Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

updated Jul 31, 2011 by Maria Mergel

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Drugged horses slipping through Canada's ‘inadequate’ food system.

EU bans three pesticides harmful to bees.

H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find.

WHO warns countries not to hoard secrets of coronavirus.

Tests show that deadly flu could spread among people.

Evolving H7N9 bird flu could close poultry markets.

Horsemeat company regularly mixed horse in with beef, say Polish workers.

Rallies planned in 40 countries to challenge GMOs.

EU bans three pesticides harmful to bees.

Diabetes in India rising, with women at a particular disadvantage.

Scientific studies

Lead poisoning in Nigeria came from contact with dust, soil.

BPA levels in fetal livers higher than adult exposures.

Porous material could purify bioethanol with less w.

Shorter fibers key to safer carbon nanotubes.

Pig farm pollution linked to higher blood pressure.

Risk of birth defects higher when pregnant women exposed to solvents at work.

Exposure to PCE-tainted water before birth to age 5 affects color vision decades later.

A switch to nature-based catalyst raises efficiency, reduces waste.

Silver from nanoparticles found in plants and animals.

Researchers close in on making a natural malaria drug.

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