Let off for now

Newmont claims pollution case in Indonesia withdrawn

Magnet turns detector

Measure of the soil’s remanence can quantify pollution  

Ferns: heavy metal guzzlers

Can replace expensive methods of controlling pollution

Hard facts

Heavy metal

Label heavy metal

Herbal products for exports will have carry additional info

New role for cadmium

In algal enzyme

Herbal fright

But drug manufacturers say concerns are misplaced

Mercury is now traceable

KENYA

Too close for comfort

Death by virtual world

Documentary>>Citizens at Risk, How Electronic Waste is Poisoning the Path out of Poverty for India's Recyclers Produced by IMAK and Chintan

Arsenic fixer identified

Knocking off the plant gene could check arsenic poisoning

Super tiny particles derived from table sugar can detect lead in water

Indian researchers derived a techinue to show that nanoparticles from table sugar can be used as sensor for detection of lead in water

Peel potential

Bananas can filter heavy metals from water

Flight to nowhere

Poisoned food

People in Pakistan are consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals, says a study

DISASTER AVERTED?

Katrina leaves chemical plants intact, says EPA; environmentalists not convinced

Mercury link

Ice cover controls mercury degradation

Toxic taint

Heavy metal in cola sludge

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

In Court

Check your Cola

Cadmium traced in soft drink sludge

Colours not so natural

Beethoven and heavy metal

The great musician may have suffered lead poisoning