Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, July 22, 2015–When unsafe levels of lead are found in drinking water, the culprit has typically been lead pipes or lead-containing brass and bronze fittings, but in a new study… Read More ›
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Continued destruction of Earth’s plant life places humans in jeopardy, says UGA research
Public Release: 14-Jul-2015 University of Georgia Athens, Ga. – Unless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it is now may become completely unsustainable, according to a paper published recently by University of Georgia… Read More ›
Formaldehyde exposure may raise the risk of ALS
Public Release: 13-Jul-2015 Funeral directors may be at heightened risk of progressive neurodegenerative disease Link with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may be formaldehyde in embalming fluid Funeral directors, who prepare bodies for burial, may be at heightened risk of the neurodegenerative… Read More ›
Space scientist fears return of ‘mini ice age’
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) A requested posting The author has posted comments on this articleTNN | Jan 21, 2015, 12.56AM IST NASHIK: The fewer sunspot activities on the Sun witnessed since the last two solar cycles might lead to a… Read More ›
Gas Seeping from LA Faultline = Massive Quake Coming?
Tuesday, 30 June 2015 Scientists have discovered helium gas leaking from a huge fault line on the Earth’s crust in central Los Angeles, a sign that substantially increases the chances of the “big one” – a major earthquake that could… Read More ›
Big Win for Environmentalists Will Force EPA to Study Glyphosate
By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday agreed to analyze effects of glyphosate and three other commonly used pesticides on 1,500 endangered plants and animals in the United States. The settlement with the… Read More ›
Stanford researcher declares that the sixth mass extinction is here
Public Release: 19-Jun-2015 Stanford University There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity’s existence. That is the bad news at the center of a new study by a group of scientists including Paul… Read More ›
Wastewater injection rate strongest trigger for induced quakes
Public Release: 18-Jun-2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science A new study aiming to provide a better understanding of how injection wells in the U.S. influence earthquake activity cites wastewater injection rate as a critical factor. In the study,… Read More ›
Researchers Highly Correlate Rheumatoid Arthritis with Solar Storms
Public Release: 15-Jun-2015 Researchers correlate rheumatoid arthritis and giant cell arteritis with solar cycles DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory IMAGE: A coronal mass ejection is hurled from the sun. view more Credit: NASA What began as a chat between husband and… Read More ›
Impact of insecticides on the cognitive development of 6-year-old children
blic Release: 10-Jun-2015 INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) In an article published in the journal Environment International, researchers from Inserm (Inserm Unit 1085 – IRSET, the Institute of Research in Environmental and Occupational Health,… Read More ›
Bee warned — Study finds pesticides threaten native pollinators
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides harm wild bees, and fungicides labeled “safe for bees” also indirectly may threaten native pollinators. The research, published June… Read More ›
Common method to lower lead levels in drinking water may have opposite effect
Public Release: 4-Jun-2015 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, June 4, 2015–New research has shown that pH lowering of municipal water supplies, a common strategy used to control the release of soluble lead from plumbing materials, can… Read More ›
Study links exposure to common pesticide with ADHD in boys
Public Release: 1-Jun-2015 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center A new study links a commonly used household pesticide with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and young teens. The study found an association between pyrethroid pesticide exposure and ADHD, particularly… Read More ›
Field study shows how a GM crop can have diminishing success at fighting off insect pest
Public Release: 21-May-2015 North Carolina State University A new study from North Carolina State University and Clemson University finds the toxin in a widely used genetically modified (GM) crop is having little impact on the crop pest corn earworm… Read More ›
Can transgenic rice cause ecological risks through transgene escape?
“ transgene carrying progeny will lead to contamination of the original wild rice populations, and even to the extinction of endangered wild rice populations in local ecosystems “ LU Baorong**, SONG Zhiping and CHEN Jiakuan (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory… Read More ›
Environmental exposure to hormones used in animal agriculture greater than expected – 50 percent more biological exposure than anticipated.
Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Research by an Indiana University environmental scientist and colleagues at universities in Iowa and Washington finds that potentially harmful growth-promoting hormones used in beef production are expected to persist in the environment at higher… Read More ›
External noise produces volcanic seismicity, akin to a drumbeat
Public Release: 11-May-2015 Relatively small external disturbances play a crucial role in chaotic phenomena like the recent Calbuco volcanic eruption in Chile, leading to drum-beat-like seismicity Springer Volcanoes are considered chaotic systems. They are difficult to model because the geophysical… Read More ›
Half of India’s groundwater is poisonous
Akash Vashishtha | Mail Today | New Delhi, May 5, 2015 | UPDATED 08:37 IST Already grappling with the Ganga cleaning project, the government seems to have a bigger problem at hand as the groundwater in more than half… Read More ›
Nanoparticles in consumer products can significantly alter normal gut microbiome
Public Release: 4-May-2015 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, May 4, 2015–Exposure of a model human colon to metal oxide nanoparticles, at levels that could be present in foods, consumer goods, or treated drinking water, led to… Read More ›
Pesticides alter bees’ brains, making them unable to live and reproduce adequately
Public Release: 30-Apr-2015 New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that the neonicotinoid class of pesticides do not kill bees but impair their brain function to disturb learning, blunt food gathering skills and harm reproduction Federation of American Societies for… Read More ›
Diabetes drug metformin found in freshwater is a potential cause of intersex fish
Public Release: 24-Apr-2015 Fish exposed to metformin were also smaller in size than those not exposed University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee A medication commonly taken for Type II diabetes, which is being found in freshwater systems worldwide, has been shown… Read More ›
High radiation levels detected in Tokyo park
APR. 24, 2015 – 07:30PM JST TOKYO — A high level of radiation has been detected in a park in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward, municipal government officials said Friday. Officials have closed the park, located in a residential area of… Read More ›
BPA exposure affects fertility in next 3 generations of mice
Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IMAGE: BPA exposure during pregnancy was associated with reproductive problems in the next three generations of mice, researchers report. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When scientists exposed pregnant mice to levels of bisphenol A… Read More ›
Mass beaching fuels fears of imminent quake
APR. 12, 2015 – 06:55AM JST Local government officers stand beside melon-headed whales washed up on the shore of Hokota, northeast of Tokyo, April 10, 2015AFP TOKYO — The mass beaching of more than 150 melon-headed whales on Japan’s… Read More ›
Increased levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes correspond to onset of fracking
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Levels of radon, a known carcinogen, rising since 2004, around the time that drilling for a new type of natural gas well began Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public… Read More ›
Unknown virus may be infecting corn and wheat
First report of a new crop virus in North America Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The switchgrass exhibited mosaic symptoms–splotchy, discolored leaves–characteristic of a viral infection, yet tested negative for known infections. Deep… Read More ›
Dispersant used to clean Deepwater Horizon spill more toxic to corals than the oil
Public Release: 9-Apr-2015 Temple University The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals than the spilled oil, according to a study conducted at Temple University. The… Read More ›
Mysterious desert fairy circles share pattern with skin cells
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 “The distribution of fairy circles throughout the desert may look random, but turns out to have a pattern that very closely matches the distribution pattern of skin cells. A pattern spanning such drastically different size scales —… Read More ›
Anesthetic gases raise Earth’s temperature (a little) while you sleep
Public Release: 7-Apr-2015 American Geophysical Union WASHINGTON, D.C. – The gases used to knock out surgery patients are accumulating in the Earth’s atmosphere, where they make a small contribution to climate change, report scientists who have detected the compounds as… Read More ›
Dow Chemical, Shell Oil and others polluted the public water system with carcinogenic trichloropropane for decades, a Kern County community services district claims in court.
Water District Sees Carcinogens at the Tap By MARIA DINZEO SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Dow Chemical, Shell Oil and others polluted the public water system with carcinogenic trichloropropane for decades, a Kern County community services district claims in court. The… Read More ›
Eating fruits and vegetables with high pesticide residues linked with poor semen quality
PUBLIC RELEASE: 30-MAR-2015 HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Boston, MA – Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues–such as strawberries, spinach, and peppers–had lower sperm count and a lower percentage of normal sperm than those… Read More ›
Herbicides raise resistance to medical antibiotics: study
English.news.cn 2015-03-24 16:15:26 WELLINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) — Commonly used herbicides can increase bacteria resistance to antibiotics, according to a New Zealand-led study out on Tuesday. Herbicides, used to kill plants, could be tested for killing bacteria, but they… Read More ›
GMO Soybean oil has 0 grams trans fat, but very unhealthy
How healthy is genetically modified soybean oil? Research on mice by UC Riverside scientists shows GM soybean oil is as unhealthy as conventional soybean oil, with one benefit: no resistance to insulin University of California – Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. –… Read More ›
BPA may rot your children’s teeth ( Video Report )
* Endocrine Society’s 97th annual meeting in San Diego. 06 MAR 2015 BPA harms dental enamel in young animals, mimicking human tooth defect A tooth enamel abnormality in children, molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH), may result from exposure to the industrial… Read More ›
BPA harms dental enamel in young animals, mimicking human tooth defect
Public Release: 6-Mar-2015 The Endocrine Society San Diego, CA — A tooth enamel abnormality in children, molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH), may result from exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), authors of a new study conclude after finding similar… Read More ›
Exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy affects the brain two generations later
PUBLIC RELEASE: 5-MAR-2015 San Diego, CA–Prenatal exposure to low doses of the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, change the developing brain in an area involved in metabolism, and some effects are apparent even two generations later, a new study… Read More ›
Autistic features linked to prenatal exposure to fire retardants, phthalates
PUBLIC RELEASE: 5-MAR-2015 THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY San Diego, CA–Exposure during pregnancy to a combination of fire retardant chemicals and phthalate chemicals–both present in the average home–can contribute to autistic-like behaviors in the offspring, according to an animal study to be… Read More ›
Estimated costs of endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure exceed €150 billion annually
PUBLIC RELEASE: 5-MAR-2015 Chemicals contribute to health conditions including lowered IQ, male infertility, diabetes, obesity THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY SAN DIEGO, CA and BRUSSELS, BELGIUM-A new economic analysis found exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals likely costs the European Union €157 billion ($209… Read More ›
Baby formula poses higher arsenic risk to newborns than breast milk, Dartmouth study shows
Public Release: 23-Feb-2015 Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. – In the first U.S. study of urinary arsenic in babies, Dartmouth College researchers found that formula-fed infants had higher arsenic levels than breast-fed infants, and that breast milk itself contained very low… Read More ›
Flouride in water could be linked to weight gain and depression according new study
EEV – I am adding the Citation reference : J Epidemiol Community Health doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204971 Tap water Maria Chiorando Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:22 AM Flouride levels could play a part in hypothyroidism New research led by a public health expert at… Read More ›
Invasive weed’s genetically evolve to survive herbicide Roundup Weed Killer
Public Release: 19-Feb-2015 Invasive weed’s resistance to well-known herbicide stems from increase in gene copies Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kansas — A recent study by a Kansas State University weed scientist finds why the invasive weed kochia is like a… Read More ›
Gene may help reduce GM contamination
Public Release: 19-Feb-2015 Genetically modified crops have long drawn fire from opponents worried about potential contamination of conventional crops and other plants. Now a plant gene discovered by University of Guelph scientists might help farmers reduce the risk of GM… Read More ›
Dirt mounds made by termites in Africa, South America, Asia could prevent spread of deserts
Public Release: 5-Feb-2015 Termites create oases of moisture, plant life National Science Foundation Termites might not top the list of humanity’s favorite insects, but new research suggests that their large dirt mounds are crucial to stopping deserts from spreading into… Read More ›
Monarch Butterflies food supply 99% destroyed by Monsanto’s herbicide
Friday, 06 February 2015 The multinational agricultural giant Monsanto’s signature herbicide Roundup Ready is leading to the decimation of Monarch butterfly populations, according to a report issued by the US environment watchdog Center for Food Safety. “This report is… Read More ›
Misuse of pesticides may be causing large scale kidney failure among farmers worldwide
RAJANGANAYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — It’s midmorning and hundreds of people are squeezed under a banyan tree’s shady canopy to have blood drawn by just three nurses, working assembly-line fast. Others wait outside this dusty rural health center to get… Read More ›
Nearly half the systems crucial to stability of planet compromised
PUBLIC RELEASE: 15-JAN-2015 New data and assessments suggest that resilience of the planet is now at risk Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity. That… Read More ›
The Coming IQ Armageddon
These are the rough notes taken so far, as I prep the next short video segment on the possible epigenetic consequences of our current environmental assault on neural development. In my humble opinion this ranks number one on environmental priorities. For… Read More ›
Cost of cloud brightening for cooler planet revealed
Marine Cloud Brightening is a reversible geoengineering method proposed to mitigate rising global temperatures. It relies on propelling a fine mist of salt particles high into the atmosphere to increase the albedo of clouds – the amount of sunlight… Read More ›
Insecticides foster ‘toxic’ slugs, reduce crop yields
Insecticides aimed at controlling early-season crop pests, such as soil-dwelling grubs and maggots, can increase slug populations, thus reducing crop yields, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of South Florida. “Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides… Read More ›
No gut bacteria, No healthy brain
Gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability “We showed that the presence of the maternal gut microbiota during late pregnancy blocked the passage of labeled antibodies from the circulation into the brain parenchyma of the growing fetus”, says first author Dr…. Read More ›
Engineering Evil 