Once the arsenic is in contact with the sulphur, it will bind to it.
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Scrubbers used in thermal power plants, for instance, require limestone to capture sulphur from their exhaust.
Six greenhouse gases are reported on: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulphur hexafluoride.
Meanwhile, the global market is demanding ever more clean diesel fuels and low-sulphur petrol.
If it could all be done without releasing sulphur into the atmosphere, it would be even better.
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Unless this trend is curbed, he says, the UK will miss its targets on curbing climate change and sulphur pollution.
Add the right amount of stratospheric sulphur and the temperature will come back down to where it began.
How many carbon credits in a blanket of ash and a few trillion tons of Sulphur dioxide worth?
Emissions of all the gases, except sulphur hexafluoride, fell in Northern Ireland in the period 1990 - 2007.
The main pollutant, sulphur dioxide, was linked to coal burning which was said to have reached exceptional levels.
Professor Sisson determined that the steel was attacked by a liquid slag which contained iron, sulphur and oxygen.
But that could quickly change, thanks to improvements in emission control and America's recent switch to low-sulphur diesel.
However, yet another study published this year suggests it is going away as anti-sulphur pollution-control measures kick in.
But it is telling that many autistic people have a genetic defect which interferes with their sulphur metabolism.
Three cargo ships, each carrying more than 2, 000 tons of sulphur, also sank in the Kerch Strait, authorities said.
Respected whisky writer Jim Murray said sulphur used to kill bacteria in wooden casks was marring Scotland's best-known export.
Sulphur dioxide pollution in America has been cut by a successful cap-and-trade system.
He admitted possessing sulphur powder and potassium nitrate and a book on Semtex.
But the imports are helped by having lower sulphur, which means lower emissions.
The harmful pollutants released into the air by coal-fired electricity generation, such as sulphur, also dampen the greenhouse effect.
Among the other chemicals measured were vanillic acid and sulphur, two indicators of forest fire and industrial emissions, respectively.
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What about easing controls on sulphur dioxide emissions, another idea floated this week?
The sulphur and ash Iceland is pumping out is going to cool the world for a fair chunk of time.
The bacteria convert the sulphides to oxides, and the metal flows out with the acid, leaving only the sulphur behind.
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If an unusual microbiome leads to the gut needing extra sulphur, the brain may pay the price by developing abnormally.
If you decide to stay overnight, the Rimrock Resort Hotel, perched on Sulphur Mountain, is located right in the park.
In the meantime, however, China is struggling to meet its set environmental targets, including reducing sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.
This is done either with mineral oils, which present a fire hazard, or with sulphur hexafluoride, the most potent greenhouse gas.
The trouble is that this applies only to some pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide, but not to others, such as carbon dioxide.
Occasionally I catch the rotten-egg stink of sulphur lingering in the air.
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