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How slick water and black shale in fracking mix to supply radioactive waste
Research explains how radioactive radium transfers to wastewater within the widely-used methodology to extract oil and fuel. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Diamonds turn nuclear waste into nuclear batteries
A battery crafted from a new man-made diamond could last for more than 5,000 years, according to new research. The batteries could be used to power equipment that needs to run reliably for a long time, including pacemakers, drones, satellites … Continue reading
Can radioactive waste be immobilized in glass for millions of years?
Glass produced from a high level radioactive waste simulant. How do you handle nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millions of years, keeping it from harming people and the environment? It isn’t easy, but Rutgers researcher Ashutosh Goel has … Continue reading
Health waste, corruption costs billions
P(ANSA) – Rome, April 16 – Corruption, inefficiency and waste in Italy’s health sector cost the State 23.6 billion euros a year, a report by the Institute for the Promotion of Ethics in Health (IPSE) said Wednesday.BRThe report looked at … Continue reading
Govt bans waste torching amid ‘Land of Fires’ row
(By Elisa Cecchi). (ANSA) – Rome, December 3 – The Italian government on Tuesday passed a decree against waste burning in an “unprecedented response” to growing illegal garbage-management practices which have plagued in particular the southern Campania region, Premier Enrico … Continue reading
Italian MEPs ask EC to pay 600 mn for toxic waste clean up
(ANSA) Brussels, November 11 – MEP Erminia Mazzoni on Monday called on the European Commission to allocate 600 million euros to clean up an illegal chemical dumping ground near the city of Pescara on the Adriatic coast. ”After Ilva, in … Continue reading
Bari probe launched into alleged mafia waste in Puglia
(ANSA) – Bari, November 6 – Prosecutors in the southern Italian city of Bari have launched a probe into illegal toxic waste allegedly dumped in the Puglia region by the Camorra mafia in the 1990s, Bari prosecutor Pasquale Drago said … Continue reading
Court orders waste company to improve operations near Lucca
(ANSA) – Rome, November 5 – Residents from the Tuscan town of Belvedere near Castelnuovo di Garfagnana were celebrating Tuesday after Italy’s top appeals court upheld their complaints about terrible odours from waste disposal and ordered the company responsible to … Continue reading
Extra waste of brain ‘upload’
(ANSAmed) – Rome, 16 APR – not only inflammatory and against the aging of the skin, but also give a boost to the brain work better. They are polyphenols that are rich in hundreds of types of squeezing oil from … Continue reading