UC Riverside scientists isolate microorganisms that break down a toxic pesticide
UC Riverside News Release: 02-27-2003
Press release: 01-16-2003, Scientists target microorganisms to break down toxic pesticide, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America.
Science Daily Magazine.
UAlberta researcher Tariq Siddique with the experimental columns in his lab that were used to incubate tailings samples and observe densification. He is finding that microbes could be used to increase the amount of water recovered from tailings ponds.
University of Alberta News Release
RENEW Newsletter Fall 2012
Edmonton Journal News: June 07, 2012; The U of A’s Dr. Tariq Siddique and Dr. Julia Foght have shown that microbes can speed up the settling-out process in tailings ponds.
Acidity issues could surface during management of oil sands tailings
Heated sediments release arsenic into groundwater but the arsenic’s fate remains unclear