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Geotimes
May 2006
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Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater Given the continuous degradation of the quality of groundwater in many aquifers worldwide, and the increasing demand for using alternative water resources, the radioactivity factor may be more important than is realized.   |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2006 |
Q&A: Polonium-210 Polonium-210 is reported to have caused the recent fatal poisoning of former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko. Here's an interview with John Emsley, author of Elements of Murder: A History of Poison, about polonium-210 poisoning. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Kenneth R. Bradbury |
A Circuitous Path: Protecting Groundwater in Wisconsin Groundwater follows a winding path -- and one much faster than previously thought -- to municipal wells in the city of Sturgeon Bay, and it may pick up contaminants along the way. |
Chemistry World
November 13, 2013
Anthony King |
Arafat poisoning probe clouded by passage of time The investigation into whether or not the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive isotope of polonium almost ran out of time. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2012
Patrick Walter |
Arafat exhumed in poisoning probe Swiss, French and Russian scientists have been to the grave of the former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as his body is exhumed. They are there to investigate claims that he was poisoned and will be taking tissue samples away for forensic analysis. |
Chemistry World
December 6, 2013
Anthony King |
New report concludes Arafat was not poisoned French investigators have concluded that Yasser Arafat did not die from polonium poisoning. They concluded that measurements of polonium-210 taken from his exhumed body are consistent with a natural origin, ultimately from radon gas |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Alex Hutchinson |
Las Vegas Tries to Prevent a Water Shortage The debate over a plan to pump water out of the Nevada desert could be the next battle in the war over the West's most vital natural resource. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Chesapeake Resumes Fracking After Marcellus Mishap Scientists at Duke University have completed a Marcellus shale study that they maintain demonstrates that natural gas drilling can permit methane to migrate into a portion of the nearby water wells. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 30, 2003 |
Wells Focuses on Southern California Properties After buying more than $1 billion worth of Class-A office property so far this year, the Wells REIT now says it will buy $500 million more -- all of it Southern California. This acquisition spree will be focused on properties near Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Isac Simon |
2011 Bakken Review: Part 1 Has this shale play lived up to its hype? |
Chemistry World
July 20, 2007
Victoria Gill |
Polonium Clean-up Leaves Trail of Destruction In November 2006 of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned with radioactive polonium-210. Fifty locations around London have been deemed to be contaminated by the now infamous isotope. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Sri Lankan Water Post-Tsunami According to a new study, tens of thousands of wells in Sri Lanka's coastal areas are still contaminated with seawater and are unusable, despite last winter's heavy monsoon rains -- and it may be several more monsoon seasons before the coastal aquifer can supply potable water again. |
