News tagged with untreated water

Fish may provide key to stopping disease spread, researcher says

A small fish may prove useful to understanding a worldwide health problem, if a Wayne State University researcher is correct.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contaminants in groundwater used for public supply

More than 20 percent of untreated water samples from 932 public wells across the nation contained at least one contaminant at levels of potential health concern, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay

Signs were posted at several shorelines and parks in Richmond, Calif., warning that water might be contaminated with harmful bacteria after nearly 1 million gallons of runoff and raw sewage overflowed and spilled into San ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Algae for your fuel tank: New process for producing biodiesel from microalgae oil

The available amount of fossil fuels is limited and their combustion in vehicle motors increases atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The generation of fuels from biomass as an alternative is on the rise. In ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HIV prevention research named scientific breakthrough of the year by Science

The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by Myron S. Cohen, MD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Environmental troubles growing in Mid-East Gulf region due to rapid coastal development

The rapid, large scale coastal development underway in the Middle East must be better planned and managed to avoid aggravating already "severe" degradation and losses in the fragile marine ecosystems shared by eight Gulf ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Haiti group demands UN pay for cholera outbreak

(AP) -- A human rights group said Tuesday it has filed claims with the United Nations seeking damages on behalf of more than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims and their families.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Viagra to combat malignant melanoma

Many tumors cause chronic inflammations, which, in their turn, suppress specific attacks against the tumor by the immune system. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Safer medical kit by plasma-activated water

similar to the form created in neon signs, fluorescent tubes and TV displays – to create water that stays significantly antibacterial and can be used as a disinfectant for at least seven days after becoming plasma-active.

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Through-the-nipple breast cancer therapy shows promise in early tests

Delivering anticancer drugs into breast ducts via the nipple is highly effective in animal models of early breast cancer, and has no major side effects in human patients, according to a report by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Developing technologies to improve the treatment of craniosynostosis in children

Engineers and surgeons are working together to improve the treatment of babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Treating this condition typically ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Major advance in sleeping sickness drug made by Glasgow scientists

A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on September 6th presents a key advance in developing a safer cure for sleeping sickness. Led by Professor Peter Kennedy, researchers at the ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mosquito sample with West Nile virus found in Oakley, Calif.

A mosquito carrying the West Nile virus was discovered in eastern Contra Costa County, Calif., marking the first time this year vector control officials have found such a sample in the county, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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