By MATTHEW PERRONE – AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – At the heart of the nationwide shortage of infant formula is a single plant: the Abbott Nutrition facility which has been closed for more than three months due to contamination issues. On Monday, US officials announced a deal with Abbott that paves the way for …
Towards the end of the Permian, about 252 million years ago, a single supercontinent dominated the planet. The surrounding ocean was crisscrossed with bony fish covered with armor plates and marine scorpions the size of modern humans. Segmented arthropods such as trilobites dominated the depths, along with all kinds of brachiopods, which looked like clams …
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It’s been 20 years and I still remember the sense of foreboding I felt when reading the European Commission’s White Paper Strategy for a future chemicals policy, the precursor to REACH, the main EU manual for regulating the use of chemicals. . Despite references to animal testing “only as a last resort” and “promoting alternative …
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Writing in the Journal of Basic Microbiology: Environment-Health-Techniques, Researchers from India and Brazil investigated the use of algae bioprocessing to remedy persistent cosmetic chemical pollutants. The review was particularly timely, they said, amid the surge in global production of industrial beauty and personal care to be linked “High demand” In daily life and concerns associated …
The endangered North Atlantic right whale comes to life in the form of a six-meter “fillable” sculpture. Project SculptShore was born from an idea by Eveline Hipson and Elizabeth Wile and is a work of art that will be used to help clean up the coast of Nova Scotia this summer and raise awareness of …
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By CHRISTINA LARSON, science writer at AP WASHINGTON (AP) – Decades of conservation efforts have stabilized the endangered mountain gorilla population in East Africa. But the number of Grauer’s gorillas – a less hairy animal that lives at lower altitudes – has declined, largely due to habitat loss and hunting. On Friday, the nonprofit Dian …
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Fluffy emperor penguin chicks like these are vulnerable to freezing and drowning if the sea ice they hatched on doesn’t stand up.Photo: silver (Shutterstock) Emperor penguins are critically endangered by 2060, biologist Marcela Libertelli, who studies birds at the Argentine Antarctic Institute, told Reuters. a Friday report. The scientist attributed that growing extinction threat largely …
The State of the Birds of the World states that 13.5% of the 10,994 existing recognized species are currently threatened with extinction The State of the Birds of the World states that 13.5% of the 10,994 existing recognized species are currently threatened with extinction GUWAHATIHumans eat 14% of the world’s surviving bird species. However, that’s …
