Archive for May, 2009
Looking for Legitimacy, Wikipedia Bans The Church of Scientology
Business/Law, Technology | Kristina Canizares | May 31, 2009
In response to a long-running war between the Church of Scientology and its critics, Wikipedia has banned edits from any Scientologists and their associates. The Church of Scientology has repeatedly been reprimanded for posting self-serving edits to Wikipedia articles.
Wikipedia is designed to be as open and inclusive as possible in allowing articles and edits. But [...]
Study Finds Link Between Asthma and Eczema
Health & Medicine, Recent Studies | Asiana Ponciano | May 30, 2009
A team at the Washington University School of Medicine may have found out why many children with eczema develop asthma. The study published by the Public Library of Science Biology found that a natural protein called thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is produced by eczema and that same protein is found in the lungs of asthmatics.
According [...]
Sloppy Sunscreen Habits
Consumer Goods, Recent Studies, The Environment | Annette Hulbert |
Are you one of the 31% of Americans who never wear sunscreen? A poll conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center shows that many Americans are either not using sunscreen correctly or at all, leading to a high rate of skin cancers.
Sixty-nine percent of Americans said they were only occasional users of sunscreen, despite [...]
Nearly 96,000 Pounds of Meat Recalled
Consumer Goods, Recalls | admin | May 29, 2009
Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Illinois is recalling 95,898 pounds of potentially contaminated beef because it may be contaminated with E. coli, the federal government announced on Thursday.
Department of Agriculture designated the recall as “Class One,” meaning that consuming the recalled meat products could pose a dangerous health risk. The meat was distributed [...]
Nutro Products Recalls Dry Cat Food
Animals, Recalls | Annette Hulbert | May 28, 2009
Feeding your feline just got a little more dangerous. Nutro® Products is voluntarily recalling select varieties of dry cat food with incorrect levels of zinc and potassium.
Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Dry Cat Foods and Nutro Max Cat Dry Foods with “Best if Used By” dates between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010 are [...]
Sweeteners Stay in Groundwater Sources
Consumer Goods, The Environment | Annette Hulbert | May 27, 2009
The sweetener in your diet soda may end up a scientist’s marker for pollution, according to a new study published in Environmental Science & Technology. Since artificial sweeteners pass through the human body virtually unchanged, researchers can look for the substance to determine sources of groundwater pollution.
Contaminated groundwater can come from a variety of sources, [...]
U.S. Takes Aim at Childhood Obesity
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