News tagged with potent toxin

Freshwater toxins to blame for sea otter deaths

A potent toxin produced by bright-green blooms of freshwater bacteria has been flowing into the ocean and poisoning sea otters, according to a team of investigators led by scientists at the California Department ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How Mercury Becomes Toxic In The Environment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Naturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Researchers devise a fast and sensitive way to detect ricin

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a simple, accurate, and highly sensitive test to detect and quantify ricin, an extremely potent toxin with potential use as a bioterrorism ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Home canning on the rise again, but do it safely, expert warns

Sometimes old ideas are the best ideas, and certainly home canning is one of those. But despite generations of practice, many don't do it properly, warns a food-safety expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0