SC farmer will visit Washington to tell story of toxic pollution in his community

Darlington County’s Robbie O’Neal has been outspoken about how unsuspecting farmers who used sludge as fertilizer later ...
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New chemical process turns toxic arsenic sludge into semiconductor material

Researchers in Denmark have developed a chemical process that converts toxic arsenic waste into a usable metallic material ...
NPR

Toxic Red Sludge Spill From Hungarian Aluminum Plant 'An Ecological Disaster'

A flood of toxic waste from a burst reservoir at a chemical plant has killed at least four people in Western Hungary. As NPR's Eric Westervelt reports, local officials are scrambling to contain what ...
C&EN

Biodiesel From Sewage Sludge

A thermochemical process can convert lipids from sewage sludge into biodiesel, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es3019435). The low cost and high yield of the sludge ...