Research to estimate pesticides' effects on children
...bed through the skin. Although the accumulation of hazardous chemicals in the body can have harmful effects on development and behavior, determining the amount of toxic exposure in a child is still largely a matter of guesswork. To address this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Pr...Antioxidant protects islet cells used in transplants for diabetes
...dants are protecting cells in such a wide range of hazardous conditions," said Dr. Crapo. Islet-cell loss was cut in half over a six-day period, from 60% to 30%, when the antioxidants were applied during isolation of the islet cells. The antioxidants also improved the effectiveness of the islet-cell transplan......interest in developing new strategies for managing hazardous fuels," said Wade. "Our study looked at thinning and herbicide treatments as methods to provide protection from catastrophic fires." Brose and Wade collected data from three sites where three different treatments -- prescribed burning, whole-tree thi...Flawed sampling, not just pollution, may be responsible for beach closings
... matter to Huntington Beach, raising the levels of hazardous bacteria in the water. Those findings contradict a longstanding belief that wetlands filter out pollutants. The researchers recently received a grant to continue this investigation by studying other wetlands on the California coast. The current proje...UCSD researchers fabricate tiny 'smart dust' particles
...le agents at once, but they can detect potentially hazardous compounds remotely from a distance. Unlike grocery store scanners, which typically must read bar codes only inches away, Sailor and his group have been able to get their laser to detect the color changes in the smart dust 20 meters away, the length o...Researchers close in on natural solution to PCB contamination
...lorinated biphenyls), a persistent and potentially hazardous industrial chemical that has become nearly ubiquitous in the environment. While capitalizing on the discovery will take time, it could eventually show researchers how to teach microorganisms to break down PCBs into ecologically safe molecules, a proc...Telerobotic equipment aids in cleanup activities
...robotics technology that can aid in the cleanup of hazardous waste sites while helping to protect humans from s..., the system may be used in the future to clean up hazardous waste sites under DOE's jusrisdiction and may have additional future uses for various cleanup tasks....Ozone produced by antibodies during bacterial killing and in inflammation
... urban settings where the highly reactive gas is a hazardous component of smog in the summer months. Never before has ozone been detected in biology. "All our analytical data point to this oxidant possessing the chemical signature of ozone," says Wentworth, "in which case, this is a new molecule in biology a...UMass team to study bioremediation of acid, heavy metals from collapsed mind
...se the iron sulfide in the Davis Mine contains few hazardous impurities. This makes the site an ideal subject for examining the natural processes that are contained in the drainage. Rowe is located in western Massachusetts, near the Vermont border. The other UMass researchers involved in the project are Ric...Science picksLeads, feeds and story seeds (December 2002)
...stomizable hazard mapping and being able to create hazardous earthquake scenarios for a given location. Kathleen Gohn ( kgohn@usgs.gov ) 703-648-4460 Mapping A Flood...Before It Happens --Just think of the possibilities in saving lives and protecting property if you could know ahead of time where a flood wa...A new animal study clarifies how different parts of the brain regulate sleep
...t that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being drunk. They found that people who drive after being awake for 17 to 19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent, the legal limit for drunk driving in most western European countries, and close to th...New research tools are opening the 'black box' of coastal ecosystems
...-dimensional currents and sharp, shallow reefs too hazardous for oceanographers to navigate, coastal ecosystems have traditionally been a mysterious "black box." But, at least four emerging research tools in oceanography and marine ecology are now opening new doors to shed light on coastal ecosystems, researc...Scientists at Scripps Research Institute address mysteries of ozone in the human body
...n industrial and urban settings where the gas is a hazardous component of smog. However, ozone has never before been detected in biology. Two years ago, Lerner and Wentworth demonstrated that antibodies are able to produce ozone and other chemical oxidants when they are fed a reactive form of oxygen called si...Tour operators to influence hotel industry to integrate environmental criteria into operations
...ult by reducing energy and water bills. Effective hazardous waste management and water treatment provide for a safer working environment and decrease staff turnover. Conservation efforts help maintain the quality of a hotel's surroundings, thereby improving the overall experience for guests and increasing su...Study concludes environmental management systems can boost performance, compliance
...me focused on major environmental problems such as hazardous waste, while others used them simply to train employees to be more ecologically efficient with water, energy and materials to save themselves money." Overall, most organizations said they were glad they developed their EMS, and 86 percent reported th...Vaporized hydrogen peroxide may be best method of anthrax decontamination
...down into water vapor and oxygen does not produce hazardous by-products and has a limited degree of reactivity with other materials....NY panel to discuss bioterrorism and medical issues
...e devices that can detect, in a matter of minutes, hazardous biological and chemical substances introduced into the environment or food supply. "We develop platform technologies that allow sophisticated detection in the lab and simple detection in the field, both with very low limits of detection," says Baeum...Miniature spectrometer can detect biological hazards
...tance. Such prompt detection and identification of hazardous materials could greatly enhance the protection of first-responder emergency personnel and the capabilities of early warning systems. Current technologies do not provide the level of sensitivity offered by the CalSpec TM chemical, biological and DNA/...R&D yields numerous applications for conductive polymers
...rs in electronic noses that detect environmentally hazardous chemicals, factory emissions, and flavors or aromas in food products. The future for this technology lies in all-polymer batteries, injection-molded antistatic products, printed circuit boards, electrochromic smart windows and automotive rear vision...JGI and Diversa Corp. announce large-scale microbial sequencing collaboration
...n challenges as the remediation of radioactive and hazardous waste sites, sequestering heat-trapping carbon from the atmosphere, and developing renewable energy sources....