Wolfgang Glasser receives ACS award for wood chemistry, bio-based composites research
...r than food or feed that use biological, renewable agricultural or forestry materials. Concerns over rising carbon... the conversion of carbohydrate-rich residues from agricultural and forest products, including waste paper, into fibers and chemicals. Fibers are useful sources for...Green tobacco sickness 'highly prevalent' in N.C. farmworkers
...ns for ways to reduce green tobacco sickness among agricultural workers, Arcury said....Science, engineering and technology news tips -- August 2001
...tional systems integrating social institutions and agricultural technology. "People can't change that quickly. Ful...took thousands of years to develop, and social and agricultural innovation is ongoing today," Richerson says. However, once agriculture took hold, groups that effi...Bangladesh flood and drought forecasting could bring farmers, cholera victims relief
...rate our technology-transfer with already existing agricultural knowledge of Bangladesh farmers." The research effort has implications for other countries with deltas and large river catchments, including India, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. "What began as a flood forecasting plan has turned into a broader stu...Team studies use of Sandia technology to ensure 'farm-to-fork' safety of the nation's food supply
...f Energy (DOE) laboratory, is working with several agricultural universities and agencies to search for ways to apply Labs-developed technology to agricultural and food-safety issues. The agricultural infrastructure is a multibillion-dollar industry in the Un...HIV/AIDS impact on education intensifies economic downfall
...ding to a World Bank report by a Purdue University agricultural economist. Keeping children in school and maintaining educational quality, however, could temper the country's long-term negative economic prospects, Channing Arndt reports in a soon-to-be published World Bank document. This is the first macroeconomi......experts in medicine, plant breeding, food science, agricultural research, nutrition, public health, ethics, consum...d Charles Muscoplat, university vice president for agricultural policy and dean of the College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. "The strengths of ...Agricultural fungicide could cause irreversible immune system damage
... only a brief exposure to a compound found in some agricultural pesticides and fungicides. The findings were prese...ugh Whalen thinks that most of the TPT levels that agricultural workers are exposed to in the field are probably below what her group tested in the lab, Its hard to...Injury death rate for Canadian farm children aged 1-6 higher than national average
...strategies and guidelines for preventing childhood agricultural injuries and help make farms a safer place for everyone." Dr. Brison recommends that very young children never be permitted to enter farm worksites; that safe play areas, separate from the work site, be set aside as part of the farm residence; and th...Fogarty International Center announces first awards for international tobacco and health program
...ernet access to state-of-the-art health education, agricultural science, and global economic information. Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable of the University of California, San Francisco, will work with collaborators from the University of Jujuy in Argentina to further knowledge of smoking behavior of adolescents. The st...Experts gathering to discuss tapping into $40-$50 billion natural products market
...APEL HILL -- How North Carolina and especially its agricultural communities can tap into the U.S. natural medicina...cceed in this effort by combining sound economics, agricultural and medical science to ensure any products we promote will not only be economically feasible but als...Amid food safety concerns, K-State professor believes consumers ready for irradiated meat products
...terest. John A. (Sean) Fox, associate professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, has conducted numerous studies to determine how much consumers are willing to pay for safe food. His other research interests include consumer response to irradiated meat, and food from animals injected with soma...Lesson improves rural students' knowledge of farm safety
...m safety significantly improved their knowledge of agricultural hazards, a study led by the University of South Fl...esigned to help reinforce the safety concepts. All agricultural questions where children scored less than 50 percent correct on the pretest increased to greater tha......al journal of environmental quality in natural and agricultural ecosystems published six times a year by the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA). The Journal of Environmental Quality covers various aspects of anthropogenic impa...An automated observation system to analyse the behaviour of laboratory rodents
... harmful side-effects to the biological control of agricultural pests. Until now, it has been a lengthy and painst...One of the key issues in the biological control of agricultural pests is to find the right natural enemy for a particular pest, for example, parasitic wasps attack ...Integration of agriculture, medicine requires new ways of thinking
...r, so does the necessity of integrating gene-based agricultural and medical sciences research, according to Charles Muscoplat, dean of the University of Minnesota College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. He will present his ideas on "Food and the New -Omics: Synthesizing a Food/Health Strategy" d...Latino farm workers cant afford sufficient food Wake Forest study shows
... for these workers during the slack periods of the agricultural cycle to ensure a healthy workforce during the peak seasons. Health and social service providers should find ways to provide access to higher quality food for farm worker families to prevent future health problems. Although many churches provide em...