Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "heavy metals"

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    • Dolomite sand will give whiff of toxic dust, enviro groups say of DENR plan for bay area 

      Rosario, Ben; Antonio, Raymund (Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2020, on page 2)
      Instead of fresh sea air, promenaders will get a whiff of toxic dust from dolomite sand when the 1389million Manila Bay rehabilitation project is completed, environmentalists said. This new argument against the proposed ...

    • Gov't bans fish harvesting, sale in 7 Pampanga towns 

      Regala, Franco (Manila Bulletin, August 4, 2015, on page 14)
      In the wake of reports of fish in several towns om this province in the past weeks, the provincial government has enjoined mayors of affected areas to temporarily prohibit harvesting and selling of fish and other aquatic ...

    • Parasitized tilapia safer to eat 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2016, on page B-6)
      A recent study by the Institute of Biological Sciences at UP Los Baños has found that the parasitized tilapia may be safer to eat than the unparasitized ones. Why? Because the parasitized fishes have remarkably lower levels ...

    • The problem with mercury 

      Gonzales, Eduardo (Manila Bulletin, November 3, 2015, on page C1)
      Methyl mercury in bodies of water is absorbed by algae, the staple food of small fish that scavenge near shorelines. These small fishes are eaten by larger fishes, which in turn serve as prey for still larger fishes. Thus, ...

    • UP prof raises alarm on toxic fish in Laguna de Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 20, 2015, on page 2)
      Consuming milkfish, tilapia, carp, mudfish, cream dory or kanduli that thrive in Laguna de Bay may be fatal after health experts said the bay was full of heavy metals accumulation that could cause serious ailments, including ...