Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Harnessing the Mekong or Killing It?  (Michelle NIJHUIS, National Geographic , April 15, 2015 and  Chiangraitimes.com ; April 17, 2015) http://www.chiangraitimes.com/harnessing-the-mekong-or-killing-it.html Selected Research Articles: The Combined Impact on the Flooding of the Vietnam's Mekong Delta of Local Man-Made Structures, Sea Level Rise, and Dams Upstream in the River Catchment (LE et al., 2007) http://www.schulprojekt-klimawandel.de/imperia/md/content/dahlem/hoa_et_al__2007_.pdf Pesticide Management and their Residues in Sediments and Surface and Drinking Water in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (TOAN et al., 2013) http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zita_Sebesvari/publication/236054797_Pesticide_management_and_their_residues_in_sediments_and_surface_and_drinking_water_in_the_Mekong_Delta_Vietnam/links/02e7e5376690926978000000.pdf Arsenic Exposure to Drinking Water in the Mekong Delta (MEROLA et al., 2015) http://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/avnervengosh/fil...

Secrecy shrouds decade-old oil spill in Gulf of Mexico | CNS News (Michael KUNZELMAN and Jeff DONN,  Associated Press ; April 16, 2015)

Article : Vancouver oil spill source, composition and size unconfirmed, says coast guard http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-oil-spill-source-composition-and-size-unconfirmed-says-coast-guard-1.3026227 Shared via the CBC NEWS Android App

The Product Used to Clean Up the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Could be Choking Wildlife Out (Taylor HILL, Takepart.com; April 6, 2015 ) http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/04/06/cleanup-products-deepwater-horizon-spill-were-toxic N. B.:  Contains link to LI et al., 2015 research article in PLOS One. A Deadly Paradox:  Scientists Discover the Agent Used in Gulf Spill Cleanup is Destroying Marine Life (David KIRBY, Takepart.com ; April 25, 2013 ) http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/24/corexit-bp-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-effects-marine-life Websites: Center for Biological Diversity Gulf Disaster Dispersants http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/energy/dirty_energy_development/oil_and_gas/gulf_oil_spill/dispersants.html NALCO Environmental Solutions LLC MSDS:   COREXIT EC9500A   http://www.nalcoesllc.com/nes/employees/1617.htm N. B.:  Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available in English, French, Portug...

Zhangzhou Chemical Plant in Eastern China Explodes for Second Time in Two Years   (Keira Lu HUANG, South China Morning Post ; April 6, 2015) http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1758087/chemical-plant-china-explodes-second-time-two-years China Paraxylene Chemical Plant Hit By Explosion ( BBC World News - China , April 6, 2015) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32196103 Blast at Paraxylene Plant in China's Fujian Province [Video] ( RT.com, April 6, 2015) http://rt.com/news/247129-blast-plant-paraxylene-china/ Background on the Chemical Paraxylene... Safety Data Sheet - Paraxylene ( Chevron-Phillips , 8/22/2014) http://www.cpchem.com/msds/100000067425_SDS_US_EN.PDF

Overpumping of Central Valley Groundwater Creating a Crisis, Experts Say (Bettina BOXALL, Los Angeles Times ; March 18, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-groundwater-20150318-story.html#page=1 CALIFORNIA :  State Farmers Begin to Confront Their Ominous Groundwater Shortage (Deborah KAHN, Climate Wire/E & E News ; March 6, 2015) http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060014598 California's Largest Groundwater Reservoir - The Central Valley Aquifer Central Valley Aquifer System  HA 730-B (Groundwater Atlas of the United States, California, Nevada; US Geological Survey ) http://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_b/B-text3.html N. B.:  For additional information concerning the impact of the Drought in California , please refer to "Blog Archives" for former blog posts on the following dates: September 21, 2014 July 2, 2014 June 18, 2014 April 21, 2014

Fukushima Accident ( World Nuclear Association ; February 2015)