E-Commerce Giants Under Fire for Retailing Hazardous Mercury-Based Cosmetics
By Thalif DeenNEW YORK, Nov 16 2018 (IPS)A coalition of over 50 civil society organizations (CSOs), from more than 20 countries, have urged two of the world’s largest multi-billion dollar E-commerce retailers – Amazon and eBay – to stop marketing “dangerous and illegal mercury-based skin lightening creams.” The protest is part of a coordinated global campaign against a growing health hazard in the field of cosmetics.So far, the groups have reached out to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the United Nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) and INTERPOL, the Lyon-based international law enforcement a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thalif Deen Tags: Editors' Choice Environment Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Mercury Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

Before-after evaluation of the realignment of horizontal curves on rural two-lane roads - Srinivasan R, Carter D, Lyon C, Albee M.
This study determined the crash modification factors (CMFs) associated with horizontal curve realignment using the before-after empirical Bayes method and compared the results from published CMFs from cross-sectional studies. This evaluation used data from...
Source: SafetyLit - November 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Maureen E. Lyon, Ph.D., ABPP, lauded for outstanding excellence in advance care planning
(Children's National Health System) Maureen E. Lyon, Ph.D., ABPP, a principal investigator at Children's Center for Translational Science, will be honored with a " Recognition Award for Excellence and Innovation in Research " by Respecting Choices for outstanding excellence in patient-centered advance care planning and shared decision-making.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Inauguration of new global center for veterinary vaccine R & D
Boehringer Ingelheim inaugurates its new global centre for veterinary vaccine R&D in Lyon, France70 million euro investment reinforces the company ’s leading position in the veterinary vaccine marketThe new R&D center of 14,500 square meters is a high-tech facility employing more than 200 employees
Source: Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate News - October 10, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: news

European Union Security Holds Stadium Terror Attack Drill
LYON, France (AP) — European security chiefs struggled over solutions to the migrant crisis and oversaw a simulated terrorist attack on a stadium Tuesday, with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions looking on. Elite police forces staged the anti-terrorism exercise in the French city of Lyon as part of meetings of interior ministers of six European countries plus Morocco. Sessions didn't speak publicly at the event. Countering terrorism, including dealing with the return of foreign fighters from Syria and Iraq, was a main topic at the closed-door meetings. The touchy subject of migration, another focus, had officials differ...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - October 10, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Major Incidents Training News Terrorism & Active Shooter Source Type: news

Development of crash modification factors for uncontrolled pedestrian crossing treatments - Zegeer C, Srinivasan R, Lan B, Carter D, Smith S, Sundstrom C, Thirsk NJ, Zegeer J, Lyon C, Ferguson E, Van Houten R.
This report quantifies the safety benefits of four types of pedestrian crossing treatments-- rectangular rapid flashing beacons, pedestrian hybrid beacons, pedestrian refuge islands, and advanced YIELD or STOP markings and signs--and presents a recommended...
Source: SafetyLit - August 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Judge orders trial of Michigan official over Flint deaths
Nick Lyon is accused of failing to issue a timely alert to the public about a Legionnaires' outbreak
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - August 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain
Methane emissions from the U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain were estimated by using ground-based, facility-scale measurements and validated with aircraft observations in areas accounting for ~30% of U.S. gas production. When scaled up nationally, our facility-based estimate of 2015 supply chain emissions is 13 ± 2 teragrams per year, equivalent to 2.3% of gross U.S. gas production. This value is ~60% higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inventory estimate, likely because existing inventory methods miss emissions released during abnormal operating conditions. Methane emissions of this magnitude, ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Alvarez, R. A., Zavala-Araiza, D., Lyon, D. R., Allen, D. T., Barkley, Z. R., Brandt, A. R., Davis, K. J., Herndon, S. C., Jacob, D. J., Karion, A., Kort, E. A., Lamb, B. K., Lauvaux, T., Maasakkers, J. D., Marchese, A. J., Omara, M., Pacala, S. W., Peisc Tags: Geochemistry, Geophysics reports Source Type: news

BASF acquires two manufacturers of 3D-printing materials
BASF New Business GmbH (BNB; Ludwigshafen, Germany) has acquired German and French companies involved with the manufacture of 3D-printing materials in the latest effort to enhance its presence in the fast-growing field of 3D printing. The latest BASF 3D-printing acquisition sees it secure a presence in the powder bed fusion field. Advanc3D Materials GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) makes advanced, tailor-made plastic powders and formulations for selective laser sintering (SLS). Setup Performance (Lyon, France) is Advanc3D Materials’ most important partner in the development and manufacture of SLS materials. BNB is in...
Source: MDDI - July 6, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Plastics Today Source Type: news

Observation of an environmentally insensitive solid-state spin defect in diamond
We report a color center that shows insensitivity to environmental decoherence caused by phonons and electric field noise: the neutral charge state of silicon vacancy (SiV0). Through careful materials engineering, we achieved >80% conversion of implanted silicon to SiV0. SiV0 exhibits spin-lattice relaxation times approaching 1 minute and coherence times approaching 1 second. Its optical properties are very favorable, with ~90% of its emission into the zero-phonon line and near–transform-limited optical linewidths. These combined properties make SiV0 a promising defect for quantum network applications.
Source: ScienceNOW - July 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Rose, B. C., Huang, D., Zhang, Z.-H., Stevenson, P., Tyryshkin, A. M., Sangtawesin, S., Srinivasan, S., Loudin, L., Markham, M. L., Edmonds, A. M., Twitchen, D. J., Lyon, S. A., de Leon, N. P. Tags: Materials Science, Physics reports Source Type: news

Predictors of disparities in access and retention in school-based mental health services - Whitaker K, Nicodimos S, Pullmann MD, Duong MT, Bruns EJ, Wasse JK, Lyon AR.
Despite promising evidence that school-based health centers (SBHCs) and school mental health (SMH) services can reduce disparities in access to mental health care for underserved populations, little is known about what predicts retention of youth in SMH se...
Source: SafetyLit - June 11, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Fire behaviour in masticated forest fuels: lab and prescribed fire experiments - Lyon ZD, Morgan P, Stevens-Rumann CS, Sparks AM, Keefe RF, Smith AMS.
Managers masticate fuels to reduce extreme fire hazards, but the effect on fire behaviour within the resulting compact fuelbeds is poorly understood. We burned 54 masticated fuelbeds in laboratory experiments one and two growing seasons after mastication a...
Source: SafetyLit - May 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Drug company makes first ever vaccine for Lyme disease that affects supermodel Bella Hadid
Drug company Valneva, based in Lyon, France, has successfully completed the first ever human trial for a vaccine against Lyme disease which affects 600,000 people every year.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

In the Loop: ?MelaNoMore? puts a tune to conductor?s cancer journey
Steve Lyon wanted to do something to raise awareness about the melanoma after his diagnosis. So the longtime conductor composed an original piece of music and invited a diverse group of musicians to bring the piece to life. (Image Courtesy Sailor Sun/Hometown Source) Steve Lyon stood at the podium, lifted his hands and began conducting [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - May 22, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Obese people are more likely to smoke due to 'addictive' genes
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, found that for every 4.6kg/m2 increase in BMI, the risk of being a smoker rises by up to 19 per cent, which may be due to DNA.
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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