Paper money worldwide contains bisphenol A
Public release date: 10-Aug-2011 The cash register receipts that people place near paper money in billfolds, purses, and pockets has led to a worldwide contamination of paper money with bisphenol…
Chikungunya virus poised to invade the Americas / risk of a “catastrophic” epidemic
Public Release: 7-Apr-2014 A team of French and Brazilian researchers warn that chikungunya virus is poised to invade, and become epidemic in the Americas according to research published ahead of…
Essential oil pill prevents PMS
Public release date: 16-Jan-2011 - Women who were given capsules containing 2 grams of a combination of gamma linolenic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, other polyunsaturated acids and vitamin E reported significantly…
NSA spied on Brazilian and Mexican presidents – media
©Photo: Flickr.com/Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 US National Security Agency spied on the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, accessing the Mexico leader's emails even before he was…
The natural world, photographed by Sebastião Salgado – sponsored by one of the world’s worst polluters
Natural History Museum under fire for accepting cash from mining giant Gavin Haines Wednesday, 17 July 2013 The acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado says his images currently on display at the…
Brazil protests: riot police scatter crowds in Rio : estimates of 2 million people on the streets
Clashes in several other cities, with estimates of 2 million people on the streets Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 June 2013 00.35 EDT Bonfires lit…
Crowd of 30,000 overruns police cordon ahead of Brazil football match (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published time: June 19, 2013 22:34 Edited time: June 20, 2013 00:07 Anti-riot police officers carry a wounded demonstrator as clashes erupt in Fortaleza on June 19, 2013.(AFP…
Organic tomatoes accumulate more vitamin C, sugars than conventionally grown fruit
Contact: Souri Somphanith onepress@plos.org 41-562-412-17199 Public Library of Science Biochemical properties of organic tomatoes may be different because of stressful growth conditions Tomatoes grown on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations…
Organic tomatoes accumulate more vitamin C, sugars than conventionally grown fruit
Contact: Souri Somphanith onepress@plos.org 41-562-412-17199 Public Library of Science Biochemical properties of organic tomatoes may be different because of stressful growth conditions Tomatoes grown on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations…
An arachnophobe’s worst nightmare? It’s ‘raining spiders’ in Brazil
'Social spider' species is known for its 'sheet webs' James Legge Saturday 09 February 2013 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPujnYOX9dc] In scenes which will haunt anyone with an aversion our eight-legged friends, hundreds…
Eli Lilly Coughs Up $29 Million for Bribes: ” As is customary with the SEC, Lilly did not have to admit that it did anything wrong “
WASHINGTON (CN) - Eli Lilly & Co. will pay $29 million to settle charges of bribing foreign officials for contracts in four countries, the SEC said Thursday. Lilly subsidiaries paid…
Brazilian city council candidate passes out cocaine in exchange for votes
Posted By Annie Z. Yu On 1:54 AM 10/10/2012 @ 1:54 AM A woman running for a city council position in Brazil, the world’s second-largest consumer of cocaine, was arrested…
Amazon tribe massacre alleged in Venezuela
Village of 80 people was firebombed from the air, say activists, by illegal gold miners based in neighbouring Brazil Virginia Lopez in Caracas and agencie guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 August…
Macadamia nuts can be included in heart healthy diet
Public release date: 11-Apr-2008 Macadamia nuts included in a heart healthy diet reduced low-density cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and should be included among nuts with qualified health claims, according to researchers.…
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