COVID 'fuse' may have been lit weeks or months before the Wuhan market 'bomb'
Instead of being the source of the pandemic, the seafood market outbreak likely amplified the human-to-human spread, new research has found. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/Quirks & Quarks Source Type: news
Scientists created edible food films for food packaging
(Ural Federal University) An international group of scientists from India and Russia has created edible food films for packaging fruits, vegetables, poultry, meat, and seafood. Films consist of natural ingredients, they are safe for health and the environment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Industrial Fishing Creates More CO2 Emissions Than Air Travel
It’s been well established by now that the agricultural systems producing our food contribute at least one fifth of global anthropogenic carbon emissions—and up to a third if waste and transportation are factored in. A troubling new report points to a previously overlooked source: an industrial fishing process practiced by dozens of countries around the world, including the United States, China, and the E.U.
The study, published today in the scientific journal Nature, is the first to calculate the carbon cost of bottom trawling, in which fishing fleets drag immense weighted nets along the ocean floor, scraping ...
Source: TIME: Science - March 17, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized embargoed study Explainer Londontime overnight TIME 2030 Source Type: news
Fish detectives: the sleuths using ‘e-DNA’ to fight seafood fraud
A Canadian supplier known for wild salmon has teamed up with geneticists to prove what really ends up on the plateRevealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scaleThe first notable thing about the wild salmon fillet Dane Chauvel shows me is its colour – a rich red that, even over FaceTime, makes my mouth water. The second notable thing is that it’s definitely salmon.This might not seem like a debatable fact. Chauvel is co-founder of Organic Ocean Seafood in Vancouver, Canada, housed in a historic building at the mouth of the 854-mile (1,375km) Fraser River, one of Canada ’s main salmon courses. The company sup...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Stephen Leahy Tags: Fish Fishing industry Environment Food Genetics Biology Science Marine life Wildlife Crime US crime Canada World news UK news US news Source Type: news
Creatinine normal range: When to worry about creatinine levels - the 10 symptoms
CREATININE mainly comes from red meat and seafood in your diet, and too much or too little of this amino acid could cause serious health issues. Here's when to worry about your creatinine levels. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 10, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Arsenic poisoning due to high consumption of canned sardines in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Othman L, Nafadi A, Alkhalid SH, Mazraani N.
Dietary consumption of arsenic is considered the largest source of toxicosis for nonoccupationally exposed individuals as it can be ingested through contaminated underground water, seafood, animal products, and crops irrigated with polluted water. We prese... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
WHO Mission Finds COVID-19 Is ‘Extremely Unlikely’ to Have Originated from Wuhan Lab
(WUHAN, China) — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, dismissing as unlikely an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab.
A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan—the Chinese city where the first coronavirus cases were discovered — did not dramatically change the current understanding of the early days of the pandemic, said Peter Ben Embarek, the leader of the WHO team.
But it did “add details to that story,&rdquo...
Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA/AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 wire Source Type: news
Nigeria: Covid-19 May Have Spread in Wuhan, but Originated Elsewhere - WHO Expert
[Vanguard] A Russian expert on Saturday said Wuhan's Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to spread, but it does not mean the virus originated there. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Covid-19 May Have Spread in Wuhan, but Originated Elsewhere - WHO Expert
[Vanguard] A Russian expert on Saturday said Wuhan's Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to spread, but it does not mean the virus originated there. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Water Graves: Nightmare for Mexican Fishermen
By Rosi OrozcoMEXICO CITY, Feb 4 2021 (IPS) All of Erizo’s nightmares are the same. Since his return from the ocean – almost unrecognizable – every bad dream is identical. A wave punches his little boat and throws him into the deep sea where everything is so dark that he can’t even see his own hands.
Rosi OrozcoEven when he swam with all his energy, this 31 year old fisherman was never able to set foot on the mainland and to him, the Mexican Pacific ocean slowly became a grave formed only of water.
When Erizo dies in his nightmare, he wakes up in real life, opening his mouth like a dying fish that ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rosi Orozco Tags: Crime & Justice Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Latin America & the Caribbean Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Much to glean when times are rough
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies) Stable seafood consumption amongst the world's poorer coastal communities depends on their local habitat characteristics, which influences how they fish at different times of the year. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Breakthrough in understanding 'tummy bug' bacteria
(University of Exeter) Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then " wake up " . (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
UK coronavirus: 1,610 Covid-related deaths reported in new daily high - as it happened
This live blog is now closed.For coronavirus updates from around the world, head to our global live blogEnglish schools may reopen regionally, medical chief suggestsCovid-related care home deaths in England jump by 46%Two-thirds of residents at Lincolnshire care home die in Covid outbreakCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage6.21pmGMTRelated:Coronavirus live news: China builds quarantine centre for 4,000 people; Germany extends lockdown6.03pmGMTThe EU ’s ambassador to the UK,João Vale de Almeida, has described the problems being faced by British seafood producers exporting to the EU as evi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 19, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow Tags: Coronavirus Politics UK news Boris Johnson Science Infectious diseases NHS Health Medical research Microbiology Education Schools Source Type: news
Federal report says pandemic hit seafood industry hard
A federal report says the coronavirus pandemic has taken away about a third of the commercial fishing industry’s revenue (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
