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Biotech Crops Are Top Choice For World's Farmers

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Because of its contribution to agricultural productivity and sustainable farming, growers around the world continue to choose genetically engineered (GE) crops according to a report released today by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)... ...

read more Because of its contribution to agricultural productivity and sustainable farming, growers around the world continue to choose genetically engineered (GE) crops according to a report released today by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)... read more Fri Mar 2010

Levels Of PCBs Flowing From Indiana Canal To Air And Water Measured By UI

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A University of Iowa study supports an earlier UI report that found polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. The study also presents data showing that the sediments are a significant source of PCBs found in surrounding air an ...

read more A University of Iowa study supports an earlier UI report that found polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. The study also presents data showing that the sediments are a significant source of PCBs found in surrounding air an read more Fri Mar 2010

New Edition Of ASM Press Biotechnology Text Announced

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Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications... ...

read more Acclaimed by students and instructors, Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA is now in its fourth edition, bringing it thoroughly up to date with the latest findings and the latest industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications... read more Fri Mar 2010

Study Explores Sources Of Mercury To Ocean Fish

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With concern over mercury contamination of tuna on the rise and growing information about the health effects of eating contaminated fish, scientists would like to know exactly where the pollutant is coming from and how it's getting into open-ocean fish species... ...

read more With concern over mercury contamination of tuna on the rise and growing information about the health effects of eating contaminated fish, scientists would like to know exactly where the pollutant is coming from and how it's getting into open-ocean fish species... read more Fri Mar 2010

Strategic Research Program Needed To Determine Whether, HowPast Climate Influenced Human Evolution

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Understanding how past climate may have influenced human evolution could be dramatically enhanced by an international cross-disciplinary research program to improve the sparse human fossil and incomplete climate records and examine the link between the two, says a new report from the National Resear ...

read more Understanding how past climate may have influenced human evolution could be dramatically enhanced by an international cross-disciplinary research program to improve the sparse human fossil and incomplete climate records and examine the link between the two, says a new report from the National Resear read more Fri Mar 2010

West Africa's Sahel Belt Could Face Famine In 2010

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The European Commission's humanitarian aid department warned Thursday that West Africa's Sahel belt could face famine this year, with millions potentially affected, Reuters reports (John, 1/29)... ...

read more The European Commission's humanitarian aid department warned Thursday that West Africa's Sahel belt could face famine this year, with millions potentially affected, Reuters reports (John, 1/29)... read more Wed Feb 2010

Opinions: Clean Water; Oversight Of U.N. Bookkeeping; Obama's Global Health Goals; Maternal Mortality

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Clean Water Needs To Be Priority For Haiti "Long before the earthquake, Haiti was mired in a crisis that only a few experts noticed - a severe lack of clean drinking water," writes Joseph Treaster, editor of the University of Miami's Internet magazine on global water issues and the env ...

read more Clean Water Needs To Be Priority For Haiti read more Wed Feb 2010

Also In Global Health News: Pakistan Agriculture; U.K.'s Food Security Efforts; Clinton Addresses Yemen; Hunger In Niger; WB Head In Africa

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U.S. To Support Agricultural Technology Projects In Pakistan Bryan Hunt, the U.S. consulate general in Lahore, Pakistan, said Wednesday that the U.S. would help Pakistan with the development of agriculture technology aimed at boosting farmers' productivity, the Nation reports. Hunt sai ...

read more U.S. To Support Agricultural Technology Projects In Pakistan Bryan Hunt, the U.S. consulate general in Lahore, Pakistan, said Wednesday that the U.S. would help Pakistan with the development of agriculture technology aimed at boosting farmers' productivity, the Nation reports. Hunt sai read more Wed Feb 2010

USDA Grant To Create Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center In Arkansas

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding $900,000 to the Wallace Center at Winrock International, Little Rock, Ark., to run the Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development (HUFED) Center... ...

read more Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding $900,000 to the Wallace Center at Winrock International, Little Rock, Ark., to run the Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development (HUFED) Center... read more Wed Feb 2010

Alternatives To Natural Latex From Asia Sought By Europe

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Some natural latexes are the main ingredient in the extraction of natural rubber, an indispensable raw material for all kinds of industries and essential for the manufacture of surgical gloves, condoms or tyres. All the latex used in Europe is imported, extracted fundamentally from the the Hevea bra ...

read more Some natural latexes are the main ingredient in the extraction of natural rubber, an indispensable raw material for all kinds of industries and essential for the manufacture of surgical gloves, condoms or tyres. All the latex used in Europe is imported, extracted fundamentally from the the Hevea bra read more Wed Feb 2010

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Examines Aid To Haiti, Rebuilding; Senators Introduce Legislation

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At a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Thursday and in a "separate teleconference by relief organizations," officials said international aid to Haiti has been delayed by the "island nation's inept government, a lack of coordination by aid organizations and the legacy of past U.S. poli ...

read more At a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Thursday and in a read more Wed Feb 2010

Gene Function Discovery: Guilt By Association

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Scientists have created a new computational model that can be used to predict gene function of uncharacterized plant genes with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The network, dubbed AraNet, has over 19,600 genes associated to each other by over 1 million links and can increase the discovery rate of ...

read more Scientists have created a new computational model that can be used to predict gene function of uncharacterized plant genes with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The network, dubbed AraNet, has over 19,600 genes associated to each other by over 1 million links and can increase the discovery rate of read more Wed Feb 2010

U.S. Government Resumes Medical Evacuations From Haiti; New Food Voucher Distribution Targeting Women Begins

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"The U.S. government said on Sunday it would resume military evacuation flights" within 12 hours for critically ill and injured Haitians who were harmed in the Jan. 12 earthquake, Reuters reports (Rosenberg/Brown, 1/31)... ...

Fighting World Hunger By Mapping The Soybean Genome

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In 2009, soybeans represented an almost $30 billion industry in the U.S. alone, making soybeans the second-most profitable crop next to corn. Worldwide, soybeans have been used in human foods and livestock feed for centuries and have been a key component in industrial products, such as plastics and ...

read more In 2009, soybeans represented an almost $30 billion industry in the U.S. alone, making soybeans the second-most profitable crop next to corn. Worldwide, soybeans have been used in human foods and livestock feed for centuries and have been a key component in industrial products, such as plastics and read more Wed Feb 2010

Engineers Explore Environmental Concerns Of Nanotechnology

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As researchers around the world hasten to employ nanotechnology to improve production methods for applications that range from manufacturing materials to creating new pharmaceutical drugs, a separate but equally compelling challenge exists... ...

read more As researchers around the world hasten to employ nanotechnology to improve production methods for applications that range from manufacturing materials to creating new pharmaceutical drugs, a separate but equally compelling challenge exists... read more Wed Feb 2010

Winter 'Cold Pools' Sometimes Give Utah Worst Air In The US

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At times this winter, the greater Salt Lake City area has harbored the most polluted air in the United States. Now, researchers from the University of Utah and other institutions are starting a three-year, $1.3 million study to better understand the winter weather "inversion" conditions frequently a ...

read more At times this winter, the greater Salt Lake City area has harbored the most polluted air in the United States. Now, researchers from the University of Utah and other institutions are starting a three-year, $1.3 million study to better understand the winter weather read more Wed Feb 2010

Scientists Unite To Combat Water Scarcity; Solutions Yield More Crop Per Drop In Drylands

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As rapidly increasing water scarcity threatens to aggravate the effects of climate change on agriculture in the dry areas of the Middle East and other developing countries, scientists launched this week an ambitious seven-country project, which offers new hope for farmers in the face of acute and gr ...

read more As rapidly increasing water scarcity threatens to aggravate the effects of climate change on agriculture in the dry areas of the Middle East and other developing countries, scientists launched this week an ambitious seven-country project, which offers new hope for farmers in the face of acute and gr read more Wed Feb 2010

Household Pesticides Contaminate Storm Runoff And Sewage Treatment Outflow

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Pyrethroids, among the most widely-used home pesticides, are winding up in California rivers at levels toxic to some stream-dwellers, possibly endangering the food supply of fish and other aquatic animals, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Souther ...

read more Pyrethroids, among the most widely-used home pesticides, are winding up in California rivers at levels toxic to some stream-dwellers, possibly endangering the food supply of fish and other aquatic animals, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Souther read more Wed Feb 2010

Keeping Alive - Borders Church Minister Backs Safety Message For Scotland's Farmers

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A Borders minister is urging farmers in his parish and throughout Scotland to come home safely from their fields as he lends his support to the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) 'Make the Promise' campaign... ...

read more A Borders minister is urging farmers in his parish and throughout Scotland to come home safely from their fields as he lends his support to the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) 'Make the Promise' campaign... read more Wed Feb 2010

Keeping Alive - A New Year's Resolution For Farmers In Wales

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Farmers across Wales are being encouraged to make their New Year's resolution a promise to come home safe from the field. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched the next phase in its 'Make the Promise' campaign at an agriculture safety day at Welshpool Livestock Market with the stark messag ...

read more Farmers across Wales are being encouraged to make their New Year's resolution a promise to come home safe from the field. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched the next phase in its 'Make the Promise' campaign at an agriculture safety day at Welshpool Livestock Market with the stark messag read more Thu Jan 2010

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