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15-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Cooking up a way to remove microplastics from wastewater — with okra, aloe
American Chemical Society (ACS)

The goo from okra is known to thicken stews, but it can also clean water of some types of pollutants. Now, researchers report that combinations of okra and other food-grade plant extracts can remove microplastics from wastewater. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2022.

Released: 18-Mar-2022 2:20 PM EDT
Registration Opens for Food and Nutrition Science Institute’s Annual Conference
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Leading food safety and nutrition scientists are meeting June 21-23, 2022, at the National Press Club.

Newswise: Tracking arsenic contamination to former orchards
Released: 16-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Tracking arsenic contamination to former orchards
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Arsenic is a major drinking water contaminant, often linked to the bedrock where wells are drilled in the Northeastern part of the United States. However, new research suggests that pesticides used 100 years ago may also be to blame.

Released: 2-Mar-2022 2:40 PM EST
IAFNS Celebrates its First Year Advancing Food and Nutrition Sciences
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Collaborative North American research institute supported 25 peer-reviewed papers, 31 webinars and earned over 140 media mentions since its launch in February 2021.

Released: 28-Feb-2022 11:00 AM EST
Taking climate action now can secure our future
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit by climate change, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.

Newswise: How Bad is the Bloom? New Indexes Developed to Gauge Severity of Red Tides
Released: 22-Feb-2022 10:10 AM EST
How Bad is the Bloom? New Indexes Developed to Gauge Severity of Red Tides
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System-Regional Association (GCOOS-RA)

Authors of a new paper recently published in the peer-review journal PLOS One have developed a new Bloom Severity Index and a new Respiratory Irritation Index for red tide blooms in the Gulf of Mexico — the first standardized and objective way to gauge how severe red tides are.

   
Newswise: Clemson study shows planting cucumbers early can help to avoid downy mildew
Released: 16-Feb-2022 3:05 PM EST
Clemson study shows planting cucumbers early can help to avoid downy mildew
Clemson University

Downy mildew affects cucumber crops in South Carolina every year and can cause huge crop losses, but Clemson University researchers say planting early can cut growers’ losses to just about zero.

Newswise: New UNC Charlotte research center to drive pandemic preparedness and prevention
Released: 9-Feb-2022 1:50 PM EST
New UNC Charlotte research center to drive pandemic preparedness and prevention
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The key to preventing another global pandemic may be found at UNC Charlotte. Expanding upon the University’s award-winning development of a novel COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program and rapidly growing success in bioinformatics, the University is bringing together experts to explore ways to combat threats to human health.

   
Newswise: Early childhood exposure to lead in drinking water associated with increased teen delinquency risk
Released: 31-Jan-2022 5:05 PM EST
Early childhood exposure to lead in drinking water associated with increased teen delinquency risk
Indiana University

An IU study found that exposure to lead in drinking water from private wells during early childhood is associated with an increased risk of being reported for delinquency during teenage years.

Newswise: WVU research finds wealth affects water facility compliance
Released: 31-Jan-2022 10:00 AM EST
WVU research finds wealth affects water facility compliance
West Virginia University

Levan Elbakidze, a researcher at West Virginia University's Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, has identified a money factor in water quality.

Released: 27-Jan-2022 10:45 AM EST
Groups petition FDA to restrict bisphenol A in food packaging
Endocrine Society

The Endocrine Society joined a coalition of physicians, scientists and public health and environmental organizations to send a formal petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), calling on the agency to rescind its approvals for bisphenol A (BPA) in adhesives and coatings and set strict limits on its use in plastics that contact food.

Released: 25-Jan-2022 1:30 PM EST
Ripple effects: Flint water crisis has lasting health impacts on children
Cornell University

As many as a quarter of children in Flint, Michigan – approximately seven times the national average – may have experienced elevated blood lead levels after the city’s water crisis, and more children should have been screened, new Cornell University research finds.

Released: 18-Jan-2022 3:05 PM EST
The Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences is Now Accepting Applications for Summer Research Opportunity Fellowships
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

IAFNS is committed to ensuring that the opportunity to apply to this fellowship is open to a diverse pool of qualified applicants.

Newswise: What are blue, green, and grey water?
Released: 17-Jan-2022 8:00 AM EST
What are blue, green, and grey water?
American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Each classification of water can be used differently, preserving this precious resource

Newswise: New Research: Almost 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water
11-Jan-2022 8:05 AM EST
New Research: Almost 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

An estimated 370,000 Californians rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the chemicals arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium, and contaminated drinking water disproportionately impacts communities of color in the state, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

   


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