The Central Ground Water Board's annual report said heavy metal contamination poses long-term health risks for people who ...

A new study in ACS Food Science & Technology found that brewing tea can remove heavy metals from drinking water. Finely ground tea steeped for a long time—like overnight—was found to remove the most ...

Removing heavy metal pollutants from water could soon be easier than ever, thanks to an experimental new sponge. With just one treatment, the device brought contaminated water down to safely drinkable ...

Heavy metals and chemicals from firefighting retardants have been detected at unsafe levels in multiple private wells.

Scientists have created a membrane made from a waste by-product of vegetable oil manufacturing, which can filter out heavy metals from contaminated water. In tests, they showed that this process of ...

Residents near the Hermit's Peak-Calf Canyon fire in northern New Mexico continue to deal with water contamination from heavy ...

Researchers working on the Graphene Flagship Partnering Project 2D-CHEM have developed a new technology for cleaning contaminated water using graphene acid. They have used a new method for ...

When cooking oil is extracted from peanuts and sunflower seeds, a waste product known as oilseed meal is left behind. New research shows that proteins harvested from that meal can be used to filter ...

Officials with the federal claims office overseeing a multi-billion-dollar compensation fund for New Mexico’s Hermits ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in collaboration with ETH Zurich, Switzerland (ETHZ), have created a membrane made from a waste by-product ...