Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Some L. A. County beaches closed after untreated sewage spill of 6 - 7 million gallons (Tony KURZWELL and Tracy BLOOM, KTLA Channel 5 News ; December 31, 2021) https://ktla.com/news/local-news/long-beach-closes-beaches-after-2-to-4-million-gallons-of-untreated-sewage-spills-into-dominguez-channel/ Also... LA County declares local emergency over Dominguez Channel odor near Carson (Ryan CARTER, Daily Breeze ; November 2, 2021) https://www.dailybreeze.com/2021/11/02/la-county-declares-local-emergency-over-dominguez-channel-odor-near-carson/amp/ Los Angeles Watershed ( City of Los Angeles Sanitation ) Websites: Dominguez Channel and Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors WMA ( CA State Water Resources Control Board ) https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/losangeles/water_issues/programs/regional_program/Water_Quality_and_Watersheds/dominguez_channel/summary.shtml Virtual Tour of Dominguez Channel ( Public Works - Los Angeles County ) https://www.ladpw.org/wmd/watershed/dc/photos/chan...

State of Bihar, India by Maverick.Mohit ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link After Arsenic, Health Concerns over Uranium Contamination in Groundwater  (Mohd. Imran KHAN, NewsClick India ; 06 October 2021) https://www.newsclick.in/Bihar-After-Arsenic-Health-Concerns-Uranium-Contamination-Groundwater Featured Research Article :  Distribution and geochemical controls of arsenic and uranium in groundwater-derived drinking water in Bihar, India (RICHARDS et al., 2020) https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/7/2500/pdf Also... Uranium in drinking water:  A growing concern for India  (Central Ground Water Board, India Water Portal;  07 September 2021) https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/uranium-drinking-water-growing-concern-india Selected Research Articles: Arsenic contamination of groundwater: A global synopsis with focus on the Indian Peninsula (SHAJI et al. , 2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987120302115/pdfft?isDTMRedir=true&downlo...