Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funds Sweat-Triggered Vaccines

- Foundation Funds 78 New Innovative Global Health Projects, Including Cell Phone Blood Tests, Carnivorous Plants, and Sweat-Triggered Vaccines (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation):Some examples of the breadth of projects funded this round include:More effective vaccines:Sweat-triggered vaccine delivery: Carlos Alberto Guzman of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany with Claus-Michael Lehr and Steffi [...] continue reading latest news

Study Links Pesticides With ADHD In Children

CHICAGO - A new analysis of U.S. health data links children’s attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.While the study couldn’t prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems, experts said the research is persuasive.“I would take it quite seriously,” said Virginia Rauh of Columbia University, who [...] continue reading latest news

Gulf of Mexico: Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil as Large as 10 Miles Long, 3 Miles Wide And 300 Feet Thick in Deep Waters

- Beyond Stupid: BP CEO Tony Hayward: “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited a wildlife treatment center in Louisiana on Saturday.Scientists are finding enormous [...] continue reading latest news

US Oil Spill: Scientists and Fishermen Alarmed Over Chemical Dispersants

Alarm over the use of dispersants to combat the huge US oil leak is being raised by Gulf fisherman and scientists alike, warning that even if the spill is held at bay, the chemicals used to do so may do untold damage. Oil spill: fishermen employed by BP place [...] continue reading latest news

Washington: ‘Toxic stew’ of chemicals causes more than 80% of male fish to exhibit female traits

See also: US: Gender-Bending Chemical Atrazine Contaminates Public Water Supply (Chicago Tribune)Intersex fish, found across the US, result from a mix of drugs that mimic natural hormones, say scientistsUS male bass fish are showing female traits such as egg production because of ‘toxic stew’ of chemicals in water. Photograph: Rob Heimplaetzer/Potomac ConservancyMore than 80% of [...] continue reading latest news

Scientists Make Cancer Tumors Vanish Within 10 Days

Cancer Research UK said results were encouragingScottish scientists have made cancer tumors vanish within 10 days by sending DNA to seek and destroy the cells.The system, developed at Strathclyde and Glasgow universities, is being hailed as a breakthrough because it appears to eradicate tumors without causing harmful side-effects. A leading medical journal has described the [...] continue reading latest news