).
Plants grow by taking water from the soil, and when a plant dies it frees water which it would otherwise consume.
The HighDro Power system works by harnessing the considerable energy from falling waste water in the soil pipes of high-rises, converting it to electricity.
Plants provide invaluable services, they provide us with the very air we breathe, clean water and fertile soil and they help regulate the climate.
Members of the project hope that future habitants on the planet will be able to harness the wind, water deposits and soil to become self-sufficient.
Water pollution, soil erosion, deforestation and desertification in the north, where rivers are drying up, have contributed to an estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949.
The manner in which we have managed livestock for centuries results in both carbon and water moving from soil to atmosphere, and to soil life being less able to break down methane.
It also purifies air, water, and soil.
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Industrial waste, much of it toxic, litters the landscape, poisoning the soil, water and air.
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Has there been any discussions on whether that would include decontamination of soil or water?
Indicator organisms are bacteria which are found in soil and water and in the faeces of animals.
In the tropics, they take up water from the deep soil and release it as vapor in the air.
More seriously, it can release harmful chemicals into the soil and water when dumped, or into the air when burned.
There was special emphasis on reducing energy consumption, improving conservation and solving the country's serious air, soil and water pollution.
At The Haycock Hotel at Wansford its cellar flooded after water seeped through the soil from the nearby overflowing river.
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The culprit parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can get into the food chain via cats faeces causing contamination of soil, water and plants.
If someone else has planted the seed and provided the soil and water, they deserve a big piece of the future profit pie.
Two to three inches of mulch spread around plants, trees and shrubs will slow water evaporation from the soil, help cool root systems and inhibit weeds.
In Houston last summer, there were 700 water main breaks every day due to aging pipes and pressure from increased water use and dry soil.
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