We welcome back nuclear power expert, Peter Bradford, former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner and board member for the Union of Concerned Scientists to update us on the latest nuclear power boondoggles that force customers to pay for the construction of nuclear reactors sometimes decades before they benefit from any energy that’s produced. Plus, molecular biologist, Becky McClain, who got infected by a dangerous virus in her workplace, joins us to discuss her book, “Exposed: A Pfizer Scientist Battles Corruption, Lies, and Betrayal, and Becomes a Biohazard Whistleblower.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPYN2fMdNQ
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 20% of new cases in the United States are in people who never smoked, with young women making up the majority of the cases. Experts believe the rise in non-smoking cases is largely driven by radon exposure, air pollution, and genetic mutations. We speak with Dr Pinar Uysal, Reader in Molecular Biology at the University of Westminster.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkJtJ47n3pI
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Fluids drawn from underground carry a mixture of gasses, notably carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3). These pollutants contribute to global warming, acid rain and noxious smells if released.
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Water from geothermal sources may hold in solution trace amounts of toxic elements such as mercury, arsenic, boron, and antimony.[52] These chemicals precipitate as the water cools, and can damage surroundings if released.
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Construction can adversely affect land stability. Subsidence occurred in the Wairakei field.[7] In Staufen im Breisgau, Germany, tectonic uplift occurred instead. A previously isolated anhydrite layer came in contact with water and turned it into gypsum, doubling its volume.[53][54][55] Enhanced geothermal systems can trigger earthquakes as part of hydraulic fracturing. A project in Basel, Switzerland was suspended because more than 10,000 seismic events measuring up to 3.4 on the Richter Scale occurred over the first 6 days of water injection.[56]
The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher concentrations in the human brain than in other organs, a new study shows. Microplastics are broken down from plastic waste and can be found across the planet, people then consume the particles through food, water and even air.https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/microplastics-found-at-higher-concentrations-in-human-brains/vi-AA1ziGZB?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a9cfcc1a6ade4ccd805ee4f5c34f4a34&ei=204
The earliest record of trichloroethylene synthesis dates back to 1836. It was obtained from the action of potassium hydroxide on 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane by Auguste Laurent and notated as C4HCl3 (then the atomic weight of carbon was thought to be the half of it really was). Laurent did not investigate the compound further.[10][11]
Trichloroethylene's discovery is widely attributed to E. Fischer who made it in 1864 via the reduction of hexachloroethane with hydrogen. Fischer investigated TCE and noted its boiling point as between 87 and 90 degrees Celsius.[12][13][14] Commercial production began in Germany, in 1920 and in the US in 1925.[15]
#WATCH | Delhi | Toxic foam floats on the surface of Yamuna River in the Kalindi Kunj area. Visuals also show a layer of haze in the sky as the air quality remains in the 'Very Poor' category.
(Drone visuals shot at 7:45 am)
Bromine was discovered independently by two chemists, Carl Jacob Löwig[13] and Antoine Balard,[14][15] in 1825 and 1826, respectively.[16]