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Sulfur hexafluoride: Pentagon to test invisible gases in Crystal City (Virginia)
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is scheduled to release an odorless, invisible, and yes, harmless, gases into the city Thursday to test how quickly they spread through buildings, officials said. The test is part of the military’s national security preparation for the capital area. Over the past few years, the defense agency has worked with Arlington […]
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Rocher Deboule Manganese Exploration Update and Yearly Review
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 04, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Larry W. Reaugh, President & CEO of Rocher Deboule Minerals Corp. (NEX: RD.H)(PINK SHEETS: RDBHF), is pleased to report the Company has completed 6 holes prior to the Christmas holidays on their Artillery Peak manganese property located in Mohave County, Arizona. The 6 holes […]
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Family files $7 million lawsuit alleging 22-year old son died from inhaling hydrofluoric acid
The former owner of a Portland recycling company with a history of fatal accidents and environmental infractions faces a possible stretch in federal prison for his role in mishandling oil spills at the plant. Donald M. Spencer, the former president of the defunct Spencer Environmental Inc., will plead guilty Oct. 12 to a felony charge […]
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Directed Energy Laser weapons release a powerful burst of hydrogen fluoride in the form of infrared radiation.
Two weeks ago a public forum was held in Hawaii to discuss the US Navy’s Hawaii Range Complex environmental impact statement, a draft that since been approved, which outlines the proposed impact of the upcoming war games in Hawaii: some 140 projects that includes tests with sonar, Directed Energy Laser Weapons, and some that involve […]
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Rocher Deboule Minerals Corp.: Agreement to Purchase Fluoride Property
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (MARKET WIRE) — 08/30/07 — Subject to regulatory approval where required, Rocher Deboule Minerals Corp. (NEX: RD.H)(PINK SHEETS: RDBHF) has entered into an agreement with David Heyman and Clive Brooks of Vancouver, BC, to acquire the Tam fluorite properties, situated in the Liard Mining Division located at mile 498, north of […]
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New AIST Total Fluorine Analyzer is Several Hundred Times More Sensitive than Conventional Analyzers
Tokyo, Aug 27, 2007 (JCN) – The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), in collaboration with Masanori Hirai, President of Dia Instruments Co., Ltd., has developed a fully automatic total fluorine-analyzing system with an unprecedented high level of sensitivity. This refined analyzer can measure fluorine concentrations in gas, liquid, and solid samples […]
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About 40 gallons of hydrofluoric acid leaked from a rail car in Bloomington, California
About 40 gallons of hydrofluoric acid leaked from a rail car in Bloomington on Saturday night, but did not create a hazard for nearby residents and no injuries were reported, officials said. Joe Arbona, a spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad, said the acid leaked at a rate of about four gallons per hour, with the […]
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Chinese villages, poisoned by toxins, battle for justice
LEIFENG, CHINA – Zhang Guanghui, an 11-year-old orphan, rises from the kang, a heated brick bed that he shares with an older cousin. He scurries through his barren four-room concrete home, washing his face and hands, brushing his teeth, and preparing food. At the center of all his actions is dirty water that he pumps […]
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Chemical tracers as indicator of human fecal coliforms at storm water outfalls
Abstract Indicators to distinguish between fecal coliforms of human and animal origin were investigated in water from storm sewer outfalls to a coastal lake during wet and dry weather. The ratio of fecal coliform relative to fecal streptococci count was used as the microbiological indicator. Concentrations of human-activities originated caffeine, anionic surfactant, fluoride, and fluorescence […]
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Endangered birds at risk after pipeline leak
Hundreds of birds, some of them on the Red Data (endangered) list, could be affected by a massive pump failure on the Richards Bay pipeline, which pumps effluent into the sea. As a consequence of the accident, a destination which has proved that a good working relationship between industry, tourism and conservation is possible, also […]
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