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Utilizing Lava-Basalt Dust in Belgium See new article on water purification and lava/lava-basalt dust by Marc Daelemans. Marc Daelemans, our international coordinator for Remineralize the Earth in Belgium, has been making great strides recently. At a recent symposium at the Hosteenbron in Zonhoven, he spoke to 70 people about his experiences using lava-basalt dust, which

Chemical and mineralogical characterisation of cutting process sludge PETER VAN STRAATEN Dr. Annita Colombo*, Dr. Annalisa Tunesi*, Dr. Valentina Barberini**,Dr. Lucia Galimberti*, Dr. Alessandro Cavallo* *Department ofGeological Sciences and Geotechnologies, University of Milan Bicocca -www.geo.unimib.it **Department of Earth Sciences Ardito Desio,University of Milan ABSTRACT The sludge produced through the sawing and working of stone is

Research on Saving California Oaks Lee K. KlingerP.O. Box 644, Big Sur, California 93920 ABSTRACT Pathologists investigating the recent death of many oak trees in northern California have concluded that the problem is due to a new plant disease, dubbed sudden oak death (SOD), caused by the fungal pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. While not disputing that

Farming With Rocks and Minerals: Challenges and Opportunities Peter Van StraatenDepartment of Land Resource Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1 Manuscript received on September 29, 2005; accepted for publication on March 13, 2006Presented by Othon H. Leonardo ABSTRACT In many parts of the world food security is at risk. One of the