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Weston Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce Estok and Bryan Peachey as Weston Vice Presidents.

Scientists at EPFL and two other Swiss research institutes are conducting a study of the toxicity of tire-particle compounds and how readily they're absorbed by living organisms. 

Army Corps of Engineers awarded the $27.6 million contract to Brice Engineering on Nov. 10. 

Companies across the globe have been fighting cyber-attacks for years, but the sophistication, frequency and intensity of attacks is increasing.

Currently, the best way for scientists to isolate a specific microbe with a particular metabolic function from an environment is to take a sample of cells, culture them, and then screen them for the desired cell functions. This method has several limitations.

A University of Maryland researcher and colleagues found that the fungus Metarhizium robertsii removes mercury from the soil around plant roots.

The scientists also note that WHO did not disclose the names, affiliations, and potential conflicts-of-interest of those involved in the preparation or peer-review of the draft guidelines.

Research and regulatory attention to PFAS has grown dramatically in recent years, yet data about PFAS-contaminated sites are incomplete. Researchers recently proposed a “presumptive contamination” model to fill the gap.

With this $21 billion dollar investment, we have the opportunity to be the generation whose legacy is environmental clean up.

Scientists at Staffordshire University are driving research to understand the scale of plastic pollution in agricultural soils and its impact around the world.