fluids

Guidance for the Safe Handling of Bodies of Deceased Persons with COVID-19

By Alaska Public Health Alert Network on Apr 8, 2020 Health

The purpose of this alert is to provide guidance for the safe handling of bodies and deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. Key Points There is currently no known risk associated with being in the same room at a funeral or visitation service with the body of someone who died of COVID-19 (see […]

New Tracers can Identify Frack Fluids in the Environment

By Cheryl Dybas | NSF, Time Lucas | Duke University on Oct 20, 2014 Featured, Science/Education

Scientists have developed new geochemical tracers that can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been spilled or released into the environment. The tracers have been field-tested at a spill site in West Virginia and downstream from an oil and gas brine wastewater treatment plant in Pennsylvania. “By characterizing the isotopic and geochemical fingerprints of […]