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High Efficiency Ion Exchange For Arsenic Removal
June 12, 2006 (www.wateronline.com)
Basin Water provides a patented Basin Water Ion Exchange (BWIX) system for arsenic removal to treat contaminated groundwater at the wellhead or at a centralized facility.
Their patented “High Efficiency Ion Exchange for Arsenic Removal” treatment system is the only commercially available technology capable of removing arsenic to non-detect levels in drinking water, regardless of water quality.
Basin Water currently has more arsenic removal systems in service than any other company and operates two of the largest arsenic removal systems ever built, which produce a combined capacity of 8,000 GPM which is expected to be expanded to 22,000 GPM in the future.
Currently, Basin Water systems treat a total of over 80 million gallons per day which include numerous systems with treatment capacities from 50 to 4,000 GPM.
Arsenic and Prostate Cancer - Acquiring Androgen Independence
September 8, 2005 (foodconsumer.org)
Scientists already suspect that prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer death in U.S. men, is linked with chronic arsenic exposure.
Now a team of researchers reports that human prostate cells that underwent chronic, low-level arsenic exposure not only exhibited aggressive carcinoma-like growth, but also showed an increased incidence of androgen independence, a state often linked to advanced or fatal prostate cancers, and one that makes these cancers more difficult to treat.
Ex-workers want AXT firm probed
September 1st, 2005 (insidebayarea.com)
A group of immigrant workers called on the Alameda County District Attorney Wednesday to hold their former employer, Fremont-based semiconductor manufacturer AXT Inc., responsible for knowingly exposing them to toxic chemicals.
The workers, most of them Chinese immigrants who speak little or no English, say they were not informed about workplace hazards and face a growing fear about their health.
They say AXT exposed 500 workers to unhealthy levels of gallium arsenic, a carcinogen and reproductive toxin, and want the company to pay for long-term health monitoring.
Lead, arsenic among chemicals found in fallout in Romulus
August 26, 2005 (freep.com)
Toxic chemicals, including lead, arsenic and cadmium, were among 37 potentially hazardous compounds in the fallout from the Aug. 9 chemical plant explosion at EQ Resource Recovery in Romulus.
A preliminary list of the chemicals, obtained Thursday by the Free Press, shows several known or suspected cancer-causing agents and others that can trigger hormone disruptions or developmental problems in children
Modifying wells should lower arsenic
August 17th, 2005 (dailynews.com)
LANCASTER - Facing stiffer federal restrictions on a naturally occurring toxin, Los Angeles County will spend more than $525,000 modifying five Lancaster-area water wells to reduce their intake of arsenic.
Arsenic Threatens Small Town's Water Supply
August 12th, 2005 (pahrumpvalleytimes.com)
Nye County, Nevada - Nye County water consultant Dean Day reported the results of his engineering study last week, in which sample arsenic counts were taken from the town's sole potable water supply.
Day's study concluded that arsenic showed up in samples accounting for as much as 34 to 50 parts per billion, "way above the 10 parts per billion" allowed by the state and federal Environmental Protection Agency, according to the consultant in his report to the county commission.
Arsenic in drinking water may promote cancer growth
August 10th, 2005 (foodconsumer.org)
The Associated Press reported August 8 that researchers found that arsenic in drinking water can stimulate the growth of cancerous cells and cause tumors to spread faster.
City water still safe
August 10th, 2005 (edmondsun.com)
Edmond residents should have few worries about arsenic, a naturally occurring metal, in the city's water supply, an official said Tuesday.
Under current Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, all of Edmond's 51 water wells that serve the city's water system are within acceptable arsenic limits, said Jerry Smith, assistant city manager for operations.
Research Ties Arsenic to Tumor Growth
August 8, 2005 (newsday.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A study by researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center indicates environmental arsenic in drinking water can stimulate the growth of cancerous tumors and cause them to spread faster.
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