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Nanoscale Silver Use To Present Environmental Challenges

Widespread use of nanoscale silver will challenge regulatory agencies to balance important potential benefits against the possibility of significant environmental risk, highlighting the need to identify research priorities concerning this emerging technology, according to a new report released today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN)

9 Sep 2008

Bacteria Can Be Used to Break Down Sheep Dip to Stop it Poisoning Sheep and Bees

Bacteria can be used to break down used sheep dip, preventing bees and fish from dying because of soil and river contamination, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin

9 Sep 2008

Earth Animal Found to be Able to Survive the Freezing, High Radiation, Vacuum of Deep Space

New research shows that some animals are able to do away with space suits and can survive exposure to open-space vacuum, cold and radiation

8 Sep 2008

New Research Questions the Oxygen Theory of Mass Extinction

New research findings question the theory of falling oxygen levels as a mechanism for causing mass extinction events millions of years ago

8 Sep 2008

Living Sensor Found That Can Warn of Arsenic Pollution

Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination

8 Sep 2008

Increase of Eco-Shopping With Ethics as Becoming as Important as Price for Consumers

A new survey released today by ethical beauty retailer, The Body Shop, indicates that in spite of the tough economic climate, ethics are as important, if not more important, than price with today's increasingly eco-conscious consumers

3 Sep 2008

Ecological Society of America Criticizes President Bush's Administration Overhaul of the Endangered Species Act

The Ecological Society of America today criticized the Bush administration's Aug. 15 proposal to reinterpret the Endangered Species Act, which would impose regulatory changes eliminating the requirement for federal projects to undergo independent scientific review

26 Aug 2008