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Tag: Arsenic

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12 July 2021

Toxic arsenic in the brain and in breast milk

In the context of an international research project, a research group from Graz investigated certain arsenic compounds that were previously considered harmless. It was found that they are highly toxic and can spread in the body. Continue reading “Toxic arsenic in the brain and in breast milk”

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6 July 2020

New materials discovered in toxic mining waste

In politically sensitive regions of the West Balkans, the mineralogist and crystallographer Tamara Đorđević investigates mining waste contaminated with arsenic and other toxins. In order to understand how these ticking time bombs affect the environment, she examines their crystal structure with cross-disciplinary expertise from crystallography and chemistry. Continue reading “New materials discovered in toxic mining waste”

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