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Pollution control key to beating China's algal blooms

Controlling the amount of pollution that goes into China's Taihu Lake is the key to managing the algal blooms, writes Lucie Guo.

Source: Science

4 September 2007 | EN | 中文

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Tainted water: South Asia's poisonous problem

The slow response of South Asia to the crisis triggered by arsenic-laced water has cost thousands of lives, reports Yudhijit Bhattacherjee.

Source: Science

23 March 2007 | EN | 中文

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The rise of medical geology

Chandra Dissanayake describes how a novel branch of geology could have important consequences for human health around the world.

Source: Science

5 August 2005 | EN

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Safer stoves can prevent arsenic poisoning in China

Rong Jiaojiao reports on efforts to eradicate arsenic poisoning in a Chinese province where the toxin is present in coal used for heating and cooking.

Source: Xinhuanet

16 March 2005 | EN

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Finding a filter for arsenic-tainted water

Mark Clayton reports on technologies being developed to solve the problem of arsenic-contaminated drinking water.

Source: The Christian Science Monitor

18 February 2005 | EN