Posts by Virginia Morgan
Toxic plume of chromium spread to underground wells
A well with increasing concentrations of the cancer causing pollutant Chromium, has been discovered earlier this year by water regulators. Lauri Kemper, assistant executive officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, said and now more wells have been uncovered with elevated levels. In the tiny desert town of Hinkley that was made famous…
Read MoreNuclear fuel removed from California site.
This summer from a San Diego area, nearly 132 pounds of spent nuclear fuel was moved, the National Nuclear Security Administration disclosed Monday. It was taken in convoys to a federal facility nearly 1,000 miles away. Special shipping casts were used in packing the enriched uranium. NNSA said this was part of a federal effort…
Read MoreOlder drugs work as good as new for rare disorder
A rare disorder called Vasculitis who causes a need for long term treatment can find a cheaper medication that works just as well as the new drugs; a new research suggests .The older drug called Azathioprine had better results than the newer drugs had said Dr Roland Falk who is a kidney specialist. One in…
Read MoreTwin Towers Trade Center workers deadline for Health settlement
Illnesses caused by inhaling the pulverized remnants of the twin towers have more than 10,000 people suing the city and a lengthy list of other companies that have handled the massive clean up of lower Manhattan after the 9/11 attacks. Over exposure to the toxic dust of The World Trade Center have prompter thousands of…
Read MorePhysicians may have fee’s cut
Health costs are the reason the nation’s largest automaker blamed losing $3 billion in the first nine months of this year. A deal that the United Auto Workers make on health coverage said they would cut GM’s expenses by $3 billion annually before taxes .The health cost cut have physicians bracing for the impact as…
Read MoreThe Peanut Allergy Factor
A new study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology finds that the effects of children whose mothers ate peanut products during pregnancy were more likely to test positive for peanut allergies. That doesn’t mean, however, that these children will actually show allergic symptoms, since the test does not indicate the strength of reaction,…
Read MoreBurma knocked off the Internet
Just days ahead of the first election in 20 years, an ongoing computer attack which is believed to have started on October 25 knocked Burma off the internet. The closely watched national election that on November 7 will not allow international observers and foreign journalists into the country to cover the polls. The internet’s attack…
Read MoreProposition 19 was apposed by voters
California voters rejected Proposition 19,that would have made marijuana use legal for anyone 21 or older to grow, possess and use small amounts of pot.Ten California cities voted Tuesday on local ballot that would have allowed them to tax recreational marijuana if Proposition 19 passed and one had a measure that would have banned medical…
Read MoreOmega-3 Fish Oil Don’t Help Alzheimer’s Patients
According to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Omega-3 fat docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) dietary supplements, commonly sold as fish oil capsules, do not slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Earlier test studies suggested that a fish-rich diet might help lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Animal studies of…
Read MoreRepublicans set to Take Control of the House
Republicans have won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday this also expanded their voice in the Senate, With much voter discontent it is setback to President Obama and his triumphal victory. Democrats were given significant losses, particularly in the House, where Republicans recorded a series of wins from New Hampshire to Virginia and…
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