Pollution Monitoring & Control News
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Pollution controls slapped on more farms - 
A growing area of England's farm land has been marked up as vulnerable to pollution from excessive use of fertilizer.
London mayor appoints green Tsar - 
A director of Transport for London's policy unit is to take charge of the environmental brief at City Hall, with the aim of delivering on the raft of green commitments made by the mayor.
TV star's death-defying tortoise escapes recycling - 
A tortoise belonging to Welsh comedienne Ruth Jones is recuperating at home after a lucky escape from a recycling plant.
Buoys to help predict flooding - 
Wave buoys have been deployed off Scotland's east coast to help improve flood forecasting.
Sea level change not all about us - 
There are a variety of reasons why sea levels are changing - and scientists arguing the case for man-made climate change must find reliable ways to predict natural variations if they are to paint an accurate picture of our own influence.
Tougher measures mooted for noise nuisance - 
Local authorities and police could be given greater powers to tackle noise pollution as part of a raft of proposed new measures to deal with the blight of noisy neighbours and businesses.
Swiss say cities and farms share blame for pesticide pollution - 
Swiss researchers looking at the origins of pesticides and other pollutants in rivers and streams say we are too quick to blame agriculture for our water's woes.
Care services waste management to be audited - Waste management including handling and disposal is set to be part of a hygiene audit the Health Service Executive (HSE) is to carry out of care facilities.
Corporates outline progress on CFCs - Coca Cola, McDonalds and Ikea are three of the big names gearing up to face academics and suppliers to report what progress they have made towards phasing out HFC-use.
Water experts head for Stockholm - 
Thousands of water experts from around the world will gather in Sweden next week to put global issues such as sanitation, scarce water resources and climate change under the microscope.
States team up for fuel efficiency drive - 
Motorists in two US states are being urged to take part in a programme to reduce pollution and emissions from cars.
Water transfer system needed, study says - 
There is no need to privatise water in New Zealand but the country needs a better system to transfer allocated but unused water to those who need it.
Grants handed out as drought continues - Grants totalling $17m have been handed out for water-saving programmes that try to address the current drought in California.
Dry cleaner coughs up for clean up - A small dry cleaning firm will have to pay out thousands of dollars towards the costs of cleaning up a major superfund site contaminated with industrial solvents and chemicals.
Beijing air 'met Olympic standards' - Air quality in Beijing in the first half of August met the standards required to host the Olympic Games, according to city officials.
Portable F.O.G (Fat, Oil and Grease) analyser saves time and lab costs - 
The latest on-site infrared analysers designed specifically to measure F.O.G levels in wastewater are now available from leading instrumentation company Quantitech.
Urine sampling for isocyanate exposure measurement - 
Air Quality Assurance are now offering Urine sample testing for Isocyanate derivatives.
Tinytag data loggers help with your monitoring needs at RWM08 (stand 1840) - 
Visitors to the Recycling and Waste Management '08 Exhibition will be able to see how Gemini Data Loggers has helped with the increase of composting, with their Tinytag temperature monitoring systems.
Power experts discuss role of technology in climate change - Key industry figures from the power sector will share the latest technology developments affecting climate change at an event organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) this September.
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