Sentences with phrase «industrial lead contamination»

«It is very clear that industrial lead contamination was pervasive throughout Antarctica by the late 19th century, more than two decades before the first explorers made it to the South Pole,» he added.

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Water contamination from industrial sites and inadequate treatment facilities, agricultural and storm water runoff, aging pipes and other structural problems are among the problems that must be addressed to ensure New York has clean and lead - free drinking water, DiNapoli said.

In the samples studied by the scientists, there are also high levels of atmospheric contamination from lead during the Roman Empire, when large quantities of this metal were extracted in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as during the past 300 years, coinciding with the Industrial Revolution and the reactivation of mining activity in southern Spain.

Of course any industrial development, including many farming developments, can lead to contamination of surface and groundwater, but I've never heard of any significant contamination due to wind farms anywhere in the world.

Children in Kosovo refugee camps were also made terribly ill by lead contamination in water, thanks to a nearby industrial mine that the UN Interim Administration in Kosovo chose to ignore (and for which it is now being asked to pay compensation and apologize).

Among other areas, our litigation experience in the environmental area includes governmental and private - party actions under CERCLA (including serving as lead counsel for PRP groups at major Superfund sites throughout the United States), citizen suits under RCRA, the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, claims for property damage and personal injury arising from industrial emissions or environmental contamination, and defending clients against state and federal governmental enforcement actions.