Tag: Diseases - Page 8
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Masai Warriors and their Search for Water: One Year Later
The heart warming story at last year's London Marathon was the group of six Masai warriors who came to London to raise awareness and money to bring clean water to their village in Tanzania. The press and the public were
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Swine Flu Reveals: What's Bad for the Environment is Bad for Human Health
If you've managed to avoid the incessant coverage thus far, here's what you need to know about swine flu. If you haven't, then you know that 150 people are dead from the disease in Mexico, Europe has encouraged travelers to cancel
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Using Face Masks Properly To Help Avoid Most Kinds Of Yucky Airborne Things
Here in Japan, face masks are a common sight. Visitors often wonder why ordinary people wear what appears to be white surgical masks as they take the subway or walk around town. Face masks have evolved as a kind of courtesy: if you
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Swine Flu: What You Need to Know
Swine flu is taking over headlines everywhere--because it's already been confirmed on at least three continents, and there are few things as terrifying as the prospect of a global pandemic. There are so many unanswered questions
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Great Water Quality Film by GOOD
GOOD has put out a great short animation on water quality. They give the straight scoop on what happens when you don't have clean water, and how easy and cheap it can be to provide good water. Plus, it's simply a very well
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Physics Meets Flatpack with Sarah Paculdo's Flat Chair Project
Industrial Designer Sara Fisher Paculdo has an undergrad degree in physics; she probably needed it to figure this one out.
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Yet Another Salmonella Scare: 1 Million Pounds of Pistachios Recalled
Not again. How many months since the peanut butter salmonella catastrophe? Two months? Well, it's time to get on your guard again—"several types" of salmonella were discovered by Kraft Foods during routine inspection of pistachios
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Clif Bar Launching iPhone App for Green Ski Resorts
Clif Bar is putting out a new iPhone app called Save Our Snow that will give you not only the snow conditions at your favorite ski resorts, but also tell you the environmental steps the resorts are taking to fight global warming, so
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Fight Against Malaria Goes High-Tech: Scientists Build Anti-Mosquito Laser
Not Quite the Original Star Wars...Malaria is a huge problem. About 1 million dead a year, and countless others who suffer. Bill Gates was quite eloquent about it at the TED conference this year (he actually released
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Monbiot: Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine Shouldn't Mix
Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to
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Green Eyes On: Obesity and Organics
Photo via FlickrCan obesity and diabetes be slowed or reversed by organics? Yes, according to a new study released by the Organic Center at the Natural Products Expo West. This may be one of the most exciting things to come out of the Expo, currently
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Proposed Law Could Hit Farmers' Market Vendors with $1,000,000 Fines
A 'Food Safety Modernization' bill was recently introduced to the House of Representatives—and as it stands, a new government organization could fine food vendors, manufacturers, distributors, and farmers up to $1 million
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Putting Science First: Obama Lifts Ban on Stem Cell Research
The biggest news to come out of the White House today will no doubt be this: Obama has fulfilled his campaign promise, and reversed yet another Bush decision, by lifting the ban on stem cell research. Reiterating his pledge
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US to Create a Department of Food Safety?
As it stands, the US food safety system is something of a bureaucratic mess: through an awkward process, 20% of our food gets inspected by the Department of Agriculture, and the other 80% by the FDA. Within the two departments, there
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7 Neglected Diseases You've Never Heard Of
Well, maybe you have, but now that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is championing their cause, to the tune of a $34 million grant to fight these diseases, you just might be hearing a lot more about
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15 Healthful, Green Reasons Why You Should be Having Sex... Right Now!
From my experiences as a sex columnist, it just never seems to amaze me of all the healthful reasons for having a plentiful sex life. The most recent Durex Global Sex Survey shows that there are unfortunately a number of
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Animal Armageddon: See the Most Horrific Disasters in the History of Our Planet
Series Premieres Thursday, February 12, at 9 PM (ET/PT) It is estimated that 99.9% of all animal life that has ever lived is now extinct. If that doesn't both make you feel lucky to be alive and send a chill down your spine, you need to read that first
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First Drug Made from Genetically Engineered Animals Approved by FDA
A blood thinning drug called ATryn, which is made from the milk of genetically altered goats, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last Friday—making it the first drug made from genetically engineered animals ever to be
