Unknown Sickness Kills US Honeybees
...ek immune system. Scientists are also looking at a pesticide angle to this problem. JYT...Cancer Research May Help Biofuels
...ny parts of the scientific community. It cuts down pesticide use, can help farmers earn more profits, and the evidence that it hurts humans is shaky at best. "One of my favorite stats is that more people are killed by falling coke machines every year than genetically modified foods," he said. "Eighty percen...Funds Increased for Treating Bhopal Gas Victims
...hyl isocyanate gas spewed out of the Union Carbide pesticide plant, killing over 3,000 people instantly and maiming several thousand others for life. More than 15,000 people have since died from the after-effects of the poisonous gases and over 200,000 people are constantly suffering, activists say about th...Sentry Enzyme Blocks Two Paths to Parkinson’s Diseas
...ked to increased risk of Parkinson’s disease after pesticide exposure. Also, although most Parkinson’s disease cases have no known cause, experts believe that they are caused by the interaction of genetic susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease with exposure to a variety of environmental factors, such as pestici...DDT Still Present In The Waters Of Los Angeles County
...T or dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane is the best pesticide and also an established carcinogen. This is still found in the waters of Los Angles county at a very high// level even after many years of its ban. U.S. Environment Protection Agency released a report on this. The high level of DDT in the sea is du...Greeks Cautioned About ‘olive’ Remedy for Cancr
... pointed out that olive leaves could always have a pesticide residue and intake of these leaves might have adverse effects. As the benefit of olive leaves are not established scientifically, it is not right to try out such things. Olive trees are considered sacred by Greeks and are almost 5000 years old. T...Dengue Claims 13 Lives In Malaysia This Month
... He added the ministry is still distributing the pesticide free to the public and has also roped in 60 health officers from other states to help contain the cases in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. Dengue fever, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly hits tropical and sub-tropical regions. Its symp...Mayo Researcher Discovers Target Site for Developing Mosquito Pesticides
...s could potentially be used as a target site for a pesticide that would incapacitate only insects that carry th... Dr. Pang says. "We've developed a blueprint for a pesticide that could incapacitate malaria-carrying mosquitoes. We are currently making a prototype of the new ...Researcher Discovers Target Site for Developing Mosquito Pesticides
...s could potentially be used as a target site for a pesticide that would incapacitate only insects that carry th... Dr. Pang says. “We’ve developed a blueprint for a pesticide that could incapacitate malaria-carrying mosquitoes. We are currently making a prototype of the new ...Presence of Pesticides and Metals in Fruits and Vegetable
...ction of fruits and vegetables for the presence of pesticide residues and other harmful substances falls under ... provided with equipments to undertake analysis of pesticide residues in vegetables, water, meat and meat products, and marine products. This information was ...Children of Bhopal Gas Victims Suffer from Deformity
... gas spewed out of the Union Carbide Corporation's pesticide plant here. The tragedy also left thousands maimed for life from inhaling the poisonous gas. Women who were pregnant during or following the disaster had extremely high rates of spontaneous abortion. A 1985 study by Medico Friends Circle (MFC) foun...Exposure To Dioxins Affects Male Reproductive System
...ration, smelting, paper and pulp manufacturing and pesticide and herbicide production. Humans are exposed to these chemicals primarily through consumption of animal fat and dairy products. Babies are exposed to the highest levels of dioxins through breast milk. Dioxins are eliminated extremely slowly from th...500 People Affected by Gas Leak Near Bhopal
...thyl-iso-cyanate gushed out of the Union Carbide's pesticide plant, killing 15,000 people. Source-IANS...Colas can cause bone loss in old women
...ontroversy over higher than permissible amounts of pesticide in their drinks. American epidemiologists have reported that colas are associated with bone mineral density loss and their consumption may increase osteoporosis risk for older women. Osteoporosis is a disease of porous and brittle bones that causes...Overweight: One of the causes of infertility in men.
...ence fertility, like age, smoking, alcohol intake, pesticide exposure and the wife's health, infertility was on the high when the man’s body mass index was above normal. SA...Colas Are A Health Risk: Ramadoss
...Medical College. Ramadoss added that the issue of pesticide content in soft drinks was a short-term one and could be sorted out once the government chalked out a permitted level policy. A notification has also been issued to packed food manufacturers to specify the level of nutrients in their food items, he ...Increased BMI in Men Linked to Infertility
...cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, and solvent and pesticide exposure. After adjustment, there was a general increase in infertility with increased BMI, reaching a nearly 2-fold increase among obese men. When researchers divided the sample into two equal groups by men’s age, they found that men’s BMI was a ...Orissa to Send Coke, Pepsi Samples for Testing
...E) had recently announced that dangerous levels of pesticide were found in all the samples of the 11 soft drinks brands collected from 25 different manufacturing units of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo spread over 12 states. As a result, several states in India, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and G...Communist Bengal not to ban cola immediately
...nks. The CSE tests had found highest quantity of pesticide in the samples collected from Kolkata. Meanwhile, Left Front chairman Biman Bose said primary reports of laboratory tests of soft drinks in the state had failed to identify any harmful ingredients. "Preliminary reports from different laboratories o......t does not provide confirmation of identity of the pesticide residues. "There is no evidence in the report that, even if the pesticides were present, the levels were measured with any accuracy." Explaining the procedure followed by CSL, Reynolds said: "We first extract the sample into fluid solvent, concent...