Now Pfizer wants to start selling its Covid jab privately in chemists from next month after ministers announced 'slimmed down' roll-out
Today the UK's medicines regulator gave the green light to Pfizer's mRNA Omicron jab being sold on the high street. Pfizer has not yet revealed how much it will charge per dose. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EPA data finds more than 70MILLION Americans are living in homes with tap water that is laced with hormone-warping 'forever chemicals'... is YOUR area affected?
The new results showed that PFAS was resent in 33 percent of systems tested by the EPA in its latest report - with contamination most common in densely populated coastal cities. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

3D printer creates brain tissue that acts like the real thing
By squirting cells from a 3D printer, researchers have created tissue that looks—and acts—like a chunk of brain. In recent years, scientists have learned how to load up 3D printers with cells and other scaffolding ingredients to create living tissues, but making realistic brainlike constructs has been a challenge. Now, one team has shown that, by modifying its printing techniques, it can print and combine multiple subtypes of cells that better mimic signaling in the human brain. “It’s remarkable that [the researchers] can replicate” how brain cells work, says Riccardo Levato, a regenerative...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 9, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Prediction of acute poisoning in agricultural workers during using pesticides on berry and melon crops - Bilous O, Vavrinevych O.
Acute pesticide poisoning is a global health problem. According to the WHO, poisoning by chemicals, including chemical plant protection products, is a leading non-communicable disease. Violation of the rules for working with pesticides leads to the occurre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

The prediction of acute toxicity (LD50) for organophosphorus-based chemical warfare agents (V-series) using toxicology in silico methods - Noga M, Michalska A, Jurowski K.
Nerve agents are organophosphate chemical warfare agents that exert their toxic effects by irreversibly inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, affecting the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft. Due to the risk of exposure to dan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news

More women are thriving in science – does that mean attitudes have changed? | Éliane Ubalijoro
As a woman at the top of my field, I am thrilled to see others rewarded. Their achievements are vital to inspiring more girls to dream big and overcome barriersOver the past four years, you could be excused for thinking that there has been an avalanche of women excelling in the field of science.We have seen half a dozen women collectNobel prizes in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry. Their staggering achievements range fromKatalin Karik ó’s contribution to the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 toAndrea Ghez’sco-discovery of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy.Continue...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Éliane Ubalijoro Tags: Global development Women's rights and gender equality Science Education The gender gap World news Source Type: news

EPA data finds more than 70MILLION Americans are living in home with tap water that is laced with hormone-warping 'forever chemicals'... is YOUR area affected?
The new results showed that PFAS was resent in 33 percent of systems tested by the EPA in its latest report - with contamination most common in densely populated coastal cities. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rat poison threatens Italy ’s growing wolf population
Over the past few decades, Italy’s growing population of wolves has begun to edge closer to urban areas, attracted in part by tasty prey such as rats and mice. But a recent study suggests city life carries a potentially deadly risk for the predators: eating rodents tainted with poison. Analyses of more than 180 wolf carcasses found in Central and Northern Italy revealed that nearly two-thirds tested positive for rodenticides, suggesting the chemicals pose a bigger threat to wolves than previously understood. “The results were totally unexpected,” says ecologist Jacopo Cerri of the University of Sassari, an auth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds
The research, involving primroses and hawk moths, suggests that air pollution could be interfering with plant reproduction. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-health your-feed-animals Flowers and Plants Air Pollution Reproduction (Biological) Smells and Odors Butterflies and Moths Hazardous and Toxic Substances Chemistry Conservation of Resources Ozone Smell ( Source Type: news

Gusher of gas deep in mine stokes interest in natural hydrogen
Researchers have discovered a massive spring of hydrogen, bubbling out of a deep mine in Albania. Although it may not be economical to exploit, the surprisingly high flow of the gas is likely to raise interest in the emerging field of natural hydrogen, the overlooked idea that Earth itself could be a source of the clean-burning fuel. “These deposits have been ignored by the oil and gas industry for a very long time,” says Frieder Klein, a geochemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “This goes in the right direction.” One takeaway from the discovery, published tod...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

At night, pollution keeps pollinating insects from smelling the flowers
Under the cover of darkness, countless moths and other insects furiously dart around woodlands and deserts, seeking nectar from night-blooming plants—and pollinating them in the process. But the scents the insects home in on have grown fainter. Nitrate radicals, a common pollutant, break them down before they can travel far, a research team reports today in Science . The team thinks the olfactory disruption goes as far back as the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago. The research, involving field studies, wind tunnel experiments, and the latest atmospheric models, has worrisome implications. For...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

A case of high-pressure injection injury of hand complicated with deep chemical burn caused by industrial cement - Liang YH, Shi HW, Peng AP, Hu EY, Zhang YQ, Lin JD.
This article reports a patient with extensive high-pressure injection injury of the hand combined with deep chemical burn caused by high-pressure injection of industrial cement materials was diagnosed and treated in the Department of Hand Surgery, Xiaolan ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Chemicals Common in Food Packaging Linked to Preterm Birth Chemicals Common in Food Packaging Linked to Preterm Birth
Exposure to several specific phthalates may be linked to as many as 56,595 preterm births annually, researchers found.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - February 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Source Type: news

General Mills urged to reduce plastic chemicals in food products
Consumer Reports is urging General Mills to reduce plastic chemicals in its pre-packaged foods. In a letter sent Wednesday to General Mills, the advocacy group said it found "concerning" levels of phthalates in several General Mills products, including Annie's Organic Cheesy Ravioli. Other General…#generalmills #annie #organiccheesyravioli #yoplaitoriginal #fatyogurt #consumerreports #brianronholm #phthalates #jeffreyharmening (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Viagra May Lower the Risk of Alzheimer ’s
Viagra is best known for helping erectile dysfunction, but the latest research suggests it might also lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Viagra belongs to a group of drugs known as phosphodiesterase Type 5 inhibitors, which work by relaxing blood vessels and increasing blood flow in the penis. In a study published in Neurology, researchers found that the drugs were also associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The study analyzed the health records of nearly 270,000 men in the U.K. who were diagnosed with erectile dysfunction from 2000 to 2017. ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news