http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/mapping-hot-spots-of-lead-to-protect-children/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/mapping-hot-spots-of-lead-to-protect-children/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:34:30 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32879 A new study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization shows how hot spots of lead contamination in soil can be pinpointed in order to safeguard children against drastic health effects. Researchers led by geochemist Alexander van Geen of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, studied soil around two Peruvian mining towns, and found high lead concentrations [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/mapping-hot-spots-of-lead-to-protect-children/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/12/why-soil-matters/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/12/why-soil-matters/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:48:59 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=25102 Soil is the source of all life. Yet “we know more about soils of Mars than about soils of Africa,” says Pedro Sanchez, director of the Earth Institute’s Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program. To remedy this situation, the Earth Institute is taking part in an ambitious undertaking to map the world’s soils.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/04/12/why-soil-matters/feed/ 0