by Admin | Jun 30, 2014 | Environmental hazards
Keeping the Puget Sound clean and in healthy condition is a high priority for the environmental engineers in Tacoma, WA. However, environmental engineers were shocked last year when they found the water was being polluted by polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. The...
by Admin | Jun 27, 2014 | Articles
You’re probably familiar with the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a phrase that often comes up when businesses are praised for their commitment to charitable causes and community outreach. These days, more and more companies are being lauded for their...
by Admin | Jun 27, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Oregon State University is looking to test new technologies for measuring the toxicity of environmental chemicals to determine their health risk and see if cleaning up hazardous waste sites generates even worse chemicals. The long-term goal of this project is to...
by Admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
Adani Enterprises is currently facing another delay in implementing its $15 billion coal mine project in Australia, due to worries that a port expansion to accommodate the project may hurt the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef. Australian Environment Minister...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2014 | Articles, Environmental hazards
A new study is suggesting there may be a link between smaller freshwater fish sizes and deforestation due to the decrease in the amount of leaves present in fish habitats. Leaves have become a vital food source for fish. This study focuses primarily on young fish, a...
