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

Wisconsin lawmakers OK bill to tackle forever chemicals pollution, but governor isn't on board
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed a bill that would unlock $125 million to fight so-called forever chemicals (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Yale chemists synthesize unique anticancer molecules using novel approach
Yale researchers have developed a novel approach to synthesize a highly complex group of molecules found in marine invertebrates. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 22, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Why candy floss will not give you cancer: Experts warn treat's 'biggest hazard' is the abundance of teeth-rotting sugar, as cancer-causing additive that sparked Indian ban is already prohibited in UK
Health chiefs were spooked by reports the chemical is carcogenic. But the artificial colouring agent has been banned in the UK and across the EU since 2013. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Can nanoparticles help fight hunger?
A game-changing solution to the global food crisis could come from something so tiny you can't see it with the naked eye. Nanomaterials chemist Christy Haynes describes her team's work designing nanoparticles that could protect plants from disease and crop loss, helping farmers reap abundant…#christyhaynes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Double-covered skin areas are at high-risk for scald and chemical burns in a cross-sectional analysis of NEISS 2000-2018 - Lee A, Wang Y, Nadarajah C, Lipner SR.
Burn epidemiology and complications have been well studied,[1,2] but data on double-covered skin burns, including the pubic region, buttocks, and breasts, is limited. Our objectives were to analyse the epidemiology and burn mechanism/sources of double-cove... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

How to Get 4.5 Million Americans to Quit Smoking
You wouldn’t think it would be easy to get nearly 4.5 million Americans—the equivalent of the entire state of Louisiana or Kentucky—to give up smoking. But it can be done in a single, straightforward step: prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. The study is one more piece of evidence in favor of a nationwide menthol ban, the authors say. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed just such a ban in 2022, but in Dec. 2023, the Biden Administration postponed implementation following intense lobbying ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Cayman Chemical Introduces LipidLaunch ™, Expands Portfolio of Lipid Nanoparticle Research Tools to Support Advances in RNA Therapies
Cayman Chemical introduces the latest addition to the company's portfolio of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) research tools for academic, pharma, and biotech researchers worldwide. The LipidLaunch™ product line helps researchers pursue LNPs for the delivery of nucleic acid therapies in untold... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news

T2D Remission Common With Gastric Bypass; Selenium for Hashimoto's; Cereal Chemicals
(MedPage Today) -- Three-fourths of type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients who regained weight after gastric bypass surgery for severe obesity remained in remission 5 years after surgery, a retrospective study found. (Journal of the American College of... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - February 20, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

REVEALED: Tea, pork chops and peanut butter - the surprising foods that are teeming with cancer-causing 'forever chemicals', study suggests
Scientists from the University of Southern California tracked more than 700 participants for over four years, taking regular blood samples and studying exactly what they ate. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden's $6bn promise to make YOUR drinking water safe: White House announces new package for every state and territory to strip out toxic chemicals from tap
The Biden administration will distribute nearly $6 billion to states and territories to help repair the country's crumbling water infrastructure and remove pollutants and lead pipes from the water system. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Detect-Ion contracted to develop spectral chemical threat detection device
The company  signed a research contract with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ' s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

What's REALLY in your tap water? With millions more Britons about to get fluoride funnelled into their drinking supplies, the ultimate interactive guide on the bugs, chemicals and plastics lurking within your glass...
Earlier this month it was announced that fluoride will be added to the water supplies of millions more Britons under Government plans to improve dental health. But the plans are not without controversy (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news