Oct 5, 2009
Posted in Science at 9:00 pm by David Bradley -- 1 Comment
The second batch of physical science and biomedical research news in the SpectroscopyNOW ezines are live:
Optical sniffer detects poison gas – US researchers have developed an optoelectronic nose that can sniff out toxic gases. The sensor is fast and inexpensive and could be used to detect high exposure risk to hazardous industrial chemicals.
E coli clues – New clues as to the virulence of the potentially lethal bacterium Escherichia coli O157:H7 has emerged from …
Jan 19, 2009
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UPDATED UPDATE: Two men have been served a death sentence for their involvement in China’s melamine contaminated milk scandal. The former boss of the Sanlu dairy at the centre of the scandal was given life imprisonment. 19 other sentences handed down by the court in northern China, where Sanlu is based, are of lower severity.
More than 200 families whose babies were hospitalised after drinking infant milk formula tainted with the industrial chemical …
Nov 24, 2008
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The melamine in milk scandal continues to draw interest. You recall, across Asia, in particularly in China, infant formula milk was discovered to be contaminated with a starting material for making plastics and fire retardant materials, melamine. Thousands of babies were hospitalised with possible renal failure, and several died.
But, could some good have come out of this scandal? Apparently, breast-feeding rates have …
Nov 14, 2008
Posted in Science at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 22 Comments; add yours
Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes who works at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recent published on the subject of low dose radiation and the possibility that a form of vitamin D could be the key to protecting us from background radiation and perhaps save lives following a nuclear incident or terrorist attack involving a so-called dirty bomb.
Hayes explains that …
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