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PA: Fracking Company Ordered to Pay for Well Water Contamination

2016-03-11 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Democracy Now: In Pennsylvania, a court has ordered fracking company Cabot Oil & Gas to pay more than $4 million to families whose well water was contaminated by fracking. The landmark legal ruling comes after an eight-year battle between residents and Cabot. Filmmaker Josh Fox, who featured some of the families in his film "Gasland 2," said the case sets a legal precedent for holding fracking companies responsible for water contamination.

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Nestle USA recalls three million packages over possible glass contamination

2016-03-11 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

Nestle USA has initiated a voluntary recall of about three million packages of Lean Cuisine, DiGiorno pizza and Stouffer's frozen dinners, as the spinach used in these products may contain glass pieces.

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Parasites help brine shrimp cope with arsenic habitat contamination

2016-03-03 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Artemia (the scientific name of the small crustacean that is also commonly known as 'sea monkey') is famous for being able to live in extreme environments and has become a model organism used to test the toxicity of chemicals in water. In addition, Artemia can produce dormant eggs, known as cysts, that can be stored for long periods and hatched on demand to provide a convenient form of live feed for the seafood industry, and 2000 tonnes of Artemia cysts per year are sold worldwide. Marta Sánchez...

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Metal Detectors, Separators protect against metal contamination.

2016-03-01 14:31:04| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Eriez® Rare Earth magnetic separator, powered by Xtreme® RE7, and Xtreme® Metal Detector Enhanced Platform (EP) enable processors to achieve maximum product purity in food and sanitary industry applications. Recommended for harsh applications, metal detector can ignore signals generated by products that cause false positives. Products, by working in conjunction, remove ferrous contamination and detect any missed ferrous material as well as nonferrous metals.

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