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Salmon farming could harm the environment
Fish farming is flourishing at the expense of other marine life TOXIC chemicals used by salmon farms could be killing off tiny animals that are vital to the marine food chain, scientists warn in a confidential report for the British government leaked to New Scientist. ... view more... (2002-04-24)
New method uses electrolyzed water for more efficient fuel production
Using electrolyzed water rather than harsh chemicals could be a more effective and environmentally friendly method in the pretreatment of ethanol waste products to produce an acetone-butanol-ethanol fuel mix, according to research conducted at the University of Illinois. view more (2009-07-28)
Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin (Equador) 4000 years ago
An important discovery by IRD archaeologists in Equador reveals that, more than 4000 years ago, early Andean civilizations had become established in a tropical environment where they were not hitherto known to have existed. This finding pushes further back the presumed beginning of developed agricultural societies in the western Amazon Basin. It... view more... (2003-07-04)
Childhood cancers strongly linked to air pollution in early life
Childhood cancers are strongly linked to pollution from engine exhausts, concludes research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. view more (2005-08-11)
Scent of fear impacts cognitive performance
The chemical warning signals produced by fear improve cognitive performance, according to a study at Rice University in Houston. view more (2006-04-03)
Greenhouse Gas Ban Could Push Up Food Prices
Food quality will fall, food costs will rise and stored food will be damaged. Historical relics may be lost to insect attack, rodent and insect infestations on public transport will swell, and fungal contamination of stored food will increase. According to a recent meeting of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Pest Management Group, these may... view more... (2002-03-01)
Study of agricultural watersheds and carbon losses
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains are an underquantified portion of the terrestrial carbon cycle. view more (2009-06-22)
Einstein researchers find potential new drugs for tuberculosis
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have synthesized chemicals that are up to 10 times more effective than isoniazid, the leading anti-tuberculosis drug. view more (2006-03-27)
Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues
Scientists in China have discovered that a natural plant hormone, applied to crops, can help plants eliminate residues of certain pesticides. The study is in the current issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. view more (2009-10-01)
X-Ray For Grain
Researchers from St. Petersburg have invented a way to check the viability of grains and seeds of agricultural plants without prior germination. The scientists assume that injuries of the germ and tissues of seeds can be revealed through X-ray photomicrography with the help of computer recognition system. This methodology allows determining the... view more... (2003-02-20)
Pesticides in the nation's streams and ground water
Today, the U.S. Geological Survey released a report describing the occurrence of pesticides in streams and ground water during 1992-2001. view more (2006-03-03)
Tracking Poultry Litter Phosphorus: Threat of Accumulation?
The Delmarva Peninsula, flanking the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, is home to some 600 million chickens. The resulting poultry manure and some of the chicken house bedding material is usually composted and then spread onto croplands as a fertilizer. view more (2009-01-29)
Invitation to the Press: DG JRC - Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing
Who? EU Directorate-General, Joint Research Centre (JRC). view more (2004-11-04)
Lancaster at the forefront of environmental research in Europe
One of the largest environmental research centres in Europe opens in Lancaster this week (6 July). The £25 million Lancaster Environment Centre brings together around 300 researchers and lecturers, all working to find solutions to major environmental problems. This joint venture between the Natural Environment Research Council's Centre for... view more... (2004-07-01)
Reject watermelons -- the newest renewable energy source
Watermelon juice can be a valuable source of biofuel. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Biotechnology for Biofuels have shown that the juice of reject watermelons can be efficiently fermented into ethanol. view more (2009-08-26)
UK Chemical Manufacturers Airs its Views at European Public Hearing
Judith Hackitt, Director General of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), spoke at a European Parliament Public Hearing on REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) in Brussels today. view more (2005-01-19)
Pumpkin skin may scare away germs
The skin of that pumpkin you carve into a Jack-o'-Lantern to scare away ghosts and goblins on Halloween contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions of cases of yeast infections in adults and infants each year. view more (2009-10-29)
British food safety advice may have been flawed
Patent application reveals shortcomings in Britain`s food safety advice THE British government may have given the wrong advice to people worried about chemical contamination of crops or animal feed. This startling admission appears in a patent application filed by the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.... view more... (2002-06-12)
Biodiversity in an agricultural landscape – first day of national Dutch Biodiversity symposium
Agriculture and nature are not happily married (yet). Biodiversity is the victim. In preparation to the large COP6 biodiversity conference of the United Nations – planned for April in the Netherlands – a selection of international scientists will present their results and views. Tomorrow, on Friday March 15 in Wageningen (NL). view more (2002-03-14)
Land conflicts due to accumulated legislation
Carelessly drawn up laws which come on top of older laws, lead to many land conflicts in rural South America. This is the conclusion of legal sociologist Esther Roquas from Wageningen, who has studied the background to land conflicts in Honduras. In 1980, government surveyors visited the village of El Zapote in Honduras. They promised the farmers... view more... (2002-02-19)
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