How can I avoid GM food? | Lucy Siegle
Call me old-fashioned, but I refuse to eat or support GM food. How can I avoid it?If you have an ethical dilemma, email Lucy at lucy.siegle@observer.co.ukOld-fashioned? The environment secretary Owen Paterson might call you "wicked", as being anti-GM is seen as being anti-science and to deny the world a solution to hunger. David Cameron, the PM, has also said we need to revisit our stance on GM. In short: we should stop biting the hand that could feed us (transgenically). Critics say this is a concerted campaign to soften us up until we give in to biotech corporations.Actually GM haters in other nations look at our superma...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Lucy Siegle Tags: Farming Food Food safety GM Features Ethical and green living Life and style The Observer Food science Environment Source Type: news
Yeti DNA: has the mystery really been solved?
The objective, he said, was to give the samples a thorough scientific examination. "These creatures are under the umbrella of cryptozoology and the last 50 years have been off-limits to science – it's been handed over to a more eccentric fringe over the last 50 years."Sykes examined a gene in the mitochondrial DNA from the hair samples. Mitochondria are the tiny powerhouses in biological cells, turning food into the type of energy required for the body to carry out its functions. They are passed down from mothers and have a small genome that can be examined to map out the how a specimen might be related to other specimen...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 18, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: theguardian.com World news Animals Science Source Type: news
Suicide and suicidal ideation among Bhutanese refugees - United States, 2009-2012 -
During the period February 2009-February 2012, the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported 16 suicides among the approximately 57,000 Bhutanese refugees who had resettled in the United States since 2008. ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Social Etiologies and Disparities Source Type: news
Suicide and Suicidal Ideation Among Bhutanese Refugees — United States, 2009–2012
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - July 5, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Jefferson Digital Commons Quarterly Update: January – March 2013
The Jefferson Digital Commons is off to a great start for 2013. The first quarter of the year ended with 1,144 new assets added to the archive. To date the total number of assets in the JDC is up to 7,698. A link to the entire inventory is available at the bottom of this report and this report is not an April Fools’ Day joke.
Downloads went from 1,209,115 at the end of December 2012 to 1,331,432 at the end of March 2013
122,317 new downloads over the past quarter
Over the past quarter, the JDC averaged over approximately 40,772 downloads per month
Approximately 1,360 download per day.
The most downloaded asset a...
Source: What's New on JEFFLINE - April 2, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: lgm002 Tags: All News Clinicians Researchers Students Teaching Faculty Source Type: news
Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience - 21 January 2013
LOEI, Thailand — After four days of trekking from his village by foot, a two-day bus ride across Bhutan, an international flight to Bangkok and a long van ride, Sonam finally arrived at this mountainous province in northeastern Thailand. The midwife from Gelephu, a small village in eastern Bhutan, was one of more than 20 Bhutanese health professionals selected to participate in a technical training on reproductive health care services. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - February 20, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
