My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
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,"…
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: 31-Mar-2010 - the hormone levonorgestrel, was found in higher concentrations in the blood of fish than in women who take the contraceptive pill [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"]…
The School of Public Health News November 5, 2012 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kelly Blake, kellyb@umd.edu, 301-405-9418 University of Maryland-led study is first to document environmental source of the antibiotic-resistant…
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Julie Gazaille j.cordeau-gazaille@umontreal.ca 514-343-6796 University of Montreal Universite de Montreal research team on the water upstream and downstream from the Montreal wastewater This press…
Re-Posted for filing 2008 Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-4400 American Chemical Society Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes IMAGE:Wastewater treatment plants do not reduce harmful proteins…
Contact: Joe Caspermeyer joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu 480-727-0369 Arizona State University Parental concerns in maintaining germ-free homes for their children have led to an ever-increasing demand and the rapid adoption of anti-bacterial soaps…
Contact: Jerker Fick jerker.fick@chem.umu.se 46-480-446-225 Public Library of Science Swedish researchers have discovered that oseltamivir (Tamiflu); an antiviral drug used to prevent and mitigate influenza infections is not removed or…
Highlights First statewide U.S. survey finds antimicrobial compounds present in sediments of Minnesota’s rivers, creeks and lakes Personal care product active ingredients triclosan (TCS) and triclocarban (TCC) detected in all…
- antibiotic-resistant bacteria were not only escaping purification but also breeding and spreading their dangerous cargo Rice U. study: Two wastewater treatment plants in China fail to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria …
Public release date: 26-Jan-2009 - “Methotrexate and cyclophosphamide are two products very often used to treat cancer and are more likely to be found in water,” - Chemotherapy products, such…
Public release date: 18-Sep-2008 Montreal water treatment plants dumping as much as 90 times the critical amount of estrogen products into the river The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90…
Public release date: 23-Jun-2008 Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting in a paper scheduled for the July 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that typical wastewater treatment processes…
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