Why are we ignoring the role of livestock in antibiotic resistance?
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 23, 2013
With 80% of the antibiotics in the U.S. being used on animals entering our food chain, it may be time to start considering the role this plays in the issue of antibiotic resistance. The UK’s Chief Medical Examiner, Professor Dame Sully Davies, cautions, “We need to work with everyone to ensure the apocalyptic scenario of
READ MOREThere’s proof: Sunscreen reduces skin aging
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 10, 2013
We know that using sunscreen regularly protects you from cancer, but a new study has proven that it also has anti-aging properties that help to fight wrinkles. “We now have the scientific evidence to back the long-held assumption about the cosmetic value of sunscreen,” says Dr. Adele Green, lead author of the study. When choosing
READ MOREMeet Patrick Martins, Saving Endangered Livestock One Burger at a Time
- Environmental Well-Being
- June 5, 2013
As the food industry continues to trend towards crossbreeding and hybridization (pushing many breeds of livestock towards endangerment), Patrick Martins' Heritage Foods USA encourages producers to raise disappearing breeds. GOOD, 5/29/2013
READ MOREScience of Sinkholes: 20 Percent of U.S. Lies in Susceptible Areas
- Environmental Well-Being
- March 13, 2013
Ever since a devastating sinkhole occurred in Florida last month, people have been raising questions and concerns about this dangerous phenomenon. Approximately 20% of the U.S. lies in areas susceptible to sinkholes; people need to be informed about this hazard, and more research is needed. Science Daily, 3/5/2013
READ MOREBreast cancer ties to environment probed
- Environmental Well-Being
- February 28, 2013
Experts say it's likely that environmental factors play a large role in causing breast cancer. While much remains unknown about the relationship between breast cancer and the environment, researchers are studying the toxicity of environmental factors such as pesticides, income, hometown location, and immigration status. San Francisco Chronicle, 2/26/2013
READ MOREAir pollution linked to low birth weight
- Environmental Well-Being
- February 12, 2013
According to new international findings, mothers who breathe the kind of pollution emitted by vehicles, coal power plants and factories are significantly more likely to give birth to underweight children than mothers living in less polluted areas. San Francisco Chronicle, 2/6/2013
READ MOREHealth and Environment: A Closer Look at Plastics
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 28, 2013
Plastics have transformed modern society, providing many benefits but also destroying waterways and aquifers, depleting petroleum supplies and disrupting human health. Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, has co-written a new overview on the risks and rewards of plastics in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health. Halden suggests strategies to mitigate negative impacts through reconsideration
READ MOREStudy finds unsafe mercury levels in 84 percent of all fish
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 22, 2013
Unsafe levels of mercury in fish pose serious health risks for humans. Mercury poisoning, most often caused by eating fish, can permanently damage the brain and kidneys. CBS Evening News, 1/13/2013
READ MOREFranken-Salmon on the Horizon
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 9, 2013
The FDA has said that they can find no valid scientific reason to ban the production of genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon, which is engineered (using Pacific Chinook salmon growth hormones) to grow twice as fast as ordinary fish. The FDA's finding clears one of the last remaining hurdles for GM salmon to be lawfully sold and eaten
READ MOREPesticide Used by Farmers is Linked to Long-Term Brain Damage
- Environmental Well-Being
- December 24, 2012
A new study suggests an alarming link between low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides – the most widely used insecticides in the world – and long-term brain damage. The Ecologist, 12/14/2012
READ MOREPesticides in tap water, produce linked to food allergies
- Environmental Well-Being
- December 10, 2012
According to a new study, pesticides in produce and drinking water may be playing a role in the increasing prevalence of food allergies. ABC News Channel 5, 12/5/2012
READ MOREHow the smartphone boom could damage your health and the environment
- Environmental Well-Being
- December 10, 2012
Much research points to microwave pollution from smartphones and tablets as a serious threat to our health. There are countless examples of families experiencing insomnia, headaches and heart arrhythmia in neighborhoods undergoing increased microwave activity- a similar pattern to the sickness from ‘low’ levels of radiation that was well-known in the 1960s. The Ecologist, 12/3/2012
READ MORE10 Germiest Places in a Restaurant (Hint: Bathroom Isn’t No. 1)
- Environmental Well-Being
- November 20, 2012
ABC News Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy went undercover at 10 restaurants in three states and took swab samples from 10 surfaces at each restaurant. Then the New York University Microbiology Department lab tested the samples. After reading these results, you may never feel the same about handling a restaurant menu. It turns out, sometimes the spotless-looking surfaces
READ MOREEPA probes health risks left by old lead factory sites
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 18, 2012
In response to a USA TODAY investigation, the EPA and states are finding lead poisoning risks around several old factory sites in neighborhoods where children play. USA Today, 10/14/2012
READ MOREMom’s BPA levels linked to son’s thyroid problems
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 5, 2012
A study from UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health was recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The senior study author, Kim Harley, adjunct associate professor of public health and associate director of CERCH, said in a press release that BPA is everywhere in our environment, with more than 90 percent of women of
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