Plastic No More … Also in Kenya
Plastic bags are also a major contributor to the 8 million tonnes of plastic dumped in the sea every year. Credit: UNEPBy Baher KamalROME, Apr 4 2017 (IPS)Good news: Kenya has just joined the commitment of other 10 countries to address major plastic pollution by decreeing a ban on the use, manufacture and import of all plastic bags, to take effect in six months. The Kenyan decision comes three weeks after the UN declared “war on plastic” through its new UN Clean Seas initiative, launched on at the Economist World Ocean Summit in Bali (February 22-24, 2017).The initiative’s campaign urges governments to pass plastic r...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 4, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Climate Change Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Natural Resources Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Pot Products Are Now So Potent They Can Trigger Psychosis
LONDON (Reuters) - Policymakers should regulate the potency of cannabis products such as skunk and oil, aiming for a chemical balance that reduces the risk of psychosis without losing the drug’s pleasurable effects, experts said on Thursday.
With cannabis laws becoming more liberalized in many countries ― particularly the United States ― there is also an urgent need for more detailed and accurate scientific studies to explore how cannabis use can be made safer, the experts said.
“Worldwide there is a trend towards liberalization and increasing consumption,” said Robin Murray, a professor at King&...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 2, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women Aren't Failing At Science — Science Is Failing Women
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Science - The Huffington Post)
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 23, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Rare fossils of giant rodents raise questions
Adult and juvenile remains of a giant rodent species (Isostylomys laurdillardi) have been uncovered by researchers, in the R ío de la Plata coastal region of southern Uruguay, raising questions about classification within dinomids. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 22, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Regulating Cannabis Social Clubs: A comparative analysis of legal and self-regulatory practices in Spain, Belgium and Uruguay - Decorte T, Pardal M, Queirolo R, Boidi MF, S ánchez Avilés C, Parés Franquero Ò.
BACKGROUND: Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) are a model of non-profit production and distribution of cannabis among a closed circuit of adult cannabis users. CSCs are now operating in several countries around the world, albeit under very different legal regim... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 16, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Massive sea lion, fur seal hunting in the Patagonian coasts is altering Southern Atlantic Ocean ecosystems
Sea lion hunting by the Europeans at the Atlantic coasts of South America – it started in the 19th Century and continued up to the second half of the 20th century in Argentina and Uruguay – changed its nutrition guidelines of these pinnipeds as well as the structure of the coastal trophic network, according to new research. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 18, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study compiles data on 958 types of South American jellyfish
Detailed information on 958 distinct morphological types of jellyfish that inhabit the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America has been compiled by scientists. The study involved scientists from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 6, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Brazilian study compiles data on 958 types of South American jellyfish
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Detailed information on 958 distinct morphological types of jellyfish that inhabit the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America has been compiled in a census published in Zootaxa, the leading zoological taxonomy journal. Coordinated by Brazilian scientists, the study involved scientists from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 6, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Global public health advocates open new fronts in war on tobacco
(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Efforts to control tobacco as a public health threat have escalated as clinicians and public health advocates have coalesced to beat back threats from tobacco companies through public advocacy, public health, and pension reform. Today, public health advocates from Brazil, Malaysia, Ireland, Australia, and Uruguay presented different strategies that have effectively reigned in the global threat of tobacco companies at a press briefing held at IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC). (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Uruguay: A giant leap to prevent tobacco-assisted suicide
Originally published by the World Bank Group: https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/uruguay-giant-leap-prevent-tobacco-assisted-suicide
co-authored with Patricio V. Marquez
Tobacco is arguably one of the most significant threats to public health we have ever faced. Since the publication of the landmark U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Tobacco and Health in 1964, that provided evidence linking smoking to diseases of nearly all organs of the body (see graph below), the international community slowly began to realize that a century-long epidemic of cigarette smoking was causing an enormous, avoidable public health catast...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adolescent injuries in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay: results from the 2012-2013 Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) - Beck NI, Arif I, Paumier MF, Jacobsen KH.
OBJECTIVES: The goals of this study were to identify the proportion of early adolescents in southern South America who were injured in the past year, to identify risk behaviours and other exposures associated with injuries, and to evaluate the most common ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
These Are The 10 Best Places In The World To Be A Girl (And The U.S. Isn't One Of Them)
The American dream isn’t all that promising if you’re a girl, according to a report released Tuesday on International Day of the Girl.
The United States didn’t make it to the top 10 (or top 20 or top 30) in Save the Children’s analysis of places where girls have ample opportunities to thrive.
When determining where girls are being held back, the international aid group took a number of factors into consideration ― including rates of child marriage, adolescent fertility, lower-secondary school completion and maternal mortality, all of which are part of the framework for t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
An algorithm for taxi sharing
Researchers in Uruguay have developed an evolutionary algorithm to allow a smart city to facilitate efficient taxi sharing to cut an individual ' s transport costs as well as reduce congestion and traffic pollution. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 26, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Featured Review: Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants
Cochrane evidence supports the use of kangaroo care in stabilized low birthweight infants as an alternative to conventional neonatal careConventional neonatal care of low birthweight infants (< 2500 g) is expensive and requires both highly skilled personnel and logistical support. Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) has been proposed as an alternative to conventional neonatal care of low birthweight infants. The major component of KMC is skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn. The other two components of KMC are frequent and exclusive (or nearly exclusive) breastfeeding, and attempted early discharge from hospital.Two C...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - September 9, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: mumoquit at cochrane.org Source Type: news
Uruguay ’s Victory over Philip Morris: a Win for Tobacco Control and Public Health
Credit: BigstockBy Germán VelásquezGENEVA, Aug 22 2016 (IPS)In a landmark decision that has been hailed as a victory of public health measures against narrow commercial interests, an international tribunal has dismissed a claim by tobacco giant company Philip Morris that the Uruguay government violated its rights by instituting tobacco control measures.The ruling had been much anticipated as it was the first international case brought against a government for taking measures to curb the marketing of tobacco products.Philip Morris had started proceedings in February 2010 against Uruguay at the International Centre for Set...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: German Velasquez Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health Trade & Investment Philip Morris Tobacco Uruguay Source Type: news
