Nearly 70% of commercial pre-packaged meals and savoury snacks for toddlers in the US have high levels of sodium, which may present long-term health risks, according to a new study. The study was led by Joyce Maalouf, a researcher at the ...
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Transporting fluids in bulk would be a gargantuan task. It is no easy feat since you would really have to find a suitable container for the fluids. Unlike solids, you cannot just box them up or wrap them in some packaging material. You ...
People consuming a lot of processed meat such as sausages, ham, and bacon are at an increased risk of early death, according to a new study that evaluated half a million people across Europe. The study followed people across 10 European ...
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Passing the “Smell Test” at University of Utah The University of Utah’s Ute Natatorium has been a leading collegiate swimming and diving venue for over 4 decades. Home of the school’s men’s and women’s ...
Health Canada is all set to strengthen its health warnings about the dangers of tanning beds by introducing new labels on them linking to their use to skin cancer. Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq said the Harper Government is committed ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found traces of potentially harmful horse drug phenylbutazone in eight horses slaughtered in the UK - and warned six may have entered the French food chain. The announcement, issued this morning (14 ...
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Platypus Australia, one of the world’s foremost providers of children’s UV protective swimwear, has just launched their long awaited summer 2013 range. The catalogue’s new range of designs addresses the requirements for ...
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A small ozonizer module developed by Murata can be used to generate ozone in a range of deodorising applications in consumer, industrial and automotive accessory applications. Bacteria can proliferate in many appliances such as ...
Last time you had a CT scan did your doctor tell you that it would expose you to radiation? Probably not, according to a study out this week. And even if you were told, you might underestimate the radiation dose, too. Researchers from the ...
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Global As part of global efforts to promote efficient lighting, United Nations Environment Programme with the support of the GEF Earth Fund, Philips Lighting and OSRAM GmbH has established the initiative. The initiative seeks to ...
US company SWECO has introduced the Sanitary Bag Dump with Integral Dust Collector that significantly reduces worker exposure to nuisance dust. The Bag Dump Dust Collection System is designed to work exclusively with the SWECO Bag ...
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A new government study is warning that the Federal Communications Commission's standards for testing cell phones for exposure to radio-frequency energy may have fallen out of step with the latest scientific studies, calling on the agency to ...
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Male manufacturing workers are the most likely of all Victorian workers to have a high risk of type 2 diabetes, a Monash University study of half a million WorkHealth checks has found. According to the health snapshot, more than one third ...
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The public health risk associated with wet weather sewer overflows has been modelled,and the change in health risk following sewer overflow abatement was examined.Bayesian networks show significant benefits in assessing risks from sewer ...
Philadelphia based health insurer Independence Blue Cross (IBC) has introduced a virtual wellness coaching program, the WebMD Digital Health Assistant (DHA), to assist members make positive lifestyle choices and healthy behavior change. ...
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