News tagged with health risks

No-chemicals solar powered bug killer seeks Europe expansion

(PhysOrg.com) -- AgriSolar this week announced an aggressive push into the European market for its no-chemicals insect killer that makes use of solar power to heat special insect-zapping light bulbs. AgriSolar ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

Weighing cancer risks, from cellphones to coffee

You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk? It might be the sitting, especially if you do ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 10

Finally, an E. coli answer: It was the sprouts

Specialists in high-tech labs tested thousands of vegetables as they hunted for the source of world's deadliest E. coli outbreak, but in the end it was old-fashioned detective work that provided the answer: ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 9

Research on US nuclear levels after Fukushima could aid in future nuclear detection

The amount of radiation released during the Fukushima nuclear disaster was so great that the level of atmospheric radioactive aerosols in Washington state was 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than normal levels in the week ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Study shows air emissions near fracking sites may impact health

In a new study, researchers from the Colorado School of Public Health have shown that air pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing or fracking may contribute to acute and chronic health problems for those living near natural ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan

About 2,000 demonstrators hit the streets of Yokohama on Saturday calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster that sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (8) | comments 44

Blood on the menu: New research could make it easier to grow health-promoting blood oranges

For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen. The only place to reliably grow them on a commercial scale is in the Sicilian area of Italy around Mount ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Nano discs pose potential health risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- A revolutionary material that is used in computer technology could pose health risks to those involved in its manufacture.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Green-glowing fish provides new insights into health impacts of pollution

Understanding the damage that pollution causes to both wildlife and human health is set to become much easier thanks to a new green-glowing zebrafish. Created by a team from the University of Exeter, the fish ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ozone treated water v. lethal microbial material

A University of Alberta research team has discovered that technology commonly used to decontaminate food industry equipment can also rid meat processing plants of lethal microbial material responsible for the human version ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Study establishes importance of tracking diseases associated with illegal wildlife trade

An article released today in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified ev ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seoul roads to be repaved for radioactivity

Two sections of road in the South Korean capital Seoul are to be repaved after they were found to be radioactive, officials said Saturday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Huskies lend insight into mercury risk

Researchers have highlighted the serious health risks associated with the diets of indigenous people by linking the accumulation of mercury in their primary food source to a decrease in the power of antioxidants.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Iron' fist proposed for Miami's giant snail problem

Huge, slimy snails from Africa have overrun a Miami-area town and the US government said Tuesday a potent pesticide is the best way to get rid of their exploding numbers.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Mercury pollution in the Great Lakes region -- nearly forgotten, but not gone

The scope and intensity of mercury pollution in the Great Lakes region is much greater than previously reported, but additional mercury controls should bring needed improvement, according to a new summary of scientific research ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health risks of professional dance

The health risks of professional dance (and particularly with the more strenuous forms of ballet and contemporary dance) are those generally found in sports injuries. Dancers risk injury within the course of their career, many retiring from active performance in their mid to late 30s. Since dance is a performance art with emphasis on aesthetics, dancers are also at a higher risk of body image problems and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia.

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