A new study has found a link between a once popular metal cleaner and increased risks of developing Parkinson’s disease . According to Science Daily, the chemical, trichloroethylene (TCE), was used to clean automotive components. The study, just …
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A next-generation nuclear fuel could soon be cleaning up last generation’s nuclear mess. Scientists from the University of Notre Dame have created grains of thorium, a proposed fuel for future nuclear power plants, that soak up highly radioactive …
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UPPER MERION — Pennsylvania state Sen. Daylin Leach, D-17th Dist., hosted a town hall meeting with Upper Merion Township residents Friday evening. Leach discussed what’s happening in Harrisburg with the audience and then opened the floor to …
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(PhysOrg.com) — A chain of chemical reactions between organic waste and naturally occurring chromium appears to explain the long-standing elevated levels of the chemical chromium-6, a human carcinogen, in groundwater at a federal Superfund site on …
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When I read state Sen. Gene Yaw’s guest column, “Another look at Marcellus Shale Issue,” my initial reaction was — if he wrote this, he should have been a lobbyist for the natural gas industry. First, Sen. Yaw claims, “Any wastewater discharge into …
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Q: I recently inherited some melamine dishes from my mother-in-law. I think they’re from the ’60s because they are pretty retro, but I like them. I have even seen some serving utensils in a catalog that would match, that I am thinking about …
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The dead of winter may not be the time when most people’s thoughts turn toward the allure of a hamburger on the grill. But from a food safety standpoint, it’s probably the safest time there is to eat ground beef. “The theory is that animals are …
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Feb. 8, 2010, 12 a.m. Today, too many Americans are out of work. Today, we will send $1 billion overseas to satisfy our appetite for foreign oil, while the Chinese will continue their massive investment in clean energy technology. Today, our nation …
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Tasmania is the country’s smallest state but there are big plans to make it a much more important part of Australian agriculture. As state and federal governments are busily buying-back water in the Murray-Darling Basin, in Tasmania hundreds of …
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Concerns over energy supply security and oil-price volatility are generating greater interest in alternative energy sources in Ghana. Civil society groups want a comprehensive biofuel policy. Godwin NNANNA in Accra writes that so far the policy has …
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