There are many situations when a water supply could temporarily be interrupted for a few hours or up to several days or weeks. Availability of drinking water is critical in these situations because ...

Officials say two-and-a-half months after learning of its presence, they still have not pinpointed the source of Iodine-131 in Philadelphia’s drinking water. At a public forum Wednesday, officials ...

Researchers have synthesised a porous, ultralight aerogel that can adsorb radioactive iodine from vapour and aqueous mediums 1. Radioactive iodine is a byproduct of the fission of uranium atoms in ...

A radiotracer study was conducted to determine removal efficiencies for cobalt, cesium, and iodine in a conventional municipal wastewater treatment plant. The study was conducted in a full-scale ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., Feb. 23, 2007 - The problem of "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" can apply as much to deployed troops cut off from their pure water supply as it did to ...

Topical antiseptics such as hydrogen peroxide, iodine, or a combination of the two are not safe to inhale and not proven to treat respiratory infections, contrary to social media claims that breathing ...