First tests show flood waters high in bacteria and lead

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Samples of the flood waters spreading over New Orleans taken from residential areas between 3 to 5 September 2005 have revealed dangerous levels of lead and coliform bacteria. The waters in New Orleans along with the expected sewage contamination contain a wide range of chemicals as many submerged cars might have leaked petrol, oil and antifreeze, and an equal number of houses might have contributed asbestos from insulation and lead from paint.

Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified, Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum), Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum), Louisiana, Secondary nonferrous metals, Refined Lead, Secondary Lead, Lead, Enterobacter, Enterobacteriaceae, Contamination, Rain-water (Water-supply), Rainwater, Lead (Metal), Hurricane Katrina, 2005

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Indian Ocean fault line poses threat of further earthquakes

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Researchers say that after the earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, there could be further earthquakes both to the north and south of the event within decades. The location of the epicenter of the earthquake in December 2004 is clear but seismologists are uncertain where the northern edge of the rupture ended.

Indian Ocean, Earthquakes, Earthquake prediction

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Should journals police scientific frauds?

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The scientific community is sunk in one of its periodic busts of angst over research frauds, after Korean researcher Woo Suk Hwang's cloning work turned out to be spectacularly false. But in the past few years, journal editors have been taking a proactive approach in dealing with frauds, and exploring what they could do with the resources they have.

South Korea, Legal issues & crime, Company legal issue, Investigations, Cloning, Hwang Woo-Suk, Research fraud

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