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Stories about: heavy metals

Newly Found Bacteria Cleans Heavy Metal Pollution Sediments that researchers found underneath the Pacific Ocean proved to be more than just mud. Inside it, experts found a new type of bacteria that is apparently able to tie down heavy metals, and thus may hold the key to creating more effective water cleaning agents. If the studies are successful, then it could be a... 5 June 2009 09:01 GMT Metal Eating Worms Could Help Reduce Pollution Some three new metal-eating worm species were found in landfills in the United Kingdom, thriving under layers of heavy metal rich deposits. Scientists say they appear to have developed a "taste" for heavy metals, such as lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper, which they digest and then excrete into nature in a slightly dif... 8 October 2008 02:09 GMT