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Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recalls of ground beef, peanut butter, and other foods have done more than raise public awareness and concern about food safety. They also are quietly fueling a boom in the market for food testing equipment ...


Facebook creates online safety board

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- Social networking site Facebook on Monday said it is creating a global safety advisory board to protect its users against online predators such as sex offenders.


Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...


GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.


Aviation-based team training may influence clinicians' safety behaviors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Team training based on protocols originally developed for aviation crews may change safety-related behaviors and contribute to perceptions of empowerment among nurses and other surgical staff, according to a report in the ...


The Medical Minute: New toy safety standards bring parents confidence

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The holiday season is here and for many kids that means one thing: toys. About half of all toy purchases in the United States occur between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas.


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Microsoft launches redesigned map search with apps

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.


More 20 mph zones in London would prevent 100 killed or seriously injured casualties each year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

20 mph traffic speed zones reduce casualties by 41.9% with the greatest reduction in child casualties, according to research published today in the British Medical Journal.


Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims ...


Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.



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