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Toxic Water and Soil Contamination From Oil Pollution & Human Health Effects - Adar Oilfield (Blocks 3 & 7); Melut Basin - Paloch, South Sudan

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South Sudan buries report on oil pollution, birth defects (Sam MEDNICK, Associated Press ; February 13, 2020) https://apnews.com/f2f06cfa70126ad179445720d7c60b8a Selected Research Articles: Wailing of the people of South Sudan from oil contamination (overview of oil production and effects on people health) (KUANY et al. , 2019) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed_Abdelhafez5/publication/336881942_Wailing_of_the_people_of_South_Sudan_from_oil_contamination_overview_of_oil_production_and_effects_on_people_health/links/5db8c1cc299bf1a47bfd4986/Wailing-of-the-people-of-South-Sudan-from-oil-contamination-overview-of-oil-production-and-effects-on-people-health.pdf The Impacts of Oil Produced Water and Drilling Chemicals on the Natural Environment:  Paloch Oil Field (Block 3 & 7) - Melut County - Upper Nile State - South Sudan (ANYONG et al. , 2018) http://ijrp.org/otherDirectoryFile/journalFile/oldFile/10032172019644.pdf

Public Webcast “Navigable Waters Protection Rule”; February 13, 2020 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET [ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 5 (Week of February 3, 2020)]| Association of Clean Water Administrators

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ACWA Weekly Wrap Vol. XI, Issue 5 (Week of February 3, 2020) | Association of Clean Water Administrators : News Public Webcast on Navigable Waters Protection Rule (WOTUS) EPA and the Army will hold a public webcast to help explain the key elements of the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule on Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 2-3 PM ET . Registration is available here. The webcast will be recorded and available online following presentation. ACWA… Read More » Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta at Miller Park (Steve MARTORANO, USFWS ; June 17, 2016) Website : Navigable Waters Protection Rule (Step 2) [U. S. EPA] https://www.epa.gov/nwpr/navigable-waters-protection-rule-step-two-revise#publicoutreach

Possible Selenium Exposure in Toxic Agricultural Aerosols Near the Salton Sea

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Salton Sea Alkali Flats ( Bugguyak ; Public Domain ) Agricultural area residents in danger of inhaling toxic aerosols (Jules BERNSTEIN, UC Riverside News ; February 3, 2020) https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/02/03/agricultural-area-residents-danger-inhaling-toxic-aerosols Dimethyl selenide:               ( Chemwes ;  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en ) Dimethyl selenide MSDS: Dimethyl selenide ( PubChem ) https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Dimethyl-selenide Selected Research Publications: Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces:  A Critical Review (WINKEL et al. , 2015) https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/nutrients/nutrients-07-04199/article_deploy/nutrients-07-04199.pdf Metals, minerals and microbes:  geomicrobiology and bioremediation (GADD, 2010) https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/docserver/fulltext/micro/156/3/60...