Silver nanoparticles are believed to have lower toxic effects than silver in solution (ionic silver). As discussed in an earlier GEM (Should we be worried about Nanotechnology?) silver nanoparticles have many applications, and can be […]
In case you mised this according to the “Science for Environment Policy” weekly news alerts for 12 February 2015 new research has found that bacteria taken from underground petroleum reserves could be used to effectively […]
…..in case you had not realised came into force on 27th June 2016 and revoked the previous Water Supply Regulations 2000 and consolidate the amendments introduced by the 2001, 2007 and 2010 amendment Regulations. One […]
Those on JISCmail will no doubt already seen Theresa Cory’s message drawing attention to the now sparsely populated UK Government’s webpage on Land contamination:technical guidance. This page annouces that “Some documents from the 1990s which […]
This week saw the EA issue their Position Statement: Using DNA-based methods for environmental monitoring and decision-making. It seems amazing that only 13 years since the mapping of the human genome in 2003 that the […]
This is an update of the risk assessment first published in April 2016. As with all standard rule permits this only applies for: a bridge that has no bed or bank reinforcement or support in […]
This month saw the UK Climate Change Commitee (UKCCC) publish the above report; a culmination of three years work by hundreds of leading scientists. The background to the work can be found in the video […]
Yesterday saw the Environment Agency produce their annual report, the 25th such report, on the state of groundwater levels in the Chalk Aquifer beneath London. Intially reports were started in the 1990s to record changing […]
PFAS is just one of the emerging contaminants of concern at the moment but with the EU in 2013 setting an annual average environmental quality standard (AA-EQS) for PFOS in surface freshwater of 0,00065 μg/l […]
This is the latest Direction to the Environment Agency for the implementation of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Groundwater Directive.and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/525723/groundwater-ea-direction.pdf As a result The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) […]