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Air Pollution: Radioactive Ash in 3 Coal-Plant Basins
2015-09-03 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Researchers from Duke University recently found high concentrations of radioactive contaminants in coal ash from three major U.S. coal-producing basins. Compared to normal soil, the researchers found that this ash was five times more radioactive, and up to 10 times more radioactive than its parent coal. This raises concerns of how coal ash may affect environmental and human health. According to a news release, the researchers collected samples of coal and coal ash from the nation's three major...
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Anger Builds at EPA Over Radioactive Landfill
2015-08-31 22:25:00| Waste Age
The Hill Leaders in a St. Louis suburb are urgently calling on top Obama administration officials to quickly clean up a landfill with radioactive waste that they believe could catch fire. read more
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Radioactive Waste Found in St. Louis Residential Area
2015-08-27 23:09:00| Waste Age
Al Jazeera America The Army Corps of Engineers has found radioactive nuclear weapon waste in residential lots along a St. Louis County creek. read more
Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Radioactive Particles' Detection
2015-07-10 07:18:40| rfglobalnet Home Page
Radioactive particles can be detected deeper in the ground, thanks to the application of artificial intelligence technology developed by University of Stirling researchers.
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Radioactive city: how Johannesburgs townships paying for mining past
2015-07-06 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Johannesburgs mine dumps look strangely beautiful from a distance. Lustrously yellow in the sun, blazing red at dusk, their huge molehill shapes provide the city with its distinctive skyline. Up close, its a different story. Rasalind Plaatjies has lived in the shadow of a tailing as these piles of mine waste are known all her adult life. Today, the 62-year-old grandmother from the citys Riverlea district suffers severe respiratory problems. For 16 hours a day, she is hooked up to an oxygen...
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