90% of tattoo ink contains chemicals that can cause ORGAN DAMAGE, study finds - with more Americans than ever now inked
Tests in New York on 54 ink samples found as many as 45 contained impurities that were not listed on the label. The most common contaminant was linked to organ damage. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Evers again asks Wisconsin Republicans to release $125M to combat forever chemicals pollution
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who…#wisconsin #tonyevers #republicans #legislature #pfas #wisconsinites #howardmarklein #markborn #marinettemadison #campbellon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Oxidation Signals Tardigrades to Enter Hibernation
Water bears survive some of Earth’s harshest conditions by relying on their own chemical alarms. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - February 27, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news

Will India's pharma sector be able to come out of its China dependence?
Indian pharma industry's heavy dependence on imports for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), key starting materials (KSM) and basic chemicals has been rather alarming, highlighting the need for a resolution. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

A review of multilevel modeling and simulation for human mobility and behavior - Serena L, Marzolla M, D'Angelo G, Ferretti S.
Multilevel modeling and simulation is a general technique that has many applications in such diverse fields as chemistry, biology, engineering, social sciences and economics. Within these application domains, the study of human mobility and behavior is par... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Can we break the ‘forever chemicals’ chain?
Forever chemicals”, the snappier name given to per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, can be found in countless products, ...#pfas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fred Again Creates Ticket Frenzy With Surprise Show at Sydney Opera House
Fred Again has done it again, dropping a surprise performance on Australians and selling it out in next-to-no-time. The British producer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist used the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a prop for a social post Tuesday morning (Feb. 27), which doubled as the big…#fredagain #australians #sydneyharbourbridge #sydneyoperahouse #concerthall #warnermusic #taylorswift #chemicalbrothers #matchboxtwenty #fredgibson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rapid screening of riot control agents using DART-TD-HRMS - M örén L, Östin A, Larsson A, Forsberg J, Wiktelius D, Lindén P.
PURPOSE: Riot Control Agents (RCAs) are chemicals used in law enforcement for non-lethal riot control and use in conflicts between states that violates the Chemical Weapons Convention. OPCW's Scientific Advisory Board has identified sixteen potential RCAs ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Radiation and chemical program research for multi-utility and repurposed countermeasures: a US Department of Health and Human Services Agencies perspective - Rios CI, Garcia EE, Hogdahl TS, Homer MJ, Iyer NV, Laney JW, Loelius SG, Satyamitra MM, DiCarlo AL.
Although chemical and radiological agents cause toxicity through different mechanisms, the multiorgan injuries caused by these threats share similarities that convene on the level of basic biological responses. This publication will discuss these areas of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Mankind counters objections raised by chemists body on supplement ad
Mankind Pharma, ranked as the fourth largest pharmaceutical company in the country, has responded to objections raised by a retail chemists' association regarding its advertisement for the vitamin supplement, HealthOK. The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) had requested the withdrawal of the advertisement, alleging that it implies non-vegetarians are healthier due to its portrayal of actor Ranveer Singh. In a letter dated February 13th, Mankind Pharma addressed the concerns raised by the AIOCD. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

US Centcom identifies missile attack on chemical/oil tanker MV Torm Thor targeting US-owned vessel
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted
Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deterioratedA citizen science programme has revealed the decline of one of thecountry ’s most significant chalk streamsafter claims by Environment Agency officials that it had not deteriorated. The SmartRivers programme run by the charity WildFish, which surveys freshwater invertebrates, reported “strong declines in relation to chemical pressure” on the River Avon in Wiltshire. It said its data indicated a decline in the condition of the river over the last five years.The charity compiled a rep...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Jon Ungoed-Thomas Tags: Pollution Rivers Environment Agency Science Fish UK news Conservation Source Type: news

Meet a 28-year-old Starbucks manager who demoted himself from the job he loves because of a ‘hard time getting management to hear me’
Fenrir Larsen, a 28-year-old barista at Starbucks, loves coffee. He tells Fortune he “could talk to you about coffee for a long time,” waxing rhapsodic about the way it’s grown (one tree makes just one pound of coffee), the history of the bean, the chemistry of roasting, even the unroasted coffee…#fenrirlarsen #starbucks #fortune #reno #workersunited #juniperkrone #longmont #colorado #krone #nt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Abandoned pipelines could release poisons into North Sea, scientists warn
Researchers say toxic chemicals pose a pollution risk as oil and gas companies are allowed to leave pipelines to rotDecaying oil and gas pipelines left to fall apart in the North Sea could release large volumes of poisons such as mercury, radioactive lead and polonium-210, notorious for its part in thepoisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, scientists are warning.Mercury, an extremely toxic element, occurs naturally in oil and gas. It sticks to the inside of pipelines and builds up over time, being released into the sea when the pipeline corrodes.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Rachel Salvidge and Leana Hosea Tags: Pollution Oil Gas Fossil fuels Energy Environment Oil and gas companies UK news Source Type: news

On war ’s second anniversary, Ukraine’s scientific community mourns lost colleagues
Just before daybreak on 2 January, air raid sirens blared in Kyiv—a near-daily occurrence that often passes without incident. Not that day. Explosions resounded across the Ukrainian capital as air defenses attempted to shoot down a rain of incoming missiles, including 10 hypersonic Kinzhals. The detonations woke Natalia Shevtsova, a radioecologist at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine’s (NAS’s) Institute of Hydrobiology. Moments later, a missile slammed into the side of the building where Natalia’s mother, Lyudmila Shevtsova, a prominent biologist, also lived. Lyudmila’s apartment was shattered, ...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 23, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news