My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr9m4_XsCHU] How public water can contribute to obesity and more Water fluoridation linked to higher rates of underactive thyroid - The clear association found in our analyses between fluoride…
The resulting waste water is highly radioactive and contains high levels of heavy metals and salts called halides (bromide, chloride and iodide) Concerns that fluids from hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking,"…
Early-life exposure to chemical in drinking water may affect vision, study finds (BOSTON) — Prenatal and early childhood exposure to the chemical solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) found in drinking water may…
" conventional methods in sewage treatment plants are unable to treat this waste water sufficiently because the most frequently used estrogen ethinylestradiol is very difficult to break down. As a result,…
Public release date: 20-Oct-2011 Researchers from Emory University have discovered that norovirus in groundwater can remain infectious for at least 61 days. The research is published in the October Applied and…
- minced banana peel could quickly remove lead and copper from river water as well as, or better than, many other materials. A purification apparatus made of banana peels can…
Arsenic poses far higher health risks than any other known environmental exposure, say Professors Allan Smith and Craig Steinmaus from the University of California, Berkeley, in an accompanying editorial. Yet…
Public release date: 15-Dec-2010 In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, “by the skin of your teeth,” scientists are reporting that the protective shield…
Public release date: 8-Dec-2010 - report suggests that animal manure accounts for 90 percent of estrogens in the environment Contrary to popular belief, birth control pills account for less than…
Public release date: 14-Jul-2010 - Most published reports show 1 to 5 milligrams of fluoride per liter of black tea, but a new study shows that number could…
Public release date: 31-Mar-2010 - It takes almost 270 gallons of water to produce $1 worth of sugar - 200 gallons of water to make $1 worth of dog and…
The amoeba was found in the water supply in four separate locations Testing was done after a four-year-old boy died after contracted the deadly organism on a slip and slide…
Modern cities and improved hygiene could be behind rising rates of Alzheimer's in Britain and the rest of the developed world, scientists have said. Countries where everyone has access to…
Major Luca Parmitano, 36, who nearly died during a spacewalk on 16 July, has told of his thoughts as he tried to save himself. Writing on his blog, the Italian…
Contact: Jim Kelly jpkelly@utmb.edu 409-772-8791 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Modified forms of bisphenol A found to alter hormone signaling in new, disturbing ways For years, scientists have…
The ubiquity of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A led researchers to ask what it might be doing in publicly supplied, chlorinated drinking water. The answer: Chlorinated BPA has different, but…
Contact: Albert Ang press@inderscience.com Inderscience Publishers Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and easily remove "fluoride" from drinking…
Contact: Albert Ang press@inderscience.com Inderscience Publishers Researchers in India have developed a filter system based on a medicinal herb, which they say can quickly and easily remove "fluoride" from drinking…
2008 study post for filing Contact: Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins sylvain-jacques.desjardins@umontreal.ca 514-343-7593 University of Montreal 'Estrogen flooding our rivers,' Université de Montréal study The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the…
Inorganic arsenic - found in some pesticides and insecticides - can be toxic Arsenic is higher in rice than most other foods because it is grown in water on the …
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