World facing 'arsenic timebomb'
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About 140 million people globally face arsenic poisoning from drinking water, more than previously realised.
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Scientists have found elevated levels of arsenic and other pesticides in thousands of truckloads of muck scooped from the bottom of Lake Okeechobee.
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Yes, it's dirt-cheap and will mobilize people throughout the developing world. And that is exactly why it poses a threat to the environment and global energy supplies.
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Science & environment: . 'Ignorance, need and greed' depleting soil . Experts warn competition will lead to conflict.
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The world faces a "race against time" to  prevent nuclear terror, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog  chief said on Monday, citing an extensive illicit market in  nuclear and radioactive materials after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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It sounds insignificant alongside the  Indian Ocean tsunami, yet an almost imperceptible annual rise  in the world's oceans may pose a huge threat to ports, coasts  and islands by 2100.
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Lead, mercury and arsenic have been found in herbal preparations imported from India, some so laden with contaminants they were potent enough to cause serious poisonings, researchers report today.
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Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes.
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By Mashhor Mansor  GLOBAL warming plus environmental degradation spell trouble for all life on earth. These pressing environmental issues are difficult to overcome, especially since environmental awareness is superficial and environmental knowledge is limited among the public.
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By Amos Maki, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.  Dec. 19--When Dan Cowan first laid his eyes on a heavily polluted  industrial site in Charleston, S.C., in 1998, he could hardly believe what he  saw.
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By Kemal Dervis  Yesterday was World Environment Day - an observance that must be more than a 24-hour, once-a-year event.
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Huge casualties are reported from tidal waves and earth tremors in southern and eastern Asia.
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The Asian "brown cloud" of pollution is affecting weather systems globally, according to research.
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Arsenic levels have risen to alarming levels in many districts of the Indian state of Bihar, officials say.
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A professor who developed an inexpensive, easy-to-make system for filtering arsenic from well water has won a $1 million engineering prize &#151; and he plans to use most of the money to distribute the filters to needy communities around the world.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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A George Mason University chemistry professor has won a $1 million engineering prize for developing a simple and inexpensive means of filtering arsenic from well water, an advance that is already preventing serious health problems in hundreds of thousands of people in his native Bangladesh and could...