Chickens, manure, and arsenic
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Chicken farms located on the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia peninsula are releasing 20-50 metric tons of arsenic into the environment on a yearly basis. There is fear that this arsenic carries the potential to become mobilized and infect surface and groundwater. Researchers with the United States Geological Survey are studying arsenic concentrations where poultry waste has been applied to determine how the arsenic is distributed, how it got there, the method of transportation and what follows after it's application.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 2001
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States tackle ballast water
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Voluntary ballast discharge compliance discrepancies by the shipping industry and the absence of national regulations by the United States has led individual states to set their own standards regarding ballast discharge. Ballast treatment strategies being considered include cyclonic separation, ultraviolet radiation, and filtration.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 2001
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