New testing methods detect gaseous mercury species

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The University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) has devised two methods designed to enhance EPA's Method 29 of identifying elemental and oxidized forms of gaseous mercury. Method 29 uses Two bottles of acidified hydrogen peroxide and two bottles of acidified potassium permanganate are used in Method 29 mercury detection. The new methods substitute either potassium chloride or tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane solution to replace some hydrogen peroxide. The improvements can help detect mercury in flue-gases emitted by coal-fired power plants.

All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Air Pollution R&D, Inorganic Mercury Compounds, Testing, Environmental aspects, Air pollution research, Mercury, Mercury (Metal), Air quality, Mercury compounds, Flue gases

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Europe to toughen drinking-water standards

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The European Union (EU) will implement a tougher precautionary standard to prevent the further contamination of drinking water by pesticides and other harmful chemicals. The new standard will replace the existing EU pesticide limit of 0.1 microgram per liter which was set in 1980. This development has forced the pesticide industry to lobby for health-base controls to replace the precautionary standard. However, some member nations of the EU argue that preventing pesticides from entering groundwater sources is better than investing in purification plants.

Water Pollution Control, European Union, Environmental policy, European Community

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EPA reviews New York City watershed management

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The EPA will review New York City's policy of not running its drinking water through filtration plants. The city has so far circumvented the laws on filtering water by creating strict watershed rules and regulations, implementing a complex watershed protection program, and buying environmentally sensitive land.

Government regulation, New York, Safe Drinking Water, Statistical Data Included, Laws, regulations and rules, Prevention, New York, New York, National Research Council, State government, Pathogenic microorganisms, Intervention (Federal government), Federal intervention

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