Tag: Diseases - Page 3
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US EPA Gets Tough on Glyme
Glyme is a nickname for 1,2-dimethoxyethane, a solvent chemical in the glycol ether family. Glyme, and its close cousins diglyme, and ethylglyme, are suspected reproductive toxins. For example, monoglyme is officially required to
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How Old Hotel Soap Can Save Thousands of Lives
I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are
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Dengue Fever Vaccine May Be Ready By 2015
In the race to develop a dengue fever vaccine just a few months ago public sale of such a life-saving medicine was deemed ten years off. Now, Time of India reports that French drug-makers Sanofi have announced they may have a vaccine
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Clean Water: Who Has It and Who Doesn't (Infographic)
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but we have a serious water crisis on our hands. Over one billion people worldwide lack access to
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Toxic Cucumbers Kill Eleven, Infect 1,200 in Germany, and May Spread Through Europe
Over the weekend, an outbreak of E. coli spread throughout Germany, killing eleven people and infecting more than 1,000. Cucumbers have been identified as the source of the bacteria, but the source
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Azerbaijan's Petroleum Spas Use Crude Oil Baths To Treat Disease
Though we often associate ooze-slicked animals with horrific disasters like 2010's BP oil spill, in the Azerbaijani town of Naftalan, 160 miles north-west of the capital Baku, there is a clinic where visitors voluntarily flock
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As Anti-Malarial Trees In East Africa Are Threatened With Extinction, Scientists Developing GM Mosquitos
With climate change spreading insect-borne diseases into new areas already, and increasing rates of resistance to current anti-malarial
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Guy Gets First Ever Mosquito-Borne STD, Gives it to Wife
digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/guy-contracts-first-ever-insect-borne-std-gives-it-to-wife.php'; Passing on an STD to your wife is not necessarily the kind of thing you
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The TH Interview: Michael Murphy, Cofounder of MASS Design Group
Michael Murphy has been doing more than the average graduate student. For a year and half, he slept in a tent in the country of Rwanda to design and build a hospital as his classmates were stuck in design studio only talking
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Religion = Healthy? Obesity Rates Higher Among Churchgoers
Young people who are active in their religion are more likely to become obese by the time they reach middle age, according to a new study. Participants who go to church at least once a week were found to be about twice as
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Calorie Count to be on Menus at Fast Food Joints in UK
If you live in the UK and treat yourself to a Big Mac at McDonald's, you will soon be able to see exactly how many calories you are consuming. Ugh: did that put you off the extra fries?
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Battle Over BPA in Baby Bottles Continues: Oregon May Be Next State to Ban It
As a mom, I know it's not always easy to breastfeed. It's certainly my preference, but sometimes you just need to feed with a bottle. The problem?
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High-Tech Help for Some Turkish Denim Workers
With the recent death toll among Turkish denim sandblasting workers due to the lung disease silicosis nearing 50, one
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Europe Proposes Seven New Chemical Substances of Very High Concern
This week Europe proposed to add seven more chemicals to the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC). The addition of a chemical to the SVHC list enables European regulators to ban the chemical from the market unless it is
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World's First Dengue Fever Vaccine Developed - Public Sale Still a Decade Off
Researchers in Thailand have announced that they have developed the world's first live attenuated vaccine for dengue fever. Endemic in over 100 nations, and spreading due to climate change as the mosquitos which carry it expand their
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10 Horrifying Stories of Factory Farming Gone Wrong
Do you really know what your factory-farmed meat went through before it ended up on your plate? (Warning: Many of the images and stories in this slideshow are beyond disturbing.) The fact is, this journey is not for the faint of heart, and these stories
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10 Horrifying Stories of Factory Farming Gone Wrong (Slideshow)
Do you really know what your factory-farmed meat went through before it ended up on your plate? (Warning: Many of the images and stories in this slideshow are beyond disturbing.)
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Recovering Addicts Plant a Forest of Regeneration
From kicking our oil dependence to building an ocean recovery alliance, it's common to borrow metaphors from the world of addiction when it comes to discussing the environmental challenges we face, and how to fix them. But
