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ABCB6 is key to production of heme in hemoglobin
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that a protein called ABCB6 plays a central role in production of a molecule that is key to the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen, of liver cells to break down toxins, and of cells to extract energy from nutrients.   view more (2006-09-29)

Honey bee chemoreceptors found for smell and taste
Honey bees have a much better sense of smell than fruit flies or mosquitoes, but a much worse sense of taste, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   view more (2006-10-26)

Researchers find that later-life diseases resulting from fetal and infant toxicity have common immune pattern
A Cornell researcher and his wife have conducted the first comprehensive review of later-life diseases that develop in people who were exposed to environmental toxins or drugs either in the womb or as infants. They have found that most of the diseases have two things in common: They involve an... view more (2007-05-03)

Scientists Reveal The Dangers of Counterfeit Cigarettes
Scientists at the Universities of Glasgow and St Andrews have discovered high levels of a cancer-causing toxic metal in counterfeit cigarettes, widely available in the UK. The fakes are not only illegal but pose an extra health hazard to smokers buying them. The discovery was made when examining... view more (2004-12-15)

Low level cadmium exposure linked to lung disease
New research suggests that cadmium is one of the critical ingredients causing emphysema, and even low-level exposure attained through second-hand smoke and other means may also increase the chance of developing lung disease.   view more (2008-08-20)

Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) Appointed As Corporate Verifier To EMAS II
EMAS II - the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, is a voluntary initiative designed to improve companies' environmental performance. It is established through an EC Regulation, and recently VCA has been awarded accreditation as corporate EMAS verifiers. VCA is pleased to announce that our first... view more (2002-04-17)

Contraceptive pill produced from potato toxin
Dutch researcher Patrick Vronen from Wageningen University has investigated several methods for converting toxins in high-starch potatoes into a raw material for steroid hormones used, for example, in contraceptive pills. The molecular structure of the potato toxin solanidine, which is found in... view more (2003-06-24)

Artificial membranes can reveal biological weapons
Today there is a great need for portable equipment that can quickly detect chemical and biological weapons such as nerve gases, viruses, bacteria, and toxins.   In a new dissertation the Swedish researcher Inga Gustafsson shows that artificial membranes can be used for this purpose... view more (2004-01-16)

Sentry enzyme blocks two paths to Parkinson's disease
The degeneration of brain cells that occurs in Parkinson's disease may be caused by either externally provoked cell death or internally initiated suicide when the molecule that normally prevents these fatal alternatives is missing.   view more (2007-02-02)

Who needs environmental monitoring?
We monitor the stock market, the weather, our blood pressure. Yet environmental monitoring is often criticized as being unscientific, expensive, and wasteful.   view more (2007-06-08)

Water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of deaths worldwide, Cornell research survey finds
About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes a Cornell researcher. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases, which the World Health Organization has... view more (2007-08-14)

Yale journal examines the global impact of cities
The global impact of cities is the focus of cutting-edge research in a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology.   view more (2007-06-18)

Aerosol toxins from red tides may cause long-term health threat
NOAA scientists reported in the current issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives that an algal toxin commonly inhaled in sea spray, attacks and damages DNA in the lungs of laboratory rats.   view more (2008-07-10)

New Forum for Environment Research
Environmental scientists are getting a helping hand this month with the creation of a new focus group. The Environment Research Funders' Forum (ERFF) is bringing together the UK's major public sector sponsors of environmental science. Its aims are to maximise communications between these... view more (2002-10-23)

Noisy neighbourhoods not good for children's mental health
Noise from local roads and railways has a detrimental effect on children's mental health, shows research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Children born premature and/or of low birthweight seem to be more vulnerable, the research shows. The research team investigated the impact of... view more (2002-05-27)

Anthrax inhibitor counteracts toxin, may lead to new therapeutics
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Toronto have designed a nanoscale assembly of molecules that successfully counteracts and inhibits anthrax toxin in animal and laboratory experiments.   view more (2006-04-24)

Delft Architectural Engineer Combines Economics and Environment: Building with Double Profit
Researcher Tim de Jonge, of TU Delft, has developed a model to calculate the environmental impact of all kinds of building projects easily and accurately. The model can show whether or not a design change, aimed at the reduction of the environmental impact of the design, is worthwhile. Tim de Jonge... view more (2005-02-24)

Using carbon nanotubes to seek and destroy anthrax toxin and other harmful proteins
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new way to seek out specific proteins, including dangerous proteins such as anthrax toxin, and render them harmless using nothing but light.   view more (2007-12-11)

New Director for Zuckerman Institute
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is pleased to announce that Professor Kerry Turner will be Director of the new Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research. Professor Turner is currently Director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)... view more (2002-10-22)

Toxic flood lifts lid on common urban pollution problem
Broken sewers, flooded industrial plants and dead bodies are all likely to blame for poisoning the waters being drained from New Orleans.   view more (2005-09-20)

Biosensors to probe the metals menace
Researchers from CRC CARE are pioneering a world-first technology to warn people if their local water or air is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals and metal-like substances.   view more (2007-08-30)

A green future for scrap iron
Take a close look at that cheap piece of scrap iron before you toss it in the trash.   view more (2008-11-04)

Taking European SMEs forward in environmental technologies
The EU project Promotion, Demonstration and Development of Sustainable Environmental Technologies for SMEs "PRODESTS" kicked off on April 22 and 23 in Antwerp (Belgium). The project is run by 27 partners from different regions across Europe and is financially supported by the European... view more (2004-06-11)

Metal hazard from table wines
Potentially hazardous levels of metal ions are present in many commercially available wines. An analysis of reported levels of metals in wines from sixteen different countries, published in the open access Chemistry Central Journal, found that only those from Argentina, Brazil and Italy did not... view more (2008-10-30)

Fungus genome yielding answers to protect grains, people and animals
Why a pathogen is a pathogen may be answered as scientists study the recently mapped genetic makeup of a fungus that spawns the worst cereal grains disease known and also can produce toxins potentially fatal to people and livestock.   view more (2007-10-08)
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