HERNDON, Va., January 10, 2023 — At last month’s Annual Meeting SRA announced the addition of five new Council members and the rise of Katherine von Stackelberg, Sc.D., NEK Associates LTD, as the new President of its 2023 Council. Stackelberg succeeds Ragner Löfstedt, Ph.D., Kings College London, who has completed his term and will continue to serve on the Council as immediate past-president. Other officers elected include Felicia Wu, Ph.D., Michigan State University, as […]
New research on the risks of aflatoxin contamination in milk suggests that policymakers should revise regulations that hurt children and dairy farmers. TAMPA FL, December 7, 2022 — Food scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) have found that far fewer cases of liver cancer worldwide are caused by aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk and other […]
New research shows that many consumers may not be aware that uncooked flour causes foodborne illnesses TAMPA FL, December 7, 2022 — In the last decade, raw or uncooked flour has been identified as an emerging source of food poisoning. One of the problems may be this: in a recent survey, as many as two […]
A two-year analysis of drug concentrations in wastewater indicates thatcocaine, morphine, and amphetamine are the most highly used drugs TAMPA FL, December 6, 2022 — The COVID-19 pandemic helped legitimize Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE) as a less invasive, cost-efficient way to monitor public health. WBE allows scientists to detect concentrations of drugs or biomarkers in sewage, […]
New research shows that disruptions in exports of grains and metals from Ukraine and Russia may cost the world’s economy $2.7 billion. Some countries will fare better than others. TAMPA FL, December 6, 2022 – The Russia-Ukraine War has struck a major blow to global markets for vital commodities — particularly grains like maize and […]
New research finds that consumers have a higher potential of benzene exposure in the environment than by using sunscreen TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 — In early 2021, testing of several consumer products — including sunscreen and deodorants — revealed trace amounts of benzene, a known human carcinogen. Since then, the U.S. Food and Drug […]
NEARLY DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT RISK New research indicates that isolation from essential services like food and safe drinking water due to flooded roadways may be a bigger problem than property flooding for residents of coastal states TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 – The record-breaking storm surge that swept away people and homes […]
ARE VULNERABLE TO INCREASED FLOODING CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE Projected flooding from storm surges, erosion, and sea-level rise may disrupt vital operations of the state’s largest airports in the coming decades TAMPA FL, December 5, 2022 – Most of California’s population and its largest airports are located along the Pacific coastline, which is increasingly impacted […]
New research shows that methods for slowing climate change — from planting forests to fertilizing the oceans with iron – bring dangerous risk tradeoffs To slow down the accelerating pace of climate change, scientists are working on radical geoengineering technologies like space mirrors, ocean iron fertilization, and cirrus cloud thinning to tweak the earth’s climate […]
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