Very few countries allow direct-to-consumer advertising by drug companies, but in those that do (New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S.), the medicine-buying public has been brainwashed to believe that mental illnesses, particularly those involving depression, are caused by a Original post on bigthink.com Comments on reddit.com
(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers have identified a new mechanism to convert natural gas into energy up to 70 times faster, while effectively capturing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
A vote in the EU means the European Commission will ban pesticides linked to bee deaths in scientific studies. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
New research shows just a sip can cause the potent neurotransmitter dopamine to flood the brain Original post on smithsonianmag.com Comments on reddit.com
Hundreds of beached dolphin carcasses, shrimp with no eyes, contaminated fish, ancient corals caked in oil and some seriously unwell people are among the legacies that scientists are still uncovering in the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Technique to make tissue transparent offers three-dimensional view of neural networks. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
ExxonMobil won’t say precisely what chemicals it spilled in Louisiana — maybe because it’s too busy keeping journalists away from another oil-oopsie in Arkansas. Original post on grist.org Comments on reddit.com
An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Original post on nasa.gov Comments on reddit.com
IT’S useful stuff, concrete, but it does have drawbacks. One of the biggest is that it is not as weatherproof as the stone it often substitutes. Salt and ice… Original post on economist.com Comments on reddit.com
Researchers look for the first time at the structure and chemical behavior of a natural catalyst involved in photosynthesis. Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
LYON/PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Monday declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides.In Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Environmental groups and politicians are calling on the federal government to review a common anti-microbial ingredient called triclosan that is found in dozens of consumer products and has been linked to health and environmental problems. Original post on chicagotribune.com Comments on reddit.com
Campaigners say the conclusion by the European Food Safety Authority is a ‘death knell’ for neonicotinoid pesticides Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Chemists at the University of California, Davis, have engineered blue-green algae to grow chemical precursors for fuels and plastics — the first step in Original post on scienceblog.com Comments on reddit.com
Cong’s draft proposes 30 yrs, chemical castration – The Congress party is firming up a draft Bill on tackling crimes against women for submission to the Justice Verma Committee. Original post on indianexpress.com Comments on reddit.com
Dr Peter Wothers says the word ‘chemicals’ is being misused to mean something harmful or unnatural Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Toxicologist Linda Birnbaum has tried to put sound science at the center of debates over chemical regulation. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering. Original post on mit.edu Comments on reddit.com
Researchers say that some chemicals have unexpected and potent effects at very low doses — but regulators aren’t convinced. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
An ignored but hugely important study shows that we can grow food on a large scale, profitably, with far fewer chemicals. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in landmark case Original post on naturalnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Exclusive Brethren GP banned for prescribing gay ‘cure’ Original post on smh.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Chemicals in everything from canned food to A.T.M. receipts could affect you, your children and your children’s children. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Obama says, ‘That’s a red line for us… there would be enormous consequences’ if Bashar Assad appeared to be preparing to use poison gas or biological weapons. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Physicists build first practical maser. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
In a new study, the chemical inhibited muscle activity in individual human heart cells, mice and minnows Original post on smithsonianmag.com Comments on reddit.com
When their teeth are too blunt to be of use, ageing termites defend their territory by detonating explosive backpacks Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
GALVESTON – With the world focused on a BP rig explosion in the spring of 2010 that caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history, a massive release of pollutants from the company’s Texas City refinery went largely unnoticed. Original post on chron.com Comments on reddit.com
