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Latest American Chemical Society podcast: Sewage plant waste water as a huge new energy source

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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2011 — The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) award-winning podcast series, “Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions,” focuses on the discovery that household sewage has far more potential as an alternative…

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Household sewage: Not waste, but a vast new energy resource

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In a finding that gives new meaning to the adage, “waste not, want not,” scientists are reporting that household sewage has far more potential as an alternative energy source than previously thought. They say the discovery, which increases the estim…

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New report: Don’t blame the pill for estrogen in drinking water

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Contrary to popular belief, birth control pills account for less than 1 percent of the estrogens found in the nation’s drinking water supplies, scientists have concluded in an analysis of studies published on the topic. Their report suggests that mo…

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New American Chemical Society podcast: Economical biodiesel from sewage sludge

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2010 — Biodiesel fuel could be produced from municipal sewage sludge at a cost that is within a few cents a gallon of being competitive with conventional diesel refined from petroleum, according to the latest episode in the …

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans, Technology

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