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Friday, August 14, 2009

For Friday, August 14, 2009


Cyanistes caeruleus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1051997

Lavandula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender

Mentha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha

Parasite infects Atlantic finches

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/14/pei-finch-parasite.html

Trichomonas gallinae (Warning! You may find the image associated with this Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources Link disturbing. We certainly did – and we are professionals.).

Carduelis tristis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carduelis_tristis

Carpodacus purpureus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpodacus_purpureus

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-27288--,00.html

To Manage A Fishery, You Must Know How The Fish Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810073941.htm

New Life Histories Emerge For Invasive Wasps, Magnify Ecological Harm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720190609.htm

White Tea Could Keep You Healthy And Looking Young

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810085312.htm

White tea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_tea

Black Tea May Fight Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728172604.htm

Black tea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tea

12 surprising signs you’ll live to 100

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32272813/ns/health-aging/

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Coming Drought in India/Asia and More for Thursday, August 13, 2009


World population to hit 7 billion in 2011

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/12/world.population/index.html


Lasting benefits seen in gene therapy for blindness (Reuters)

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre57b5pn-us-blindness-genetherapy/

India's water use 'unsustainable'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197287.stm

Australia emissions plan rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8198690.stm

Atlantic hurricanes 'at 1,000-year high'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197191.stm

Wikipedia List of Atlantic Hurricane Seasons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane_season

Conserving Big Cats Works: South African Leopard Field Study Yields Encouraging Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811143838.htm

Panthera pardus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard

Panthera pardus pardus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1270484



Australia camel cull sparks woe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8198701.stm

Camelus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelus

Breeding like...Rise in rabbit numbers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8198790.stm

Have scientists solved mystery of why flamingos stand on one leg?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm

Phoenicopterus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo

Radio tags reveal secrets of roadrunners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32374535/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Geococcyx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner

Synthetic Derivative Of Kudzu Vine Can Reduce Drinking And Prevent Relapse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811161255.htm

Daidzin (Unsponsored link to Chemblink site)

http://www.chemblink.com/products/552-66-9.htm

GMA: Tainted Fruit - Produce and Pesticide Residue

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8315670&page=1



Anthrax Bacteria Conspire With Viruses To Stay Alive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090812035445.htm

Bacillus anthracis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_anthracis

Martian Methane: Red Planet Not So Dormant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810085308.htm

Martian life appears less likely, study reveals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32394763/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Alaskan Algal Bloom & More for Sunday, July 20, 2009


Pair convicted in Namibia for filming seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090717/sc_afp/namibiaenvironmentarrestseals;_ylt=Ag2wt32.x4G1F26bvL6.yxAPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzZGk1cDJmBGFzc2V0Ay9hZnAvMjAwOTA3MTcvc2NfYWZwL25hbWliaWFlbnZpcm9ubWVudGFycmVzdHNlYWxzBHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fc3ViY2F0X2xpc3QEc2xrA3BhaXJjb25

Cattle return to cliff-top woods

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8158156.stm

'Slow and steady' wins 114-pound (52-kilo) circus tortoise a week of freedom

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090718/K071806AU.html

Breeding success for aquarium's rare amphibians

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8157908.stm

Ambystoma mexicanum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambystoma_mexicanum

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019571

Shark attack victims fight for their attackers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090719/ts_alt_afp/environmentanimalssharksoffbeat;_ylt=AoyM3F.EqClmH9gmhXlvhKAPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM2Yjc3cDN1BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcxOS9lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFuaW1hbHNzaGFya3NvZmZiZWF0BHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA

Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska (TIME magazine link)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090718/us_time/08599191151700

Algal bloom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_bloom

Why Winning Athletes Are Getting Bigger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717090829.htm

Canadian swine flu vaccine set for October

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/health-minister-canada-swine-flu.html

Scientists could reduce the risk of allergic reactions to peanuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8157941.stm

Peanut allergy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_allergy

Monday, July 06, 2009

Namibia To Club Seals & More for Monday, July 6, 2009


Ambystoma mexicanum image licensed under Creative Commons by LPEstrela


G8 leaders to set emissions goals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8135261.stm

G8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8

Frozen Carbon In Arctic Could Worsen Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630132005.htm

Arctic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic

Many Antarctic Species Ill Prepared To Cope With Warmer Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630074951.htm

$1B needed to fight swine flu: UN

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/06/swine-flu-un.html

Climate change may spur chronic hunger, Oxfam says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/06/oxfam-g8-hunger265.html

Oxfam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfam


Echolocation In Humans Developed To Aid Blind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630075445.htm

Echolocation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630143523.htm

Vitamin D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D

Hypovitaminosis D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_deficiency

Potential New Drugs: 970 Million And Still Counting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629124912.htm

Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31707246/ns/health-addictions/


Do tiger farms earn their stripes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8124176.stm

Panthera tigris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger

Panthera tigris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328674

Panthera tigris (IUCN Red List Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15955/0

iReport.com:
Rin-Tin-Tin's grave found in France

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-292504

Rin-Tin-Tin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rin_Tin_Tin

Namibian seal hunt to go on, 90,000 to be clubbed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_af/af_namibia_seal_hunt;_ylt=ApMTbdYgvD.FMM3R8WooJ5YPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbm5vazZwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA2L2FmX25hbWliaWFfc2VhbF9odW50BHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmFtaWJpYW5zZWFs

Namibia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia

Caffeine Reverses Memory Impairment In Mice With Alzheimer's Symptoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090705215237.htm

Caffeine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine

Alzheimer’s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%E2%80%99s

Challenge of Living With Celiac Disease

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WellnessNews/story?id=7988436&page=1

Coeliac disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celiac_disease


Battle Of The Sexes Benefits Offspring, Says Research In Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706090604.htm


Regenerated legs no big trick for salamanders

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5606a6-us-salamanders-limbs/

Ambystoma mexicanum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotls

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019571

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List Link – Critically Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0



Spider builds life-sized decoys

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm

Cyclosa mulmeinensis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1194961

Melons Sweetened With DNA Sequence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626190939.htm

Melon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon


Monday, June 29, 2009

Monotremata News and Megapiranha and More for Monday, June 29, 2009

'Bycatch' Whaling A Growing Threat To Coastal Whales

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623120846.htm

Lion prides form to win turf wars

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8120000/8120712.stm

Panthera leo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_leo

Panthera leo (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328672

Litter of lynx kittens raises biologists' hopes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31586820/ns/us_news-environment/

Felis lynx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx

Felis lynx (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/18767

Wood harvest puts pandas at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8119000/8119402.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailuropoda_melanoleuca

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link- Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626091127.htm

Dolphin 'super pod' seen in firth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8120523.stm

Delphinus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-Beaked_Common_Dolphin

Moray Firth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray_firth

Platypus Helps Illuminate Ovarian Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626191301.htm

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus

Study On Papua New Guinea's Long-beaked Echidna Reveals Elusive Habits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609220725.htm

Tachyglossidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna

Monotremata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotreme

Pain Of Dysplasia In Dogs Relieved With Gold Treatment, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090626084633.htm

Canis lupus familiaris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus_familiaris

Video: Rare albino duck set to make debut at Denver zoo

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AkDl_VIp4inSz3hKfdvznbWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNlM3ZhdGU4BGFzc2V0Ay9hYmMvMjAwOTA2MjkvYXZfYWJjX29kZC9feW5ld3Nfb2RkMDkwNjI5X3dubl9hbGJpbm9fZHVja19fMTQyMTg4NTUEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3ZpZGVv?ch=4226726&cl=

Legless frogs mystery solved


http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8116000/8116692.stm

Obesity Clues From Research On How Burrowing Frogs Survive Years Without Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629081133.htm

Anura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuran

Toothy 3-foot Piranha Fossil Found

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090625/sc_livescience/toothy3footpiranhafossilfound;_ylt=ApjIp3iqNqp8dpAt_6iMa6sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNjcHFpcWxsBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNjI1L3Rvb3RoeTNmb290cGlyYW5oYWZvc3NpbGZvdW5kBHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1

Megapiranha paranensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapiranha

Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_grasshopper_invasion;_ylt=AkrmalIVMfumnnQ8PPLsT2IDW7oF

Caelifera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper

Crop plants get genomics centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8119704.stm

Genetically Modified Rice Fights Allergies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090627/sc_livescience/geneticallymodifiedricefightsallergies;_ylt=Ane6Clofz7M90RbXOqaFSUoPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNrZGtocTlvBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNjI3L2dlbmV0aWNhbGx5bW9kaWZpZWRyaWNlZmlnaHRzYWxsZXJnaWVzBHBvcwM5BHNlYw

Oryza sativa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice

Yeast: Highest Resolution Three-dimensional Structure Yet Of A Membrane Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090615203100.htm

Ascomycota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast

Why Low-Calorie Diet Extends Lifespans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090624152811.htm

How High-Carb Foods Can Raise Heart Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625133215.htm

Scientists attack energy industry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8122864.stm

Monday, June 22, 2009

Revised/Updated Monday, June 22, 2009 from Sunday, June 21, 2009

Nestlé recalls cookie dough products

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31444614/ns/health-infectious_diseases/

Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough Voluntary Recall

http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/dough.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/

New Vaccination Strategy May Protect Against Both Lethal 1918 And H5N1 Influenza Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112429.htm

1918 Flu Pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

H5N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5N1

Cancer In Humans: Cost Of Being Smarter?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090610091222.htm

Apoptosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis

Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618084304.htm

Homo sapiens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens

Pongo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongo

Pan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee

Whaling talks target compromise

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8112055.stm

Mekong dolphins almost extinct, WWF says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/17/cambodia.dolphins/index.html

Orcaella brevirostris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrawaddy_Dolphin

Orcaella brevirostris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328535

Orcaella brevirostris (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15419/0

Mammoths survived late in Britain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8106090.stm

Mammuthus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammuthus

Polar Bear And Walrus Populations In Trouble

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618195804.htm

Ursus maritimus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursus_maritimus

Ursus maritimus (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22823/0

Ursus maritimus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328580

Odobenus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odobenus

Highland park unveils tiger cubs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8104260.stm

Panthera tigris altaica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amur_tiger

Panthera tigris altaica (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1253183

Fox cubs make public debut

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Vulpes zerda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennec_Fox

Vulpes zerda (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328001

Canadian seal hunt 'collapsing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8106539.stm

Red panda has rare set of triplets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31465921/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Ailurus fulgens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda

Ailurus fulgens (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/327984

Ailurus fulgens (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/714/0

Streetlights ruin a bat's commute, a study shows

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8108912.stm

Chiroptera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiroptera

Rats play odds in gambling task

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105963.stm

Rattus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus

Squirrel nuts over builder friend

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8108297.stm

Sciuridae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciuridae

Severely Memory-deficit Mutant Mouse Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619112331.htm

Mus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_(genus)

'Weedy' Bird Species May Win As Temperatures Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215939.htm

Antibiotics-resistant Gulls Worry Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618093242.htm

Boy Or Girl? In Lizards, Egg Size Matters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604124015.htm

Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090621195620.htm

Dinosauria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosauria

New dino gives bird wing clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8105513.stm

Limusaurus inextricabilis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limusaurus_inextricabilis

Thai Navy Helps Turtles

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Banning Certain Fishing Gear Can Help Save Reefs From Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617154405.htm

Caribbean Coral Reefs Flattened

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609215924.htm

Great whites 'plan' seal attacks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8110000/8110246.stm

Carcharodon carcharias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharodon_carcharias

Carcharodon carcharias (FishBase Link)

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=751&genusname=Carcharodon&speciesname=carcharias

Carcharodon carcharias (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3855/0

Carcharodon carcharias (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/213726

Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon And Trout Populations In U.K.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155011.htm

Sphaerothecum destruens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaerothecum_destruens

Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107515.stm

Ostracoda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracod

Insects' Sex Scents Can Save Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617155009.htm

Rhodnius prolixus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodnius_prolixus

Triatoma brasliensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatoma_brasiliensis

Chagas disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagas_disease

Scientists Show Bacteria Can 'Learn' And Plan Ahead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617131400.htm

Hysterectomies a stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8103345.stm

Hysterectomy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterectomy

Stem cell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell

The plant that pretends to be ill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8108000/8108940.stm

Caladium steudneriifolium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caladium

Plants Engage In Self-recognition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619171244.htm

Artemisia tridentata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_tridentata

Canada to ban some chemicals in toys, vinyl bibs

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n19449699-us-phthalates/

Phthalate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalate

Reproductive Health Effects Found From Low Doses Of Bisphenol-A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617104911.htm

BPA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

Certain Zinc-based Cold Remedies Linked To Loss Of Sense Of Smell, FDA Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618130709.htm

Punching Holes Into Herpes Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611194127.htm

Herpes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes