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400,000 in Ohio without drinking water as toxin tests continue
2014-08-03 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Testing of water for toxins in Toledo, Ohio, continued on Sunday as some 400,000 people remained without safe drinking water for a second day following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie. Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said some sampling showed decreased toxin levels but that results from further tests would not be known until later in the day. "All I can tell you is that everything is trending in a very positive direction," Collins told reporters. But he also cautioned...
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Loss of biodiversity limits toxin degradation
2014-01-17 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: You might not think of microbes when you consider biodiversity, but it turns out that even a moderate loss of less than 5% of soil microbes may compromise some key ecosystem functions and could lead to lower degradation of toxins in the environment. Research published today in the SfAM journal, Environmental Microbiology, reports that without a rich diversity of soil bacteria, specialized functions such as the removal of pesticide residues are not as effective. Dr Brajesh Singh of the University...
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Toxin Producing Algae Warning Issued For N. Idaho Lake
2013-10-27 21:33:38| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Panhandle Health District and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has issued a health advisory after finding evidence of algae that can produce toxins in Fernan Lake in northern Idaho.
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Scientists discover new super toxin so dangerous, theyre keeping it secret
2013-10-16 16:32:22| Extremetech
There was a huge controversy last year surrounding publication of a paper about the bird flu virus. The paper basically described how bird flu can be made more virulent. The same drama is now being played out once again, only this time it involves a particularly nasty variety of the botulinum bacteria -- the same class of bacteria used in Botox injections.
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Climate Woes Continue: Changes In Polar Bear Diet Result In Higher Toxin Exposure
2013-09-20 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Warmer than average Arctic temperatures in recent years have been stirring up all kinds of ecological changes and a new study in the journal Global Change Biology indicates that polar bears could be getting exposed to higher levels of toxins as a result. The study looked at an East Greenlandic population of polar bears, which is expected to enjoy the Arctic sea ice far longer than other regions. However, the loss of ice sheet cover in these waters occurs at a rate of nearly 1 percent per year,...
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