Maglev Analysis Of Food And Beverages
Scientists are reporting development of a new use for magnetic levitation, or “maglev,” the futuristic technology best known for enabling high-speed passenger trains to float above the tracks. In ACS’ bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they describe putting maglev to use in an inexpensive sensor for analyzing food, water, and other beverages…
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Ag Groups Applaud Supreme Court Ruling On Biotech Alfalfa
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s nationwide ban on the cultivation of biotech alfalfa. This remands the case back to the District Court and then back to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to determine what interim measures can be implemented while the agency completes its environmental impact statement process…
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Lead Exposure From Leaded Gasoline Was Predominant Source In Latter 20th Century
Leaded gasoline was responsible for about two-thirds of toxic lead that African-American children in Cleveland ingested or inhaled during the latter two-thirds of the 20th century, according to a new study in Science of the Total Environment. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University say what they’ve shown in Cleveland probably applies to many cities across [...]
U.S. Officials Announce New Agriculture Research Initiative To Aid Farmers In Developing Countries
Citing USAID’s Feed the Future initiative as “central” to U.S. foreign policy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday announced plans to “leverage the work” of U.S. researchers to “benefit farmers in developing countries worldwide,” PTI/The Hindu reports. During the 2010 World Food Prize ceremony Clinton said, “In a few decades, the world’s population [...]
Deadly Effect Of Arsenic In Drinking Water Measured In Massive Study
More than 20 percent of deaths in a study of 12,000 Bangladeshis were attributable to arsenic exposure from contaminated drinking water, new research reports. The large 10-year study is the first to prospectively measure the relationship between individual exposure to arsenic and its associated mortality risk, the authors said…
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