FRANKFORT — Kentucky is seeking federal approval to alter its methods for monitoring selenium pollution, a move environmental groups say is designed to protect the coal industry from lawsuits over ...
In May 2021, Jeff Kneteman, a retired senior government biologist, told The Canadian Press that some herds of bighorn sheep in Alberta were heavily contaminated with selenium from old coal mines. At ...
COLORADO, USA — State water-quality officials will soon evaluate whether two water-improvement programs in the Gunnison River basin have successfully reduced a chemical that is toxic to endangered ...
(Nanowerk News) Selenium has been referred to as an “essential toxin” due to the fact that it shows only a marginal line between the nutritious requirement and toxic effects upon exposure. The steep ...
What’s special about selenium? Selenium is a trace element that plays a vital role in the human body. The optimal intake, how­ever, is quite narrow: too much, and toxicity can result; too little, and ...
MISSOULA, Mont. — The quarrel over a Lake Koocanusa water quality standard took an unusual turn Friday when the state Board of Environmental Review voted to send a letter to the federal government ...
A study in mice demonstrates that exposure to contaminating mixtures of metals and drug residue increases damage to health, and evaluates the positive effects of a diet enriched in selenium to reduce ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper reviews the following problems. sampling, decomposition procedures and most important analytical methods used for selenium ...