Right now, biotech companies feed E. Coli sugar as they produce everything from insulin to biofuels. Now a new strain of the bacteria can suck emissions from the air as their food.
Growers in northern states are combating virulent outbreaks of a disease as seasons grow warmer, orchards have been reconfigured for higher yields and new varieties may be more vulnerable.
The researchers don't know if the mutation is dangerous, but the point is that the battery nanoparticles are doing something unintended, the lead author said.
A researcher from the Medical University of South Carolina spent 25 years working with a bacteria found in the pluff mud of Charleston’s marshes. Now it helps clean up PCB contamination in the environment.
Environmental Integrity Project is calling on the state to help fix Harrisburg’s sewer and stormwater system. The water authority is considering adding a stormwater impact fee to city residents and property owners to help pay for upgrades.
Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies
American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.
