Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures : The real world is marked by multiple stressors, among them cocktails of chemicals. The review article published in the current issue of Science magazine presents methodological approaches to isolating, characterizing and tracking chemicals of concern in complex mixtures. Techniques that combine chemical analysis and bioassays are most suited to this purpose -- according to an international team of researchers headed by environmental toxicologist Beate Escher of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). (News Release, EurekAlert! ; 23 January 2020) Selected Research Articles: Recommendations for Improving Methods and Models for Aquatic Hazard Assessment for Ionisable Organic Chemicals ( ESCHER et al. , 2019 ) blob:https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/9a6671f7-9e93-466d-b86e-60ee2972f71b The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems (SCHWARZENBACH et al. , 2006) https://stg-wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/...

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals : Center for Biological Diversity: LOS ANGELES— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today challenging the last step in the administration’s plan to allow oil drilling and fracking on more than 1 million acres of public lands and minerals in Central California. (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; January 14, 2020) Fracking Operation - BAKKEN Shale   (Joshua DOUBEK, 11 August 2011;  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en )