#arsenic

· 2mo ago

Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone https://www.earth.com/environment/wildfire-arsenic-drinking-water/ #environment #rivers #wildfire #wildfires #arsenic

earth.com

Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone

Arsenic rose in creeks after wildfires in nearly every study reviewed, and the highest water readings came from ground below an old mine.

Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 2mo ago

Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone https://www.earth.com/environment/wildfire-arsenic-drinking-water/ #environment #rivers #wildfire #wildfires #arsenic

earth.com

Wildfires send arsenic into rivers long after the flames are gone

Arsenic rose in creeks after wildfires in nearly every study reviewed, and the highest water readings came from ground below an old mine.

Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 4mo ago

Austin neighborhood tap water tests uncover lead and arsenic in homes https://phys.org/news/2026-07-austin-neighborhood-uncover-arsenic-homes.html #Austin #environment #water #tapwater #lead #arsenic #pollution

phys.org

Austin neighborhood tap water tests uncover lead and arsenic in homes

For more than a decade, residents of Austin's Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of southeast Austin outside the city service area, have voiced concern about their tap water's intermittent discoloration and extreme hardness.

Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

· 4mo ago

Protect Groundwater from Arsenic at Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Arsenic levels are rising in a uranium mine's monitoring well near the #GrandCanyon. The mining company is asking Arizona regulators to raise the well's #arsenic limit at Pinyon Plain #uranium mine (formerly Canyon Mine). #PublicLands Protect Grand Canyon Groundwat...

Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social

· 6mo ago

Asia’s longest free-flowing river contaminated by arsenic linked to Myanmar mines https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/asias-longest-free-flowing-river-contaminated-by-arsenic-linked-to-myanmar-mines/ #Asia #Myanmar #environment #river #mining #arsenic

news.mongabay.com

Asia’s longest free-flowing river contaminated by arsenic linked to Myanmar mines

MAE HONG SON, Thailand — Saw Si Paw Rak Salween guns the wooden fishing boat’s engine and steers along the river that inspired his family name. He is ethnic Karen — his parents migrated from Myanmar’s side of the Salween River to the Thai side. When he acquired Thai citizenship, Saw Si Paw had to […]

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