High volume hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling introduces heavy industrial activity and
hazardous substances into property owners» backyards across America where families raise their children and farmers raise cattle and grow crops.
Electronic waste, or «e-waste» as it's called, is a growing problem in the United States and abroad, as obsolete or broken computers and other electronic equipment are taking up increasingly precious amounts of landfill space and potentially leaking
hazardous substances into surrounding ecosystems.
Not exact matches
Falling
into that category are two troubling reports from June about
hazardous substances in foods that are particularly likely to be fed to kids.
Although the European Union's (E.U.) Restriction on the Use of Certain
Hazardous Substances (RoHS) went
into effect in 2006 — effectively banning new electronics (pdf) that contain certain levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and other toxic chemicals — lead has been difficult to phase out due its versatility.
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (or MARPOL) calls for signatory nations to enforce bans on dumping oil and noxious liquids
into the ocean from ships, but the disposal of
hazardous substances, sewage, and plastics remains optional.
Also, Mario will lose ten coins each time he dies and they can be recollected on the exact same spot Mario died at (before they disappear); though they will automatically vanish if they fall
into a
hazardous substance (like poisoned water).
The water ice counteracts the traditional danger of living above ground by serving as a radiation barrier, offsetting fears of solar exposure that have, until now, projected Martian architecture
into a dark underworld — buried beneath a regolithic surface that is believed to contain perchlorates, gypsum and other
substances hazardous to human life.Water as a Radiation Shield By taking advantage of water - ice's ability to filter the sun's rays and protect against radiation, ICE HOUSE prioritizes a life above ground and celebrates the human presence on the planetary surface.
Children's Exposure to Toxic
Substances,» outlines multiple examples of children coming into contact with hazardous s
Substances,» outlines multiple examples of children coming
into contact with
hazardous substancessubstances.
The greatest potential hazard from a leaking UST is that its contents (petroleum or other
hazardous substances) can seep
into the soil and contaminate groundwater, the source of drinking water for nearly half of all Americans.