Research finds lawn chemicals raise cancer risk in Scottish terriers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Exposure to herbicide-treated lawns and gardens increases the risk of bladder cancer in Scottish terriers, a discovery that could lead to new knowledge about human susceptibility to the disease, according to Purdue University scientists....... A team of veterinary researchers including Lawrence T. Glickman has found an association between risk of transitional cell carcinoma...Search beneath lawns provides insight into backyard biodiversity
Lawn mowing and maintenance can make homeowners' summer free time disappear, but what do these practices do to the tiny creatures that live beneath the lawn and help to process nutrients and organic materials?... When most people think of animals living in their lawns, they think of grubs and weevils devouring the roots and stems of their manicured turf, but when Loren B. Byrne, graduate student...Lawns and streets are main urban residential sources of phosphorus for Madison-area lakes
.Nine earthquake scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey arrived in Turkey.Friday to begin monitoring aftershocks from the 7.4 earthquake that struck the.area east of Istanbul early Tuesday morning. The scientists also will be.examining the areas where the greatest damage occurred, in an attempt to.determine the amount of shaking that occurred and the factors that contributed.to the collapse...