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Water Crisis Wreaks Havoc on Irish City

...was not the answer. "The newest water treatment plant we have is 40 years old," he said. “People have been warning for years about this. Filtration is not the answer. We need to go to the source of the contamination to solve it," he added. GPL/M...

Spicy Pepper Remedy Equalizes Spring Pollen Allergies

...ount of capsaicinoids present in a specific pepper plant directly determines the level of heat in the fruit and seeds. While some capsicum pepper varieties such as Paprika are low in capsaicinoid concentration, hotter varieties such as Habanera contain much higher levels. Over the past few years, a nasa...

What Causes Hayfever?

... accident. Whilst working on a separate project on plant reproduction we found that pollen was producing NO...nt study has enabled us to look closely at how the plant produces NO, but we need to carry out further research so we can prove the link between the NO and t...

Rajasthan to Sell Scented Drinking Water

...ry well within the reach of the common man." The plant has come up and orders for the bottling plant have been placed. The plant will initially produce 16,000 bottles a day. The GSM products would al...

Ladakh was a Coastal Region Millions of Years Ago

... heights of Jammu and Kashmir came across a set of plant fossils near Tsokar in the Eastern Ladakh region and say it is proof of the existence of a coastal environment in the region. "The fossils belong to the middle-late Eocene period, anywhere between 45-33 million years ago," S K Paul, a senior scient...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

...microbes that live in symbiotic relationships with plant roots. During the 1980s, an undergraduate research course taught by Walker resulted in a novel method for identifying mutant strains of a soil microbe that could not form a symbiotic relationship with a plant. Walker's team has now found that one s...

organic kiwifruits promote health

...the health. “The authors also did not look for any plant secondary metabolites of potential toxicological impact.” According to the Soil Association, organic food sales in the UK increased by 30% to ￡1.6bn in 2006. The world market for certified organic foods was estimated to be worth US $23-25 billion i...

Want a Healthy Colon? Eat a Rainbow!

... Increase Your Fiber Intake o Fiber is found in plant foods only, and is needed for healthy gut function. o Choose whole-grain breads, cereals, pasta and rice. o Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables; Add beans, peas and lentils to salads. o Be sure to increase your water intake when increasing fib...

Turmoil Over Turkey

... almost 850 tons of turkey had to pass through the plant situated in Holton in Suffolk. This had occurred in the interim period between outbreak of the avian influenza and resumption of production services at the plant. Further, The Food Standards Agency has confirmed that the meat was processed at other...

New Study: Pine Bark Significantly Reduces Endometriosis

...s that Pycnogenol (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, significantly reduces symptoms of endometriosis by 33 percent. Pycnogenol which holds a patent for reducing PMS/menstrual pain and discomfort, was chosen for this study because other endometri...

Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes With Enhanced Folate Content

...ly be beneficial worldwide," said Andrew Hanson, a plant biochemist at the University of Florida at Gainesv...an take years to get a genetically-engineered food plant approved by the FDA," Hanson said. "But before that is even a question, there are many more studies ...

Triptolide: A Potential Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

...i Hook F. The TCM tea Lei Gong Teng made from this plant has been used for centuries, as a therapeutic against cancer, inflammation, and auto-immune diseases. Crews and colleagues showed that triptolide causes cell growth arrest in certain cell types. Normal kidney tubule cells have a built in switch for...

Turkey Giant to Receive King-sized Compensation

...g whether unhygienic conditions at Mathew’s turkey plant at Suffolk, could have led to the outbreak. There is evidence of faulty roofs, rats, mice as well as scavenging birds roosting at the farm. Yet as an official of Libdem Food and Farming says, claims against compensation would be ‘woefully misplaced...

Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use

...e University of Missouri-Columbia has found that a plant extract can be used to overcome this problem, crea...chemistry and veterinary medicine. The team tested plant extracts for their ability as nontoxic vehicles to stabilize and deliver nanoparticles for in vivo n...

Vietnam may Face Dengue Fever Outbreak: Ministry

...gnant wastewater and dense water hyacinth (a water plant with blue flowers) for mushrooming mosquito populations in the said districts. Dengue fever is fatal in about 5 percent of cases, especially in children and young adults. In related news, the Hanoi-based Saint Paul Hospital reported a 10 percent in...

Bhopal Gas Victims Demand Treatment of Children With Birth Defects

...ople exposed to toxic gases from the Union Carbide plant was causing birth defects among their children//, survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Sunday demanded free treatment of the children and a monthly pension of Rs.1000 from the state government. The Bhopal tragedy occurred on the night of December 2,...

US Government Pushes Ahead With New Meat Inspection System

...which when taken into account with the actions the plant is taking to control the risk, will help FSIS to t...will change is we will no longer be treating every plant like every other plant in terms of its adverse public health potential," he added. The meat indust...

Combined Ingredients may Cut Cholesterol Levels

Combining plant stanol esters and beta-glucan reduced levels of LD...s has increased, the number of products containing plant sterols or plant stanols and their esters has increased. Indeed, a recent Frost and Sullivan repor...

CDA Investigates Case of Bovine Tuberculosis

...was sold from its Colorado owner to a meat packing plant in San Angelo, Texas. During routine inspection of the carcass, lesions were discovered in the lungs of the bull. The meat was isolated from the processing line, and no parts of the animal entered the food chain. CDA is working closely with USDA a...

Scientists Boost Production of Cheap Malaria Drugs

...b produces yields lower than four per cent, so the plant is the only commercial source of the compound. This could lead to cheaper drugs, as well as benefiting small-scale farmers who have no choice but to grow their crops in poor soils. The economic gains are clear for farmers who could make "savings i...

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