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Chicago City Council approves BPA baby bottle ban

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Chicago on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to adopt a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups containing the chemical BPA.





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Americans hard to contain on potted plant expenditures

Americans Hard to Contain on Potted Plant Expenditures

Other Sciences / Other

created May 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When it comes to using plant-filled pots on the porch or around the landscape, Americans are hardly able to contain themselves. U.S. consumers spend more than $1.3 billion a year on this gardening method, ...


Monkey economy works

Monkey economy works

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A monkey that has acquired the sole power to hand out apples is generously rewarded with grooming sessions by the other monkeys in its group. But as soon as another monkey can hand out apples ...


Vervet Monkey

Market value of vervet monkey falls if monoploy is broken

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A monkey that has acquired the sole power to hand out apples is generously rewarded with grooming sessions by the other monkeys in its group. But as soon as another monkey can hand out apples as well, the ...


Primates expect others to act rationally

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 06, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

When trying to understand someone's intentions, non-human primates expect others to act rationally by performing the most appropriate action allowed by the environment, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard University.


Simple device can ensure food gets to the store bacteria free

Simple device can ensure food gets to the store bacteria free

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 5

A Purdue University researcher has found a way to eliminate bacteria in packaged foods such as spinach and tomatoes, a process that could eliminate worries concerning some food-borne illnesses.


'Buy local' not the answer to smaller carbon footprint, professor argues

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2006, certain cafeterias on U of T’s St. George campus began serving meals made from ingredients grown mostly in Ontario – an initiative undertaken with Local Food Plus, an organization that promotes local ...


Dutch chocolate ice cream recalled

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Pierre's brand Dutch Chocolate Ice Cream due to a labeling error.


Container transport on a nano scale

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 06, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Lock one or more molecules up within a cage of nanometer dimensions. Take this ‘nanocontainer’ to the desired spot and free the molecules. Or keep them locked up for a while and introduce other molecules into the container, ...


Composted dairy manure in foliage plant production

Composted dairy manure in foliage plant production

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Peat has been a major component of substrates used in container plant production since the 1960s. Highly porous with the capacity to hold water, peat makes an ideal rooting and growing medium for potted plants. ...


Charlie's-brand cantaloupe recalled

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Charlie's-brand cut cantaloupe products due to possible contamination.



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