The rulemaking follows a damning report by the US Environmental Protection Agency in September last year which pointed to Elk Valley coal mines as the source of elevated selenium levels in downstream ...

Selenium deficiency refers to not having enough selenium in your system. Symptoms may include fatigue, muscle weakness, and infertility, among others. The amount of selenium in food sources is largely ...

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, alongside 10 other tribal nations, has sent a letter to the Canadian government asking it to address mining in British Columbia because of the harm they ...

Selsun Blue is best known as an anti-dandruff shampoo, but medically it is a selenium sulfide–based antifungal treatment.

IN the course of a series of experiments on the electrical behaviour of selenium, undertaken with a view to remove, if possible, the difficulties in the way of constructing constant resistances of ...

You can obtain selenium through your diet by eating foods like Brazil nuts, bananas, and eggs. Some people with certain health conditions may have difficulty absorbing selenium. Selenium is an ...

Tribal leaders from Montana and Idaho are traveling to Washington, D.C., to increase pressure on Canada over selenium contamination in American waters caused by Canadian mining.

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