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April 14, 2016

Oxygen key to containing coal ash contamination
Durham NC (SPX) Apr 14, 2016
As energy companies decide what to do with aging coal ash disposal facilities in North Carolina and across the nation, they may be overlooking a fundamental but potentially critical variable - oxygen. In a new study appearing in the April issue of Applied Geochemistry, researchers from Duke University demonstrate that the level of oxygen in a coal ash disposal site can greatly affect how much toxic selenium and arsenic can be leached from the system. "The tests that the Environmental Protect ... read more

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